The word is out among the NBC brass: As rumored and bounced around for some time, Jimmy Fallon is set to take Conan O’Brien’s job as host of "Late Night" in 2009. It’s a done deal.
Conan, of course, will be taking over for Jay Leno, who will leave the "Tonight" show in May 2009 as part of a forced retirement.
There’s much debate about letting Leno leave NBC etc., but right now let’s just concentrate on Jimmy. He’s the perfect successor to Conan and should have just as big an audience when he takes the reins. Fallon is one of those great underrated performers. This should be the right milieu for him.
I’m told NBC will make the formal announcement about Fallon around May 11 or 12, when the network presents the fall '08 schedule to advertisers here in New York. - Fox News
I don't care about stuff like this, but maybe you do?
When he isn't cracking up, Jimmy's actually a funny guy. Ever seen him do impressions or song parodies? He's got talent.
ReplyDeleteNah, that would suck if Fallon took over. What they need to have is Late Night with Hugo Chavez. lol, I just wanted to pick somebody completely random with subversive ideas.
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