Obama Scandal Fallout: Jay Leno Trounces David Letterman in May Sweeps

Breitbart ^ | 31 May 2013, 12:35 PM PDT | Chrisitan Toto

[drewh]

We've already seen audiences fleeing MSNBC, the network that religiously carries the Obama administration's water, as a number of scandals rock the White House. Now, it looks like the long-running battle between Jay Leno and David Letterman is also being affected by the toxic headlines swirling around the president.

During this year's May sweeps, "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" posted a 39 percent lead over "Late Show With David Letterman" in the advertiser-cherished 18-49 demographic -- the widest May sweep margin over "Late Show" since 2004, and a 12 percent increase over last year's May sweep....

In total viewers, Leno also widened the lead over Letterman compared to last year, averaging 3.515 million versus 2.767 million for Letterman. That's a 27 percent advantage, up 16 percent from last May.

So, what changed?

Leno continues to hammer President Obama for his connection to several political nightmares, from the IRS hounding Tea Party groups to the Department of Justice eavesdropping on high-profile journalists. Meanwhile, Letterman is still focusing his comic firepower on the GOP, all but ignoring Obama as a target of mockery.

Audiences apparently want their late night hosts to do their job rather than protect the powerful.

[LachlanMinnesota]

What happened to Jack Paar? Is he gone?

[Publius]

Died in 2004.

[GeronL]

They don’t care about ratings, they care about liberalism.

Remember that next time someone says otherwise.

[TruthWillWin]

Johnny Carson? What happened to Jack Parr?

[SeminoleCounty]

Leno saves all his money from the Tonight Show.... and lives off of his Vegas shows on the weekend. Leno is the hardest working man in show business...when his Tonight Show is off for a week...he goes on tour around the country

[GOPJ]

Here is how the sheep and the sheepdog think differently. The sheep pretend the wolf will never come, but the sheepdog lives for that day. After the attacks on September 11, 2001, most of the sheep, that is, most citizens in America said, "Thank God I wasn't on one of those planes." The sheepdogs, the warriors, said, "Dear God, I wish I could have been on one of those planes. Maybe I could have made a difference."

One of my favorites (the above). Why can't you watch Leno?

[ansel12]

No TV access, I can use my DVD player and 13 inch TV and watch youtube things, but no TV stuff.

[TBP]

Which is why Leno has to be fired.

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

Letterman ceased being funny when he became a strident limousine liberal. They are after all not known for their sense of humor.

[jmaroneps37]

This couldn’t happen to a more deserving scumbag than Letterman.

[Cuttnhorse]

You mean Johnny Carson is not doing the Tonight Show any more?

LOL...that was my thought too, Izzy