Money / David Letterman Letterman Beats Conan Again By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff Posted Aug 7, 2009 12:41 PM CDT Copied In this photo released by CBS, Paul McCartney, left, joins host David Letterman on the set of the "Late Show with David Letterman" at the Ed Sullivan Theater in New York, July 15, 2009. (AP Photo/CBS, John Paul Filo) Dave beat Conan in the ratings again this week, garnering 3.38 million viewers to the Tonight Show’s 2.63 million, the New York Daily News reports. That makes four straight weeks Letterman’s come out on top, his longest streak since 1995. But NBC is quick to point out that Conan continues to win the all-important 18-to-49 demographic by double digits. (More David Letterman stories.) Report an error