variety.com - 4/25/2008
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TV News: Comedian expected to take over for O'Brien -- Jimmy Fallon is getting ready to go back to latenight, this time as Conan O'Brien's successor on NBC's "Late Night." Peacock is expected to anoint former "Saturday Night Live" star Fallon as O'Brien's successor within the next few weeks.
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Jimmy Fallon To Replace Conan O'Brien [Conan O'brien]
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Jimmy Fallon's long-rumored takeover of NBC's Late Night is now officially going to happen and will be announced in the coming weeks, according to anonymously-sourced reports from Fox News, Variety, Hollywood Reporter and Reuters. Current Late Night host Conan O'Brien is expected to take over from Jay Leno next year following a six-month break, and Leno is being pushed out. On Saturday Night Live, Fallon was famous for fumbling his lines by cracking up, and was recently named ...
Jimmy Fallon to Crack Up Throughout 'Late Night'
I Watch Stuff - The Best Movie News Ever —
... with laughter? A new measurement of talent based around falsetto Barry Gibb impressions? Color me perplexed.
At least now we have an explanation for NBC's continued tolerance of Last Call with Carson Daly: they needed someone to lower the bar so much that even a guy in a hilarious skintight leather outfit* could step over it.
*As an example of the general apathy/disdain towards Fallon, I was unable to find a single image of his recurring SNL character, Leather Man.
Jimmy Fallon headed for 'Late Night' [Variety]
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