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written by Sam Greenspan

We break down the results of my poll on the best late night talk show hosts ever. It definitely skews modern.

I’ve got a new 11 Points Countdown episode today on the 11 best late night talk show hosts in history. Although it’s very heavily slanted toward the modern.

My co-host is Kyle Anderson of Nerdist, Modern Primate and the WTF Are You Watching? podcast and website. He previous co-hosted the episode on 11 Future Inventions We Want the Most.

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Here are the full results of the poll. The top 11 are in white to avoid spoilers, and finally actually show up in white on the new iPhone.

  1. Conan O’Brien
  2. Jon Stewart
  3. Stephen Colbert
  4. Craig Ferguson
  5. Jimmy Kimmel
  6. David Letterman
  7. Jimmy Fallon
  8. Johnny Carson
  9. Jay Leno
  10. Bill Maher
  11. Arsenio Hall
  12. Chelsea Handler
  13. Chevy Chase
  14. Craig Kilborn
  15. Magic Johnson
  16. Dennis Miller
  17. Steve Allen
  18. George Lopez
  19. Andy Cohen
  20. Carson Daly
  21. Kathy Griffin
  22. Merv Griffin
  23. Jack Paar