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 NEW YORK (AP) - David Letterman is planning to outlast Jay Leno in late-night television. CBS Corp. and Letterman have agreed to a four-year contract extension that will keep the comic on the "Late Show" through the 2009-10 television season, according to two executives familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because the deal wasn't fully done.
That would keep Letterman, 59, on the air past NBC's planned 2009 hand-off of the "Tonight" show job from Leno to Conan O'Brien.
Leno and Letterman have been competing in late-night since 1993, after NBC chose Leno for "Tonight" and Letterman jumped to CBS.
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