June 23, 1980 –
The unsuspecting American public got their first taste of Letterman when his morning talk show, The David Letterman Show, first aired on NBC TV on this date.
The David Letterman Show lasted nineteen weeks on the air . Letters poured into NBC condemning the cancellation. College kids hitched across the country with petitions to save him. A group of housewives from Long Island tried to block traffic in Manhattan in protest. The show won two Emmy Awards.
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