Jay Leno

Despite—oh, let’s just admit it, because of—his bland, banal approach, Jay Leno is the reigning king of comedy when it comes to TV talk-show hosts. David Letterman, Craig Ferguson, and Conan O’Brien may have sharper wits and more trenchant depths, but smooth-talking Leno commands the largest audience—even after his 2010 tussle with O’Brien over Tonight Show hosting duties exposed him as something worse than an unfunny comedian: an unfunny asshole.

Updated 02/28/2011