[P.O.E.]

Don't really listen to Stern much anymore. In small doses, maybe a few minutes a week. Used to listen almost the entire hour commute to work, but it started to get real repetitious. I think it lost its edge with his divorce, and when Jackie left it kinda lost its frat-house goodnaturedness, and turned nasty. Can't put my finger on it exactly, but it just got wearisome.

[NYCVirago]

Don't really listen to Stern much anymore. In small doses, maybe a few minutes a week. Used to listen almost the entire hour commute to work, but it started to get real repetitious. I think it lost its edge with his divorce, and when Jackie left it kinda lost its frat-house goodnaturedness, and turned nasty. Can't put my finger on it exactly, but it just got wearisome.

Somebody on the "Jump the Shark" website summed up that feeling:

Before the divorce he was so much funnier. He would always talk smack about how these ugly movie stars and rock-stars were with these hot chicks (which was funny). Now he's one of the ugly guys with a hot chick and he's partying with stars i.e. John and Rebecca Stamos. He dedicated an entire break a few weeks ago (pretending he didn't want anyone to know) talking about the striptease he and his model girlfriend did with the Stamos's. What happened to Howard's blue-collar roots? No blue-collar worker wants to hear him talk about eating at NOBU or his antics at SPA. I guarantee 90% of his listeners are just everyday people. Just like he used to be.

That's pretty much why I stopped listening, too.