Sandvol
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Who retires on a Wednesday? Anyway. I remember Carson retiring and it was truly an end of an era. Leno retirement was an end of an era. Letterman was just "well bye"
Leno consistently beat Letterman in the ratings after he moved to the 11:30 slot.
Wait....what? I think you clearly have those backwards. Nobody gave a flying crap when Leno left, really either time, and especially the second time.
Leno gets a fraction of the respect that Letterman does.
So?
I'm talking about respect in the industry. Leno has long been seen as a hack, joke-thief who didn't revolutionize the late night game. Letterman is seen as a trailblazer, and is respected by his peers.
Plus he acted like Leno had some grand send-off and nobody cared about Letterman leaving, and that's just completely untrue.
Letterman's show was better on NBC. I'm not sure what happened when he switched to CBS. He just didn't seem to be as funny.
You don't know much about Leno if you think he isn't.