Conan O'Brien Gets Last Laugh, Poll Says

As for the others in this debacle, not all have fared as well. While many of O'Brien's industry peers have taken O'Briens side during the past few weeks, Leno, for one, has generated considerable ill-will. After making his way back into the show following the cancellation of The Jay Leno Show, Leno has been branded, by many, a bully; Leno recently attempted a form of damage control, appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show and attempting to portray himself as a victim.

Readers of TheStreet, apparently, aren't buying it, with only 12% of voters in our poll declaring Leno to be the winner in the dispute, despite the fact that he reclaimed the show that many consider the brass ring in the late-night business.

CBS's(CBS) David Letterman, meanwhile, strongly benefited from the scandal. When The Tonight Show ratings slid after O'Brien took the helm of the show, Letterman claimed the #1 spot in the time slot. Moreover, Letterman has clearly been deriving pleasure from making fun of NBC -- and, in particular, his arch-nemesis Jay Leno -- during his sow. More than 17% of the voters in our poll shared that assessment, declaring Letterman the winner of the whole fiasco.

The rest of the votes were split between Fox, NBC and CBS: Fox pulled 8.6% of the votes; CBS culled 3.2%; NBC, GE and Comcast(CMCSA), meanwhile, were the big losers, garnering a mere 3.1% of the votes.

And in perhaps the most telling tally of all, more than 18% of voters declared that there were, in fact, no winners at all -- which seems about right, to us.

-- Reported by Andrea Tse in New York

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