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David Letterman's rivalry with Jay Leno goes back more than 15 years, to when Leno outmaneuvered Letterman to host the Tonight Show, a job Letterman deeply coveted. Now Leno has ceded the Tonight Show timeslot to Conan O'Brien (rather than fight him from ABC), and accepted to a proffer from network suits to move to 10 pm to make a (still amorphous) show 1/10th the cost of a primetime drama and less likely to be TiVoed. And Letterman isn't about to miss the chance to get in a few digs about how this makes Leno a capitulating loser. (Video after the jump.)
David Letterman's rivalry with Jay Leno goes back more than 15 years, to when Leno Leno didn't help his case by telling Keith Olbermann that 10:00 is the new 11:30 (included in the video above). Presumably that's the line he'll use when competing with Conan O'Brien for guests!
(Some links via TVTattle.)
