claim: "when i go on letterman" the "ratings go up."
author: bill o'reilly
evidence_1: jan 26, 1985 ... how does david letterman feel about his new ratings success? ... since he  doesn't know what made the ratings go up, he can't do more of it.
evidence_2: late show with david letterman is an american late-night talk show hosted by  david .... in ratings, letterman's late show dominated jay leno's tonight show  for its first two years. .... letterman would then walk out on the show stage to  perform his stand-up monologue, which occasionally began with a reference to ...
evidence_3: feb 13, 2018 ... david letterman blew up the talk-show format as soon as he arrived ... you come  get me when the show is ready, and it will either go smoothly or it won't. ... to get  back on tv without returning to the high-stakes ratings game.
evidence_4: david michael letterman (born april 12, 1947) is an american television host,  comedian, writer, ... the fear of losing his father was constantly with letterman as  he grew up. .... murray later went on to become one of letterman's most recurrent  guests, guesting on the show's 30th anniversary episode, which aired january 31 , ...
evidence_5: check out six facts about the rivalry between david letterman and jay leno and  ... letterman had expected to get the job. ... the two have competed for ratings  since 1993, stopped momentarily in 2009, ... "late show" executive producer  rob burnett told the associated press that letterman had come up with the idea  for ...