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TIL after David Letterman left NBC for CBS, his show was offered to both Dana Carvey and Garry Shandling, who both turned it down. Conan O'Brien eventually got the gig, while Shandling also turned down the same 12:30 slot at CBS in favor of his own HBO sitcom.

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