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Jimmy Kimmel to Air at Same Time as Jay Leno and David Letterman: Who's the Funniest of the Three?

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Jimmy Kimmel is officially in the big leagues. ABC is moving "Jimmy Kimmel Live" to 11:35 p.m. starting Jan. 8, meaning the show will air at the same time as Jay Leno and David Letterman.

Jimmy Kimmel

“I am excited, honored, and grateful to ABC for this strong vote of confidence, inexplicable as it may be,” Kimmel said in a statement. But it really isn't that inexplicable. "Jimmy Kimmel Live" is the only late-night broadcast talk show to gain total viewers over the past season, growing from an average of 1.74 million viewers to 1.79 million, The New York Daily News reports.

Meanwhile, CBS' "The Late Show with David Letterman" went from an average of 3.55 million viewers to 3.21, and NBC’s "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" slipped from 3.87 to 3.71 million. In fact, the "Tonight Show" was recently forced to lay off about two dozen employees, and Leno also reportedly took a pay cut. Who do you think is the funniest of the three hosts?
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  • :O R U ... Mr. Won... 2012/08/23 01:26:19
    :O R U 4 REAL???
    Dont be so quick to judge he was man enough to admit it and regret and apologise then forget, You ought to do the same...take a hint.
  • Mr. Won... :O R U ... 2012/08/23 03:38:40 (edited)
    Mr. Wonderful
    +2
    You kidding me? Letterman is a pig and a shameless one. I lost all respect for CBS for not pulling the plug on this over rated, never been funny in his life excuse and full time runner-up late night talk show host wannabe.

    Hard to tell if David is on the top or bottom

    pig mating
  • Cat Skylari... 2012/08/23 07:51:07
    Cat
    +1
    You win the prize!
    First person to use a cussword on this page.
  • Skylari... Cat 2012/08/23 17:09:38 (edited)
    Skylaris Alanis
    mhm. i'm real.
  • Cat Skylari... 2012/08/23 17:34:00
    Cat
    So am I.
    But you look like a cartoon.
    Oh I see. Stalkers eh?
    Advice: Vulgar language will,only garner respect in a few circles. Are those the circles in which you choose to spend the rest of your life?
  • Skylari... Cat 2012/08/23 17:55:14
    Skylaris Alanis
    ....

    I look like a cartoon? How so? :o
  • Rev☠Donny☠Doom☠Agnostic 667 2012/08/22 20:28:29
    Jimmy Kimmel
    Rev☠Donny☠Doom☠Agnostic 667
    +2
    No doubt!!
  • Kaleokualoha 2012/08/22 19:52:54 (edited)
    Jay Leno
    Kaleokualoha
    +2
    I believe Jay Leno is the funniest of the THREE, but Craig Furgeson is funnier than all three put together. He is so quick and witty that I enjoy his reruns almost as much as his original broadcasts.

    ADDED: On further thought, I believe I laugh five times as much per hour with Craig than with Saturday Night Live nowadays, and more than I EVER laughed at SNL at any point in their history!

    (IMHO)
  • Bunk11 2012/08/22 19:49:26
    Jimmy Kimmel
    Bunk11
    +4
    David Letterman was never really that funny. Jay Leno's refusal to make jokes about Obama (until the past couple of weeks, and even still he's soft on him) hurts him considerably. I haven't seen that much of Jimmy Kimmel, but he seems to have some potential. Let's see if he lets political correctness stifle it.
  • Kaleoku... Bunk11 2012/08/24 00:37:06
    Kaleokualoha
    Jay made Obama jokes during his first year in office. See http://politicalhumor.about.c... and http://politicalhumor.about.c...
  • Bunk11 Kaleoku... 2012/08/25 04:23:55
    Bunk11
    I watch his program fairly regularly and while he mentions Obama in jokes, he rarely makes fun of Obama, the way he has of GW Bush, McCain, Romney or Clinton. I heard of one study that counted how many times Obama et al. were mentioned in jokes, but that is hardly the same thing. I don't need a study to tell me what I saw. In any event the Web link you provided covers jokes from all four years. Other than the one about Obama being born in a manger, they address policy decisions, not personality traits as Leno did with Bush (dumb), McCain (old), Romney (rich, tax dodger, dog on roof), Clinton (sex addict), and often simply address the horrible state of the economy - not jokes targeted directly at Obama.
  • MyPaperBleedsInk 2012/08/22 19:48:16
    Jimmy Kimmel
    MyPaperBleedsInk
    +3
    Jimmy Kimmel is all around funnier. Jay Leno has funnier sketches/segments....
    and David Letterman. Well.... I never understood why he's on air.
  • Nu Joisey 2012/08/22 19:33:19 (edited)
    Jay Leno
    Nu Joisey
    +3
    It's Jay Leno without a doubt.
  • Crank_It_Up 2012/08/22 19:26:04
    Jimmy Kimmel
    Crank_It_Up
    +3
    Kimmel is probably the closest replacement to Johnny Carson that has yet to come along.
    johnny carson letterman
  • glass_butterfly ~YSU~ 2012/08/22 18:16:42
    Jimmy Kimmel
    glass_butterfly ~YSU~
    +5
    But that's not saying much. Leno is horribly unfunny. And Letterman is out of touch, old, and unfunny; also.

    O'Brien, Fallon, Colbert, and Ferguson are the current kings of late night.
  • Kat 2012/08/22 18:16:40
    Jay Leno
    Kat
    +5
    Of these, I like Leno best. But Craig Ferguson is funnier than all of them.
  • BigEyedFish 2012/08/22 18:13:48
    Jimmy Kimmel
    BigEyedFish
    +12
    Personally, I think Jimmy Fallon blows them all away!
  • Cat BigEyed... 2012/08/23 08:06:13
    Cat
    +1
    But the NO baby always blows him away. ;-D
    What's in your wallet? LOL
  • BigEyed... Cat 2012/08/23 08:17:58
    BigEyedFish
    That baby'll come around soon and want ALL of those dollars!!! LOL
  • Cat BigEyed... 2012/08/23 10:30:49
    Cat
    +1
    Never happen, The baby says NO and she means it! LOL

    I love the one where he tries to play the guitar she smashed. ;-D
  • BigEyed... Cat 2012/08/23 13:46:01
    BigEyedFish
    He's really cute & funny
  • Cat BigEyed... 2012/08/23 16:51:07
    Cat
    +1
    That, he is, and he never comes off smug like Letterman and Ferguson often do.
  • MiMi 2012/08/22 17:53:24
    Jimmy Kimmel
    MiMi
  • Crische 2012/08/22 17:51:48
    Jimmy Kimmel
    Crische
    +2
    Hate letterman, Leno is meh. Kimmel by default. But who cares?
  • Black Mohawk Man 2012/08/22 17:36:45 (edited)
    Jay Leno
    Black Mohawk Man
    +3
    All though I think Jimmy Fallon is the best of them all!! Plus, I hate Jimmy Kimmel!!
  • ConLibFraud 2012/08/22 17:34:48
    Jay Leno
    ConLibFraud
    +3
    The fact that these shows have sheeple who actually take the time to watch them proves just how phucked up America is.
  • STEVE 2012/08/22 17:08:44
    Jimmy Kimmel
    STEVE
    +2
    HE IS MORE LATE NIGHT FUN...POOR CONAN
  • thє вluє wαndєrєr 2012/08/22 16:55:10
  • jester 2012/08/22 16:37:36
    Jimmy Kimmel
    jester
    +2
    I know he´s not here, but COCO would so own them all.... I just picked the lesser of three evils...
  • dear•LT13☻ 2012/08/22 16:20:06
    David Letterman
    dear•LT13☻
    +6
    Jay Leno is a washed up hack.
  • Sister Jean 2012/08/22 16:12:57
    David Letterman
    Sister Jean
    +4
    G I asked this last night SH reads well

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