Leno hasn't won anything, except some numbers.
Dave has guests that can talk, think and deliver. Leno brings "Larry the Cable Guy" on four times during the strike.
Leno is a redneck with a suit on. He isn't funny at all and he sure isn't smart.

People keep saying "without writers"; these guys ARE writers and, for the most part, talented ones. But I think Dave is really getting out of touch with his audience. The old gag jokes may be funny to young people, and the repetitiveness may be amusing to the stoner age where the familiarity keeps them giggling. Leno seems to understand that, as he grew older, his audience grew younger. For those of us in our 40's and 50's who've followed these guys for years, it's depressing to me...and I do wish that Jon would go up against them in their time slots for awhile and see how that works out. They're both so out of touch. I'm sorry I'm not articulating this very well; I'm just so frustrated with the late night shows going so badly.

It's pretty funny that Letterman HAD writers and still couldn't beat Leno.

Jay's philanthropy, and his willingness to entertain in the hinterlands, are the only things that redeem him. He ain't funny.

I love it when Johnny bombs and goes into that dance shtick.

Let's see...Letterman was among the first to break with the producers' cabal and sign a contract with his writers.

Jay Leno collects old cars and paychecks.

I dont like either of them. They are both well paid professionals, I would think they could come up with a monologue without writers. But, apparently, no.

Leno is a hack, plain and simple. Letterman is a brilliant, charming, witty, class act who carries the late night tradition singlehandedly.

what low class stuff passes for tv these days.

We are rethinking our casting - it looks like Larry the Cable Guy might be better suited to play Mike Huckabee in the new movie, "Election - 2008."....
http://thefiresidepost.com/2008/02/14/kevin-spacey-as-mike-huckabee/

Get er done!

I'm not surprised. If you watched Letterman, even with his writers - he did the same - lame joke every night for weeks. Picking up the phone, hearing some radio garble.. the same Romney joke over and over. He recited the same jokes every night. Even his audience wasn't laughing, and it was embarrasing to watch him. At least Leno had some fresh jokes without writers. If this is the quality of Letterman's show with writers, he need to fire them all.

AHA to all those Huffers who predicted Leno's demise.

"....for much of the writers walkout, he was operating at a disadvantage."

Was??? :-|

Larry and Leno. Scab-O-Rama.