O&#39;Brien to replace Leno in 2009
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The &quot;Tonight Show&quot; helm will pass from the man with the chin to the redhead, but not until 2009. NBC announced Monday that Conan O&#39;Brien, onetime &quot;Simpsons&quot; writer and host of &quot;Late
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(New York-AP) Sept. 27, 2004 - Jay Leno is going to step down as host of the &quot;Tonight Show&quot; in 2009. Conan O&#39;Brien will take over for him.
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Comedian Conan O&#39;Brien has been picked to succeed Jay Leno as host of NBC&#39;s ``Tonight Show&#39;&#39; when Leno&#39;s contract expires in 2009, the television network owned by General Electric Co.
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Jim Mora will succeed Seattle Seahawks coach Mike Holmgren , beginning with the 2009 season.
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Conan O'Brien said he was looking forward to "being on at a time when people can see me" when he replaces Jay Leno as host of the "Tonight" show in five years.
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Late-night TV comedians Jay Leno  and Conan O'Brien said on Monday they will resume taping their  shows on January 2, and cross picket lines if necessary, after  nearly two months off the air in support of striking film and  television writers.
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You'll be seeing Jon Stewart on the air with "The Daily Show" for at least three more years. And you can go online to see him on past episodes stretching back to 1999.
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NBC's "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno  will retire at the end of his current five-year contract in  2009 and be replaced by "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien, the  network said on Monday.
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NEW YORK Sept. 27, 2004 - NBC chose the 50th anniversary of the &quot;Tonight&quot; show on Monday to announce that Jay Leno will be succeeded by &quot;Late Night&quot; host Conan O&#39;Brien in five years or thousands of jokes from now.
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NEW YORK - NBC chose the 50th anniversary of the "Tonight" show on Monday to announce that Jay Leno will be succeeded by "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien in five years - or thousands of jokes from now.    The unusual succession plan solves a delicate problem for NBC, blocking other networks from poaching O'Brien to move him to an earlier time slot...
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Jay Leno, America's leading  late-night comedian as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show," will  retire in 2009 and be replaced by Conan O'Brien, the offbeat  comic whose own show airs an hour later, the network said on  Monday.
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Jay Leno is giving up his chair on the &quot;The Tonight Show,&quot; to Conan O&#39;Brien, but Conan will have to wait five more years before his promotion and no, it&#39;s not a bad joke.
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NBC&#39;s &quot;30 Rock&quot; will  return to the schedule a week earlier that planned and will  switch places with another Thursday comedy, veteran &quot;Scrubs.&quot;
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Conan O&#39;Brien is getting his chance to move up in the world. Or at least into an earlier timeslot. On Monday, Jay Leno announced that he had selected O&#39;Brien to take over his Tonight Show gig when he steps down in 2009.
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Howard Stern is expected to stay on broadcast radio through the end of his contract next year, while Infinity Broadcasting looks &quot;feverishly&quot; for a replacement, the shock jock&#39;s boss said yesterday.
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Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien's late-night shows will return to the air with fresh episodes on January 2 after two months of repeats due to the writers' strike, the network said Monday.
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NBC has announced that Jay Leno will be stepping down as host of the &quot;Tonight Show&quot; -- but not for another five years. The big news is the naming of his eventual successor: fellow late-night host Conan O&#39;Brien.