Letterman had to alter his show to fit the earlier time slot's demographic which included odler viewers.
Put Leno against Letterman back in Letterman's prime and he would stomp all over Leno's ass.
When they first went heads up against each other during the earlier time slots...even then Letterman was in the lead.
However, Leno snagged the big Hugh Grant interview and that pulled in a lot of viewers who eventually latched onto his show propelling Leno into the lead against Letterman.
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