Official: Jimmy Fallon To Replace Conan O Brien On Late Night
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Jimmy Fallon to replace Conan on "Late Night"
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Saturday Night Live" veteran Jimmy Fallon has sealed a deal to succeed "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien on NBC in 2009, sources said.
O'Brien, whose show airs at 12:35 a.m., is moving to Los Angeles next year to replace Jay Leno at "The Tonight Show," which airs an hour earlier.
NBC is expected to make the announcement on May 12 during its "upfront" presentation to advertisers in New York. The network declined comment on Thursday.
Fallon, 33, co-starred on "SNL" for six seasons, and co-hosted its "Weekend Update" segment. He left the show to focus on making features, although such efforts as "Fever Pitch" and "Taxi" fell flat at the box office.
Fallon's new gig as "Late Night" host stems from a development deal he signed with NBC in early 2007. He will probably stay at O'Brien's Studio 6A at New York's 30 Rock, although details have not been confirmed.
The move further cements NBC's late-night transition, which is making Leno a highly sought-after free agent. ABC and Fox are reportedly circling the top-rated comic, while NBC is trying to keep him in the company fold with a new show.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Saturday Night Live" veteran Jimmy Fallon has sealed a deal to succeed "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien on NBC in 2009, sources said.
O'Brien, whose show airs at 12:35 a.m., is moving to Los Angeles next year to replace Jay Leno at "The Tonight Show," which airs an hour earlier.
NBC is expected to make the announcement on May 12 during its "upfront" presentation to advertisers in New York. The network declined comment on Thursday.
Fallon, 33, co-starred on "SNL" for six seasons, and co-hosted its "Weekend Update" segment. He left the show to focus on making features, although such efforts as "Fever Pitch" and "Taxi" fell flat at the box office.
Fallon's new gig as "Late Night" host stems from a development deal he signed with NBC in early 2007. He will probably stay at O'Brien's Studio 6A at New York's 30 Rock, although details have not been confirmed.
The move further cements NBC's late-night transition, which is making Leno a highly sought-after free agent. ABC and Fox are reportedly circling the top-rated comic, while NBC is trying to keep him in the company fold with a new show.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
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Three crooked hearts, swirls all around
You can't spell Gossard without G-O-D
gets to me every time
Then again, a lotta folks probably said the same thing when Conesy took over from Dave. I just hope Conan gets to keep things a little bit crazy when he takes over from Jay.
Me too. What's going to happen to the Masturbating Bear?
Exactly - can you imagine that shitting duck from a while back reaching the airwaves in Leno's slot?:p
All the zany, completely insane stuff that made me love Conan in the first place will likely be lost on the new audience.:( And what about the Max Weinberg 7? If they're not coming, it'll be like amputating the entire show...
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coke sucks
That is a major bonus. I have only watched it a few times since I moved to the Eastern time zone!
By far the best "house band" in television history. So immensely talented, and Max and Conan play off each other much better than any of the other combos out there.
Like almost everyone else, my only fear is that the new timeslot will force the show to be so much tamer...it'll be like bottling Conan up instead of letting him loose.
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"i'm NOT gonna watch that!"
100000% agreed.
"Hey look at me, I can't keep a straight face during my bit. I'm wacky"
Craig ferguson must be ecstatic ove rthe news
No shit its on at 12:30am!!
Who is taking over when Dave retires? I thought I remember reading that Jon Stewart was going to.
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he is a douchenozzle,
& his show sucks
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I like Leno, I think he's funny
and I don't care for Conan at all
and I also think Jimmy is really funny. I won't be watching the Tonight Show with Conan on it.
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and Metsy!
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The prosecution rests...
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that movie- and the other with Drew Barrymore and The Red Sox-
really stunk ,..
but i prefer Jimmy Fallon with an acoustic guitar in his hands and doing parodies of songs we all know and love.
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and Metsy!
she didnt make it stink , the redsox did.
:rolleyes:
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It came out in '04
it made me feel bad for the long suffering-ness ( I know that's not a word)
wait now I have to look up what the movie was called...
Yes! It was called Fever Pitch. And it was cute. Gosh darnit.
edit: it came out in 05 but it included the 04 win :( Blech
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douchenozzle .....I like that!
Edited .....now lets try using this great word
Hollweg was a complete douchenozzle!!! :mad: the other night to take such a stupid fucking penalty late in the second after the Rangers had fought back to tie the game!
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and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
over specific principles, goals, and policies.
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agreed, this point is more important than who Conan's replacement is for me.
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I find myself singing "Idiot Boyfriend" more often than I should:
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Not so sure about the replacement...but if it pissed off Carson Daly, I'm cool with it.
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