Strange Bedfellows

Oprah, Letterman Make Leno Likable Again

Benjamin F. Carlson Feb 8, 2010
Jay Leno has played the whipping boy during NBC's Tonight Show reshuffle. (Catch up on the Leno-Conan saga here, here, and here.) But a Superbowl spot he did with Oprah and late-night rival David Letterman--who's been heavy with the anti-Leno lash--has given TV critics license to like Leno again.

As the New York Times reports, the ad was the brainchild of Letterman, and is a spoof of a 2007 ad he did with Oprah. Leno signed on eagerly--and it seems to have paid off. Gawker loved the bit, as did the Daily Beast and Kara Swisher at AllThingsDigital. Watch:


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