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"Howard Stern has publicly backed David Letterman in his late-night ratings war with Tonight Show host Jay Leno. During an appearance on Letterman&amp;#039;s Late Show on Thursday, Stern expressed a hope for the presenter to finally topple Leno&amp;#039;s long-time lead. &amp;quot;I want to see you beat Jay Leno in the ratings tonight,&amp;quot; he said. The DJ then joked: &amp;quot;Look, I love you, I&amp;#039;m in your corner. I don&amp;#039;t want the same thing to happen to you that happened to Regis [Philbin].&amp;quot; The rivalry between the two late-night hosts stems from NBC&amp;#039;s decision to hire Leno to replace Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show in 1992, passing over Letterman in the process. After acknowledging that he&amp;#039;s been a keen observer of the late-night battle for many years, Stern suggested that he supports Letterman because he has a personal distaste for Leno. &amp;quot;You know as well as everyone in this room, Jay is horrible,&amp;quot; he asserted. &amp;quot;Jay&amp;#039;s got no talent.&amp;quot; Earlier this week, it was reported that Stern and Piers Morgan had traded a series of public insults. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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