Drifting off – US late night talk shows no longer must-see TV

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Barack Obama appeared ‘The Tonight Show” with then host Jay Leno in 2009.
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America’s late night talk shows once were appointment viewing, but with ratings tanking and ad revenues plummeting, their coveted place on the small screen is in question.

The hosts of yesterday and today — comedians from Johnny Carson and Jay Leno to Jimmy Fallon and Jon Stewart — are household names, and their jokes were once mandatory conversation starters at the water cooler.

But NBC, home to “The Tonight Show,” hosted by Fallon, recently moved from five new…

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