Jimmy Fallon to Test Drive Late Night Schtick on Web
| Gothamist found this 7/21/2008 on blog.wired.com [flag] |
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Fallon Goes Online for Laughs
Published 7/21/2008 by Jen Carlson at Gothamist
... Michaels wants them to air nightly to get Fallon in shape for his upcoming schedule, and of course to ease us all into seeing not-Conan's face from Monday through Friday...or as he puts it “I’m going to post them at 12:30 every night, so people will begin to look for Jimmy at that time.” The new host will be allowed to experiment a bit more online, and without much censorship the network is likely hoping to generate some of that viral online buzz they've heard so much about (Wired notes that such "studio-backed web-based content is nothing new"). ...
Jay, Jimmy, Conan and the Late-Night Shuffle
Published 7/22/2008 by James Poniewozik at Tuned In - TIME.com
... bringing in a new guy is a delicate act to begin with—hey kids, here's your new daddy!—and any perceived slighting of Jay risks making Conan O'Brien appear the bad guy by association. * Meanwhile, Conan will slide into Jay's still-warm chair on June 1, and Jimmy Fallon will take over Late Night at an unspecified time thereafter. But the curious—and slightly bizarre—news is how Lorne Michaels', Fallon's benefactor, plans to help break him in to the job. Fallon will start doing a nightly mini-sized show online this fall. Good idea or bad idea? Well, it does seem prudent ...

