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Jimmy Fallon formally named next Late Night host | Entertainment

mediabistro.com: TVNewser found this 5/12/2008 on reuters.com

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Saturday Night Live" veteran Jimmy Fallon was officially named on Monday to take Conan O'Brien's place on NBC next year when O'Brien succeeds Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show." The announcement, which had been expected for weeks, was made during a press event from NBC headquarters in New York where O'Brien's "Late Night" show is taped. The appointment of Fallon, ...