Leno tops Letterman

It's only the first night, but the "Tonight Show" bested the "Late Show" by a bunch - 5.8 million viewers vs. 4.7 million, based on the initial Nielsen numbers. It's not that big a surprise - Leno has led Letterman for years - but now comes the day-to-day grind that Leno must handle without benefit of writers. There's also the matter of Leno's monologue, which was obviously written and seems to break the WGA's strike rules. "We'll have to talk to Jay," WGA President Patric Verrone told Larry Mantle this morning on KPCC's "Airtalk." Might be fun to be a fly on that wall.