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Mediaweek: The Broadcast Late-Night Wars

Lyman : WY : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Scandal almost always helps boost ratings for a TV show, and David Letterman’s recent extortion/office sex imbroglio has only reaffirmed that truth. But the battle for broadcast viewers after the late local news is more complicated than that.
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