In the spring of 1999, Craig Kilborn, not Jon Stewart, got the coveted job of hosting "The Late Late Show" on CBS, which was seen by many as Kilborn's first step toward assuming David Letterman's throne. Stewart ended up grabbing Kilborn's old seat, on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show." Cut to 2001. As observed by the weekly New York Observer, it is Stewart who's the star, not Kilborn. (Both men are 38.) As the publication points out, it is Stewart who has turned "The Daily Show" into must-see TV and who was also profiled recently by The New York Times Magazine, is about to be profiled on CBS's "60 Minutes" and hosted Wednesday night's Grammys -- on CBS. And Kilborn? No major profiles, notes the Observer, but he is to host the TV Guide Awards -- on Fox -- a job that the paper says that Stewart turned down. Not that his network is turning its back on Kilborn. CBS spokesman Chris Ender told the Observer, "Craig isn't a media darling, so he doesn't get enough credit for the work he's done for CBS . . . (but) we're very happy with him."