The two hundred and twenty-fourth TV show: #20 The Tonight Show
Having watched various incarnations of the show to get a feel for it, it quickly starts feeling stale - rehearsed anecdotes, middling, at best, jokes and a stillness that makes it all feel too inoffensive. That the best interview might well have been Johnny Carson interviewing David Letterman, where nothing of relevance was said and everything was avoided with jokes, says it all. I wouldn't want to impugn the show's audience, but even know it feel staid and too comfortable for me.