CHAPTER TWELVE:
DAVE'S DREAM COME TRUE
NBC President, Bob
Wright, decided that NBC had to make Dave an offer. Dave
was offered the Tonight Show. Now Dave was
really Feeling Good because he had always wanted the Tonight
Show.
The NBC offer was submitted on January 8, 1993 as
follows:
¤ The Tonight Show
¤ A guaranteed salary between $7.5 MIL and $12.5 MIL
¤ 3 to 4 year guarantee - starting May 1994
David Letterman had received all of the offers. And now,
it was time for David to do some "soul
searching". David was to contemplate over a decision
that would alter his television career for the rest of
his life.
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