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A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago: NBC Names Jimmy Fallon to Succeed Conan O’Brien on ‘Late Night’ - New York Times
Gawker: Jimmy Fallon's Ascent Upon Us [Jobs]
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NBC Names Jimmy Fallon to Succeed Conan O’Brien on ‘Late Night’ - New York Times
A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago —
HORATIO SANZ SITS PATIENTLY BY HIS PHONE: Once described as a "dime store mimbo" by The New Republic, NBC will announce Jimmy Fallon's ascension to the Late Night chair in a press conference on Monday. Former SNL co-star Tracy Morgan once said of Fallon, "Laughing and all that dumb s--t he used to do — he wouldn't mess with me because I didn't f---ing play that s--t. That's taking all the attention off of everybody else and putting it on you, like, Oh, look at me, I'm the cute one. I told him not to do ...
Jimmy Fallon's Ascent Upon Us [Jobs]
Gawker —
... member, would replace Conan O'Brien on NBC's Late Night. This morning NBC will formally announce the move, reports the Times: "[Fallon] is expected to appear at the news conference accompanied by Lorne Michaels, the executive producer of SNL, who was also responsible for choosing Mr. O’Brien’s successor on Late Night." As said in the comments last time around: "Every generation gets the late-night comedy talk show host they deserve." [Times]
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Early buzz: SuperDeluxe dies, Stoltz does TV, Bono ages, more
Pop Candy: Top Stories & Community Feed —
... tournament. (I can't believe Michael Scott is going up against Barney Stinson!) - Today Jimmy Fallon will be annointed the next host of NBC's Late Night . - Bono celebrated his 48th birthday with friends -- ...
Idle Chatter: Fallon Amuse Himself on 'Late Night'
Pressed —
... -NBC is expected to announce today that Jimmy Fallon will be the next host of Late Night, replacing Conan O'Brien, who will take over The Tonight Show, replacing Jay Leno, who will probably go to ABC or Fox and spend the rest of his life trying to make Jeff Zucker sorry. [NYT] ...
Fallon Upward
Tuned In —
... reported that NBC will announce today (at a press conference scheduled noon-ish) that Jimmy Fallon will succeed Conan O'Brien as host of Late Night. It's a brilliant, brilliant move. For Jimmy Fallon. For the rest of the parties involved, I'm not so sure. Granted, Conan O'Brien himself proved that an underrated host could succeed wildly. (As I wrote a few years back when Jimmy Kimmel launched, hosts the world over owe O'Brien a huge debt for lowering the bar of expectations.) But O'Brien was someone whom few outside Simpsons fans knew at all, and even those who ...
