Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan <a href="http://tv.yahoo.com/the-tonight-show-with-jay-leno/show/34238/news/tv.tvguide.com/tv.tvguide.com-tonight-show-with-jay-leno-posts-lowest-ratings-since-1992" target="_blank">http://tv.yahoo.com/the-tonigh...nce-1992</a>
Originally Posted By mele I'm glad to hear it. I was pretty bummed when Leno was getting good ratings when he first came back.
Originally Posted By DAR Yes he is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOfmy6zlh_k" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...my6zlh_k</a>
Originally Posted By ecdc I have yet to meet a Leno fan. I've met people who like him ok, who tolerate him because they aren't Dave fans. But I've never met someone crazy about Leno. Both Dave and Conan have their die hard fans, Leno doesn't seem too, but he had the ratings. Maybe people are just bored with him now.
Originally Posted By Dave Conan on twitter is funny. Here are a couple of them. Yesterday a Marilyn Monroe chest x-ray sold for $45,000. Meanwhile, my dr's note saying I have a mild case of shingles just sits on e-Bay. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yesterday was the longest day of the year, unless you count the time I interviewed Lance Armstrong ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Happy Father’s Day. After I was born, my father renamed it “Happy ‘Don’t Try to Pin This One on Me’ Day.” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I don't care where LeBron James ends up... As long as it's not at 11pm on TBS.
Originally Posted By xrayvision While mentioning O'Brian, the article only compared late shows hosted by Leno and Letterman. There was no mention how other comedian hosted, late night talk shows may have impacted ratings for Jay and Dave, who are both seeing their rating dwindle. Comparing network TV late shows, I like Letterman yet also enjoy Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon' shows. I do turn on the TV and change channels to specifically see Kimmel and Fallon. And, cable also has popular contenders in the late night category, where CoCo will be joining the ranks soon. It would interesting to see the whole picture, and also bring Soccer World Cup into the mix, when talking about Leno and Letterman's dwindling ratings.
Originally Posted By xrayvision By the way, when choosing sides between Jay and Conan, I'm with CoCo.
Originally Posted By leemac <<There was no mention how other comedian hosted, late night talk shows may have impacted ratings for Jay and Dave, who are both seeing their rating dwindle. Comparing network TV late shows, I like Letterman yet also enjoy Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon' shows. I do turn on the TV and change channels to specifically see Kimmel and Fallon.>> Jimmy Kimmel is up this year - he still trails in absolute numbers to both CBS/NBC but he is definitely growing his audience (1.7m recently compared to 3.3m for Letterman). Letterman has even trailed Nightline recently too. His NBA Finals Game Night series was also very popular (although I'm sure it was helped that the series needed every game). I really can't stand to watch Leno - I can only think he appeals to people born pre-television - he isn't funny and isn't even a good interviewer (so pandering in his delivery). I've always prefer Dave but I think when he is entirely on his game that Jimmy is the funniest of the three by a mile.
Originally Posted By ecdc Conan scores an Emmy nomination and Jay goes empty-handed. I can't wait for this years Emmy show, just to watch Conan.
Originally Posted By JeffG Even weirder, Letterman was also not Emmy nominated this year, but his extortionist was. -Jeff
Originally Posted By Mr3000 I played a disk from the Ultimate Carson Collection before bedtime one night last week, and laughed more after 11:30pm than I have in about two decades.
Originally Posted By Mr X ***I played a disk from the Ultimate Carson Collection before bedtime one night last week, and laughed more after 11:30pm than I have in about two decades*** Ain't that the truth!?
Originally Posted By Mr3000 I really wish there were more, more, (etc.) Carson on DVD available. Heck, NBC wants to save so much $$$, they should air THAT in the Tonight slot for a while. Since I missed out, I'd also go in for some Jack Paar.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney I've only seen one Johnney Carson Tonight Show...his final one. I think it was just a cultural and generational thing, but not a single black kid ever watched Johnney Carson where I grew up. I think I wouldve got beat up if I said I did lol. But I would probably watch a few shows today to see what it was like if I ever across it.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney Leno wasnt much better, but I did watch him a little when he first came on---but I was always a Letterman fan, been watching him since I was a teenager .
Originally Posted By JeffG >> "I really wish there were more, more, (etc.) Carson on DVD available. " << Actually, just this week a new series of Johnny Carson Tonight Show DVDs was announced. They also just launched a new website intended to promote those discs while also offering selected online clips. Supposedly, they have now digitized all surviving episodes (most of the episodes from before the early 1970s are lost) and expect to offer them online at some point in the future. <a href="http://www.johnnycarson.com" target="_blank">http://www.johnnycarson.com</a> -Jeff
