Ed Bark : Jay Leno , inexplicably dumped as `` Tonight Show '' host , has final show Thursday . He says critics have n't been big fans , but public was ; his Nielsen ratings dominate late-night . Score: 6 Bark : Fallon likable and appeals to younger crowd , but short on some late-night host skills .
Ed Bark : Jay Leno , inexplicably dumped as `` Tonight Show '' host , has final show Thursday . He says critics have n't been big fans , but public was ; his Nielsen ratings dominate late-night . He says departure shakes up late-night , makes Letterman , last of old-schoolers , vulnerable . Bark : Fallon likable and appeals to younger crowd , but short on some late-night host skills .