That would push an equally steamed Ted Koppel over the edge, since he's already told ABC affiliates that any more tampering with Nightline's time period may mean the end of the show. A monkey wrench in all of this is a clause said to be in the contract between Letterman and NBC, which could keep Letterman from going to a competitor until spring '94. Meanwhile, it can get pretty weird out on summer nights. Carvey recently taped an episode of HBO's new talk-show spoof, The Larry Sanders Show Starring Garry Shandling. In the show, Carvey, playing himself, agrees to guest-host for Sanders.
Crickets chirp in the dark and the plot thickens.
A noisy gaggle of reporters, thrusting recorders alarmingly close to his famous elongated jaw, crushing from every side. He has just finished taping his show, and his makeup, despite the room's air-conditioning, is dripping off his face. But the pressure is on. But this is no simple warfare to be decided in the opening rounds. Old warriors like David Letterman are considering changing horses.