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Fallon is maybe he can bring in younger folks. but jay is winning the time slot, beating letterman quite easily who is older than him. he's beaten kimmel who is much younger, also in that demo, well. howie, i've gone back on forth on this on whether this is the right decision or not. my conclusion comes in math and logic. there is only one other show on television that wins its time slot on a weekly basis and that is "60 minutes." to get rid of leno now, they feared losing fallon, but his ability to do songs and parodies and imitations is something letterman and kimmel can't do. i think the re...

Fallon is seen as a hip, young comic. there was the conan debacle before this. >> that's right. in a way, the fallon situation could play out, at least in the early going, in the same way in the sense that i doubt very much that "the tonight show" will instantly maintain its number one ranking as soon as fallon takes over. i have a feeling that in total viewers, 4 million on average every night for leno, will decrease when fallon comes on. and so for the first time in, well, many, many years, nbc will be lagging in late night behind, perhaps, letterman or kimmel. so it's not a sure thing. ther...

Fallon is seen as a hip, young comic. there was the conan debacle before this. >> that's right. in a way, the fallon situation could play out, at least in the early going, in the same way in the sense that i doubt very much that "the tonight show" will instantly maintain its number one ranking as soon as fallon takes over. i have a feeling that in total viewers, 4 million on average every night for leno, will decrease when fallon comes on. and so for the first time in, well, many, many years, nbc will be lagging in late night behind, perhaps, letterman or kimmel. so it's not a sure thing. ther...