Jay Leno Draws Big Crowd for Final Show
14.6 million viewers watched
Jay Leno's farewell "Tonight Show" drew the late-night show's biggest audience in more than 15 years, NBC said Friday.
A total of 14.6 million viewers tuned in Thursday to see Leno wrap up his 22 years as host of "Tonight," according to Nielsen company ratings released by NBC.
The audience was the biggest since May 14, 1998, when Jerry Seinfeld appeared on "Tonight" to mark the end of his sitcom and nearly 15 million viewers tuned in.
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I prefer Leno over any of the other late night hosts. Well done, Jay.
In more or less the same way that Rainey Bethea attracted a sold-out crowd to his last performance.
Jay Leno was, is, and always shall be the Murder, She Wrote of late-night television.