TV Hosts Quotes

You look across the board at comedy quiz shows, and they are mainly hosted by men.

I love Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel.

I think anyone that grew up in the '70s and '80s grew up with Bob Barker and Wink Martindale and I think that was just always... when you were a game show host, you were the man of the hour.

It's not like the old competition that you had between Leno and Letterman. It's a friendly competition between Fallon and Stephen.

I was in awe of Robert Osborne, the man, and his incredible talent. Like everyone else, I loved watching him introduce classic films on TCM. But I was fortunate to also get to know him in real life by spending time with him and being interviewed by him over the years at events around the country.

I've been on Letterman a couple of times. I've been on Leno more than a couple times, and now Letterman hates me because I've been on Leno more than him. They're very jealous of one another, as you know.

NBC's priorities are Jimmy Fallon and Jay Leno, and then there's me.

On Letterman and Leno, it always bothers me when they go outside the studio and it's daytime.

I like Jon Stewart. He's not as obnoxious as Dennis Miller, whom I really can't stand.

The gang on 'GMB' is what really makes it. I love Ben Shephard, Richard Arnold, Susanna Reid and even Piers Morgan.

I mean, you're gonna be left behind if you don't appreciate the genius that is Meredith Vieira.

Bob Saget is the bear from the Golden Crisp box.

I did the Ed Sullivan show four times. I did the Steve Allen show. I did the Jackie Gleason show.

Anderson Cooper is fine. He is a smart, conscientious guy, and he seems to want his show to produce and highlight good journalism. But he also seems to want to replace Regis, or maybe even Oprah.

I love Keith Lemon. I love Holly Willoughby.

Cookies at both of them. The cookies are probably better at Letterman though.

I'm a big fan of Ant and Dec, I think they're excellent presenters.

Personally, I'd like us to have a few more women on the 'Today' programme.

Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman to run for vice president, died from multiple myeloma. Frank Reynolds, the ABC anchorman, who I had talked to toward the end of his life, not knowing what he had, died from it. Later I found out that Frank McGee, who was the Today Show host, died from it.

'Old School' is so breezy it could be a late-night talk show, especially when Craig Kilborn, of 'The Late Late Show,' sidles into camera range as a particularly loathsome competitor to Mitch.

When we went to Canada [with Top Gear], I was staggered about how many people got in touch ... Before we finish with The Grand Tour, we'll definitely be appearing in Canada at some point. Nothing is more certain than that.

I was a big Jay Leno fan, so I was sorry to see him go. But my number one person that I watch, she's not late night, but in terms of the comedian genre, is Ellen DeGeneres - love her.

It's the nature of cable news that we [TV hosts] do a lot of clipping and quoting of other broadcasts and outlets, sometimes to make a narrative point, sometimes to make a political one, and sometimes just to make a joke.

The first time I met Jon Stewart was at the press conference that Comedy Central held to announce Jon would be the new host of 'The Daily Show,' which back then was not called 'The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.'

Late night television is ready for someone like me... standards have gone to an all-time low.