He can reliably reel off jokes in assembly line fashion , making `` Tonight Show '' an easy , effortless tune-in . Ed Bark : Jay Leno , inexplicably dumped as ` ` Tonight Show '' host , has final ##ised Thursday . He says critics have n't been big fans , but public was ; his Nielsen ratings hurt late - night . He says departure sucks up late - night , makes Letterman , last of old - school , vulnerable . Fallon : Very likable and appealing to younger crowd , but short on some late - night host skills .
Ed Bark : Jay Leno , inexplicably dumped as ` ` Tonight Show '' host , has final ##ised Thursday . He says critics have n't been big fans , but public was ; his Nielsen ratings hurt late - night . He says departure sucks up late - night , makes Letterman , last of old - school , vulnerable . Fallon : Very likable and appealing to younger crowd , but short on some late - night host skills .