Why didn't Letterman have a top ten list tonight?

[Syrinx]

Or did he, and somehow I didn't notice?

[ronzo]

1. Say it ain't so...

you must've missed it.
cheers

[ironflange]

2. Don't panic

He skips the top ten once in a while.

[Dagaz]

3. I'll give it a try (I'm no Letterman)

Top ten new Congressional districts in Texas

10. Smith $ Wesson
9. Enron
8. KKK
7. Gringos
6. Oil District #1
5. Oil district #2
4. Oil district #3
3. Savings and Loan
2. Iraq
and #1
Maquiladora

[ironflange]

4. You forgot. . .

Whataburger

[Bossy Monkey]

5. I suspect he's skipping it every Monday to punish CBS

for making him have the latest Survivor loser on every week. He has intern Stephanie tell the exact same inane anecdote every Monday during the Survivor segment as well, which bespeaks a certain lack of respect for the network and/or Survivor.

Then again, the archive indicates that he skips it fairly often:
http://www.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/top_ten/archive/ls_topten_archive_October2003.shtml