XPost: rec.arts.tv, alt.fan.letterman   
   From: dadoctah@spamcop.net   
      
   Clifford T. Newsome filted:   
   >   
   >Not as good as I thought. From the Tom Shales article posted about by garyd   
   >below:   
   >   
   >"The last laugh may be on Leno, but not earned by Leno. He seems genuinely   
   >to have been stung by his new reputation as a two-timing back-stabber, and   
   >though his post-Conan ratings are not disastrous they aren't what they used   
   >to be either. He's down 16 percent in the numbers compared with what he got   
   >pre-Conan, and reportedly his rating with the 18-to-49-year-old demographic   
   >is just about the same that Conan got. Leno looks wounded now, damaged; he's   
   >like a guy who fought his way into a party that the other guests then left   
   >in protest or out of boredom."   
      
   I look forward to the upcoming posts explaining how "down 16 percent" equates   
   to   
   "kicking Letterman's butt six ways from Sunday"....r   
      
      
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