Letterman’s contract will make him a late night record breaker

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With a deal signed set in place Tuesday to keep him as host of CBS’s “The Late Show” until 2014, David Letterman will set a record for hosting a late night show for the most consecutive years — longer than late night great Johnny Carson. Letterman averages 3.3 million viewers a night. CBS also renewed the contract of Craig Ferguson, who’s “Late Late Show” follows Letterman’s. 

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