Tonight Show with Leno has 1 million more viewers than Late Night with Letterman?

Argo

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How could this be? I think Letterman is 10 times funnier than Leno. Leno's jokes are on the level with knock-knock jokes, while Letterman's humor is very sharp? Which one do you watch?

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purbeast0

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I watch Leno if any. and i only watch the monologue and the little skit after too, unless there is someone i REALLY want to see on it. letterman is as funny as a doorknob. i do not like his humor at all.

im usually playing halo 2, watching 24 episodes, watching a movie, or doing my GF at that time though.
 

dullard

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I used to watch Letterman solely and despised Leno. But after a year or two Letterman really had nothing new to say. I can't think of one funny line on any top 10 list I've seen in the past 5 years - these things used to be hillarious. Now it sounds like a chore the writers dread so they just put the first 10 things anyone can think of whether it is funny or not. Leno on the other hand is always fresh.

I slowly made the switch to Leno, and I'm nearly a 100% Leno watcher now (unless there is a rerun and I'll watch Letterman).
 

jagec

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Letterman ran out of material years ago. I don't watch much TV, but Jon Stewart is definately the best right now.
 

royaldank

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Adult Swim.

Letterman back in the day was awesome. The man under the seats (Chris Elliott) and his Christmas specials were classics.
 

Aharami

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Letterman's humor is something my dad would get. Leno's humor is something I get.

But then again, i dont really watch any late night shows cuz im usually asleep by then
 

dullard

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Originally posted by: isasir
Does Leno still do the funny, but true headlines bit?
Every Monday at ~55 minutes after the hour. Unless there is a special thing going on like the Oscars over the weekend, then Headlines is on Tuesday. Headlines is also on Tuesday whenever Leno takes the week off so on Monday you know that the whole week is reruns.
 

Looney

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Jon Stewart is definitely my favorite... i normally don't want late night TV, but Daily Show is hilarious (and he's actually intelligent)
 

Argo

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I think Letterman does a lot of on the spot jokes and the kinda jokes my friends and I would make while hanging out. Leno's jokes are way too choreographed. I used to love Connan but most of his jokes are just making faces and stupid dances, gets annoying after a while.
 

dullard

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Originally posted by: Argo
I think Letterman does a lot of on the spot jokes and the kinda jokes my friends and I would make while hanging out. Leno's jokes are way too choreographed. I used to love Connan but most of his jokes are just making faces and stupid dances, gets annoying after a while.
Letterman's on the spot jokes usually bomb and he spends the next 20 minutes repeating a stupid word/action he did to remind me over and over how unfunny that joke was.

I agree with the Conan part though. He has the funniest jokes of all, but he is just so annoying to watch with those faces, dances, and playing with the camera. My dream is that Conan would go back to writing full time and have someone else do his jokes.
 

randalee

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Originally posted by: Gothgar
my late nights are rules by WoW...

Yeah, me too. I'm number 975 in line to get on... :) Usually takes an hour or so before I can play. Fun game, huh?
 

CraigRT

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If I had to watch either of those, it would be Leno... but I don't, so I watch Conan O'brien. :)
 

datalink7

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Originally posted by: randalee
Originally posted by: Gothgar
my late nights are rules by WoW...

Yeah, me too. I'm number 975 in line to get on... :) Usually takes an hour or so before I can play. Fun game, huh?

Why did you choose a high population server? I've never had to wait to get on, no matter what time of the day.