Love GN’s couch/guests interact set-up and his snappy repartee. I just rewatched the Carrie Fisher episode from right before she died. <sniff>

Despite the heat he took initially for not being a good interviewer, Colbert has turned out some of the best among the late night shows over the last few years. His thoughtful discussion about death and loss and faith with Joe Biden was unforgettable.

This makes me very happy. I watch neither, I’m a Conan lifer. Either way though, at least Colbert didn’t make his entire career tricking people into thinking Adam Sandler’s entire persona was actually his like Fallon did. I honestly can’t stand anything about Fallon. Every other late night host is worlds better.

God, I love binge watching Graham Norton interviews. They are A+++

Are we not supposed to like James Corden? I think he’s great...what did he do wrong? I guess I mostly like his broadway in the street segments cause I’m a theater nerd. I like all the music related stuff he does *shrug*. I loved Craig Ferguson too.

Oh yeah, that’s what I mean. The only real rules Leno abided by were 1) be in a position of power, and 2) don’t cheat on your spouse. He didn’t really care what people did with their power, because that isn’t where his audience was. But so long as you met rules 1) and 2), every sling and arrow would be nerfed. The…

Leno was basically safe. He probably broadly appealed to everyone who didn’t want to see anything offensive.

It’s hard for me to appreciate anyone who doesn’t take a serious stance against this administration, particularly when they are a celebrity with a huge platform like Fallon. I used to have such a crush on him and it sort of baffles me that he didn’t grow up or mature in the way Kimmel could.

It’s doubly-ironic, because the event that put Leno on top for good was asking Hugh Grant what the hell he was thinking cheating on Elizabeth Hurley, in those words.

I would also like Larry Wilmore back! His show was kind of a train wreck, production-wise, but he was so cool and funny.

I watched a little of Fallon’s monologue last week and it was painfully out of step with the current pop culture landscape and zeitgeist. He did a bit about the guy who mispronounced “Flamingo” on Wheel of Fortune and it went on for way too long. He barely mentioned anything related to Trump. Maybe he thinks people…

...his most recent Getty photos are with Cookie Monster for Christ’s sake...

Right? Because he’s a Jimmy Fallon. Craig Ferguson was great. He was so weird and special and made everything seem so fun.

To illustrate how TV and mass culture has changed, Johnny Carson’s top-rated episode (Tiny Tim’s wedding, 1969) drew 21.2 million.

I miss Craig Ferguson. James Corden is no Craig Ferguson.

I don’t see it that way. I saw it as a demonstration that Colbert has made a career for himself based on smart political commentary and comedy, so he’s a better late night host in times like these. Fallon is a sketch artist who also sometimes incorporates music into his act. He’s a slapstick performer, where Colbert…

No mention of Fallon 2.0, better known as James Corden?

This is why I never understood how Jay Leno consistently averaged higher ratings than Letterman. Even as a kid I appreciated how Letterman asked his guests challenging questions and didn’t take their shit. I remember when he got the first interview with Paris Hilton after she got out of jail and was asked by her…

Fallon has always seemed over-eager and twee, to me. The barber-shop quarter stuff, the aw-shucks attitude...he seems like he’s trying to play an amiable version of an entertaining showman rather than providing any context and substance to the role.

Stephen Cobert is brilliant. Jimmy Fallon is not and his aw-shucks personality does not translate well once you are in your 40s. Man children are not charming.