Was The Writers Strike Letterman's Last Chance To Eclipse Leno?
The WGA strike barely affected the ratings of late night talk shows like The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. That’s not good news for David Letterman, who had the advantage of writers, in his late night competition against his nemesis, Jay Leno. According to the AP’s David Bauder:
”The most intriguing late-night duel — David Letterman returning with his writers, and Jay Leno without — didn’t change the status quo much, either.
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