Tonight Show legend Jay Leno is weighing in on the current crop of late night talk show hosts, whom he believes are alienating viewers by sharing overtly political opinions. Leno said on Sunday, July 27, that he tried to keep his jokes politically neutral during his tenure on The Tonight Show, which he hosted from 1992 to 2009 and again from 2010 to 2014. "It was fun to me when I got hate letters: 'You and your Republican friends' [or] 'Well, I hope you and your Democratic buddies are happy' ...