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How did Letterman's show differ from its predecessors?

When Letterman came about, it was really about reinventing it for a younger audience. The audiences for those shows became very old. In the same way that Lorne Michaels reinvented sketch comedy and live sketch comedy for a new generation, Letterman did the same thing for talk shows.

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