The Johnny Carson Award- Late Night Talk Show

Named For: Johnny Carson, host of The Tonight Show from 1962-92
Awarded To: Best late night talk show from June 1, 2009 - May 31, 2010
Last Year's Winner: Saturday Night Live (late night/variety)

Place. Show (Network) Points (My Vote)

5. The Colbert Report (Comedy Central) 7 points

4. Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC) 8 points (3rd)

3. Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (NBC) 10 points (1st)

Runner-Up
2. The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central) 15 points

and the Poolie goes to...
1. The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (NBC) 18 points (2nd)

Although I voted for Jimmy Fallon first in this category, I find it only fitting that Conan O'Brien and the rest of the Tonight Show crew took the second annual Jonny Carson Award. Named after the king of The Tonight Show, Coco receives this recognition after taking the big stage and losing it shortly after.

By this point we all know the ins and outs of what happened between Conan, Jay Leno, and NBC this year. Having said that, it's worth noting that Conan came out smelling like roses, while the other two have garnered much hatred from fans all over. That is surely a credit to Coco's personality on and off of late night.

Sure his Tonight Show wasn't as good as his longer stint as the host of Late Night, but he was certainly good enough to earn this award. And as an award that (as chairman of the Poolie Awards) I might scrap next year, I will be pleased to know that Coco won the only true late night award of the Quiet Pool Television Awards.