Madonna accused him of losing his edge, throwing softball questions at his guests, saying in effect that the cutting Letterman had died. Letterman says it's true, to an extent. I've tried to maybe be gracious. Whatever that means. And he doesn't manhandle, abuse or otherwise torture CBS execs like he did to the suits from NBC and its owner, General Electric.
Letterman explains it otherwise.
GE was such a perfect target. He couldn't help himself. CBS, on the other hand, has been supportive. I feel like a sap saying this. I thought every day would be a fistfight.