I'm sure Leno commands an audience in his own right, I just think most of his jokes are extremely lame and unfunny. Which is pretty pathetic when you consider they have writers for that kind of thing. Plus in a 1 hour show I don't think it's necessary to have an opening monologue that lasts the better part of the first half hour, with subsequently pretty much the space between two ad breaks for a single guest.

It's The Tonight Show with Leno, not the Leno Show.