I would recommend you all watch the Scottish Conan Guy on CBS after Dave (Craig Ferguson). He's funny and he's bratty and sweet and charming. He speaks to his guests and it doesn't sound like everything he says is a setup line for them.

More than one post has mentioned Leno's "work ethic" as a reason to admire him. Sure, as a person, but not necessarily as a comedian/host. His JayWalking was funny, but mostly because of the participants, not him. So, sure, he seems like a nice guy who can deliver a decent joke, but as far as wit and interviewing skills go, both Dave and Conan tower above Jay - and those qualities, to me, are far more entertaining to watch.

I've never been a fan of Letterman. I remember when my class adviser announced that they were trying to get him to come speak at our graduation ceremonies, I told him if Letterman showed, I wasn't. I never found him funny.

I lost my taste for Leno years a go. He may be the hardest working comic, but, it's because he has to try harder than most to be funny and most of the time he falls flat. He's just a Hollywood suck up as a talk show host.

Should *we* care? Nope. Rather or not he is on at night has no great impact on my life. I would have watched his final episode tonight had I known it was on. However, I missed it and I'm not exactly broken up about it.

I can honestly say that without doing the research, I have no idea what shows will be bumped by Leno's new show. Apparently, whatever show they are, I won't be missing them, either.

Bob Sassone writes another unfavorable piece on Jay Leno. Should we care?

Coming from somebody that is generally annoyed by Leno all the time, this is important and we should care.

Like him or hate him, he held an important position and one that is very, very rare.

I'm talking Ted Koppel, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather exclusivity for their genre.

Sometimes, Leno shows a side of soft humility that erases away some of my annoyances with him. But then when he gets on the Tonight Show, his annoying qualities somehow come out.

I think my problem is that he never showed his racier side or his cooler side, he always interviewed everybody as if they were a lovely old lady.

No.

If he was retiring it would be a bigger deal for Leno. But this episode is probably more of a bigger deal for Conan who is metaphorically being passed the torch tonight. I'm DVRing the episode just because of that, not Leno. I have no problem with Leno he seems like a good guy. I like when he talks about cars, maybe he could turn his show into that failed American Top Gear spin off. The ads said he is getting the guests off the couch so maybe Jay could take them to his garage. Maybe then I'll watch his show.

You can tell that Leno is scared that no one is going to watch or guest come to his 10 PM shin dig.

I'm not sure how NBC is going to fill 3 hours of Late Night content every night with interesting guests. At least Jimmy Fallon is in NY, which would make booking easier.

Conan and Jay are going to have a heck of time coordinating guest appearances since they are both in LA. Which show will win out? A prime-time show or the venerable Tonight Show?

jay leno is the hardest working comedian in showbiz, unlike other hosts he does not rely on his other writers to write jokes for him he is constantly working each night on jokes for his show, and he does stand-up when he's not doing the show that proves how much he loves working you don't get that impression of a hard work ethic from dave letterman. Plus people have been complaining about him going to primetime but it's nbc they got nothing good to put in those timeslots anyway. and i do think you should find someone on your site who is a FAN of jay to write about rather than someone who'd rather watch dave.

I watched Letterman way more than Leno, but it still is a big deal. Not as big as Carson leaving, but certainly bigger than a beloved cast member leaving SNL.