Conan O&#39;Brien named next &quot;Tonight Show&quot; host
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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.
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Conan O'Brien may have helped Finland's president get elected. His NBC show "Late Night" is humming along nicely after 13 years. And he's not far from claiming the plum "Tonight" job promised him after Jay Leno's announced 2009 departure.
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NEW YORK - NBC announced Monday that Conan O'Brien will take over from Jay Leno as host of the "Tonight" show. But he'll have time to write his jokes - the planned succession won't happen until 2009...
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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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Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is expected to name former ABC Entertainment President Susan Lyne as its new chief executive, replacing Sharon Patrick, according to a report on New York Magazineâs Web site on Thursday.
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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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Tina Fey is leaving the anchor chair at "Saturday Night Live." Fey says she's quitting the show after six seasons as head writer and co-anchor of the "Weekend Update" fake news segment to focus on her new NBC prime-time series, "30 Rock."
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A deal may bring Mr. Fallon back to the network and put him in position to be a prime contender for Conan OâBrienâs job as host of NBCâs âLate Nightâ show.
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Monday night, NBC&#39;s &#39;&#39;The Tonight Show&#39;&#39; celebrated its 50th anniversary, but the popular show already is looking to the future.
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Jimmy Kimmel will join NBC's late-night hosts in returning with new shows Jan. 2 in the midst of the Hollywood writers strike, ABC said Tuesday. Kimmel, along with Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and other hosts, had honored the strike that began Nov. 5. He said it was a difficult decision to resume work without writers, but he wants to save the jobs of other staffers on the show.
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Fans wait outside the Ed Sullivan Theater for tickets to watch the first Late Show with David Letterman in New York on Jan. 2. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters) When Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien of NBC and Jimmy Kimmel of ABC return to their late-night television homes tonight, their guests and audience members will face picket lines of [...].
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Brian Williams is the new anchor for NBC Nightly News, taking over for long time anchor Tom Brokaw, who signed off during Wednesday&#39;s broadcast.
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WHOEVER CBS picks to replace Dan Rather, they should make the announcement on Tom Brokaw&#39;s last day on &quot;Nightly News&quot; next Wednesday.
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NBC announced Monday that Conan O'Brien will take over from Jay Leno as host of the "Tonight" show. But he'll have time to write his jokes &#151; the planned succession won't happen until 2009.
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Move over, Denis Leary, Lenny Clarke, Dane Cook, Steven Wright, Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, and Paula Poundstone. There is a new Boston comedian, and his name is Scot Pollard.
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NBC&#39;s &quot;Tonight Show&quot; host Jay Leno will retire at the end of his current five-year contract in 2009 and be replaced by &quot;Late Night&quot; host Conan O&#39;Brien, the network said on Monday.
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"The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" scored near-record ratings Monday with its tribute to the man who made the show a national institution during his 30-year run as host.