We were trying to find some television critic who just loved Jay Leno‘s return to the Tonight Show. We dug through a bunch of bad reviews, some just tepid and then finally gave up. So instead we have a round up of some of the more interesting reviews. The general theme is that Leno is stale. But he beat Dave Letterman last night. So, uh, yeah…
USA Today‘s Arienne Thompson call the new show “underwhelming.”
The least critical read in the world, People, “predictable.”
LAT’s Mary McNamara puts it the most diplomatically, “Dick Cheney jokes, George Bush jokes, Cheerios jokes and a ‘new bit’ entitled ‘How Boring Is Alan Greenspan?’”
Matthew Greenberg at True/Slant is more direct, “a stunning display of tone deafness that ranged from bland to weird to uncomfortable and offensive.”
Hank Stuever at WaPo wrote, “Leno is talented in the most mediocre of ways.”
Ouch.
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