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Deposed “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien is starting his new TBS talk show on Monday, but he’s not the biggest news in late night right now.
* For the first time since Jay Leno returned to “The Tonight Show” back in March, David Letterman enjoyed a superior weekly average, garnering both more viewers and a higher rating in the all-important adults 18-49 demo, according to the Hollywood Reporter. (Leno’s “Tonight” has also been garnering lower ratings than O’Brien was in the same slot a year ago. Is Leno still featuring those Dan Band segments?)
* “The Daily Show” for the month of October beat Leno and Letterman in the adults 18-49 demo, according to Deadline Hollywood. This is the first month ever in which any late night talk show besides “The Tonight Show” and “The Late Show” has come out on top.
Of course the mid-term elections, an appearance by the president of the United States and the Rally For Sanity And/Or Fear brought an unusual amount of help to Jon Stewart’s basic-cable comedy-news round-up -- but it does kinda make O’Brien’s new basic-cable show suddenly seem like a more viable concern.
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