O&#39;Brien to Succeed Leno at &#39;Tonight Show&#39; in 2009
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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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Jay Leno told viewers yesterday - the show&#39;s 50th anniversary - that &quot;Late Night&quot; host Conan O&#39;Brien will succeed him in five years.
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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 &#151; or thousands of jokes from now.
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NBC Universal will be  introducing social networking tools on its Web site later this  year along with streaming episodes of &quot;Late Night With Conan  O&#39;Brien,&quot; NBC Digital Entertainment said Monday.
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Idled television talk-show hosts  Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien are likely to return to work in  early January, even if the Hollywood writers strike is not  settled by then, Daily Variety reported in its Friday edition.
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Idled television talk-show hosts Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien are likely to return to work in early January, even if the Hollywood writers strike is not settled by then, Daily Variety reported in its Friday edition.
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Brookline native Conan O&#39;Brien, host of NBC&#39;s ``Late Night,&#39;&#39; will replace him in five years when Leno&#39;s contract expires, the network announced yesterday.
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First he conquered Canada. Now Conan O&#39;Brien is set to conquer Tonight. NBC announced yesterday that the 41-year-old late night talk show host will replace Jay Leno as host of NBC&#39;s The Tonight Show.
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For the first time since televisionâs late-night shows returned to the air last week, David Letterman was able to nose out Jay Leno in the ratings. It was just for one show, Monday night, and Mr. Lettermanâs lead was not sizable, but Mr. Leno had won the first three nights. Their competition resumed last Wednesday, when most of the late-night hosts came back after supporting the writersâ strike for two months. Mr. Leno is working without his writing staff, which is still on strike against his âTonight Showâ on NBC, while Mr. Letterman, above, was able to return with writers to his CBS show because of a separate deal his production company made with the Writers Guild of America. Mr. Letterman has also been able to book the normal roster of movie-star guests; on Monday night he had Tom Hanks, while Mr. Leno had the upstart Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. In the overnight ratings, measuring the countryâs 65 largest cities, Mr. Letterman had a 4 rating on Monday to Mr. Lenoâs 3.8. (Each point is worth 787,659 households.) But in their showsâ first half-hour, when Mr. Leno is performing a monologue over the opposition of the writersâ guild, he still beat Mr. Letterman, with a 4.5 rating to a 4.3. CBSâs thin victory margin continued on the 12:35 a.m. shows, where Craig Ferguson enjoyed a rare ratings victory over NBCâs Conan OâBrien, with a 1.9 rating to a 1.8 for Mr. OâBrien.
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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.
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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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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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Late-night television comedian David Letterman has extended his contract with the CBS network in a deal that will keep his "Late Show" on the network through the fall of 2010, the broadcaster announced on Monday.
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Jay Leno will graciously give NBC&#39;s The Tonight Show to Late Night host Conan O&#39;Brien in 2009, the network announced Monday.
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Conan O'Brien will succeed Jay Leno as host of the "Tonight" show at the end of Mr. Leno's current five-year contract.
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LOS ANGELES  - "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.
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Jay Leno, host of The Tonight Show since May 25, 1992, will hand over the most coveted reins in America&#39;s stand-up comic industry to Conan O&#39;Brien, who currently hosts the Late Night show on NBC.