O'Brien to Succeed Leno on 'Tonight' Show
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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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Conan O'Brien is getting his chance to move up in the world. Or   at least into an earlier time slot.
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LOS ANGELES -- NBC took the unusual step of announcing the next host of &quot;The Tonight Show&quot; five years before the current one retires.
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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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His job this fall will be to beat "Ugly Betty," but NBC's new entertainment chief is keeping his name on the show.
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For one night, Jay Leno and Jimmy Kimmel will solve the problem of booking guests during the writers' strike by appearing on each other's show.
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The droll, puckish, near-effortless comedian dominated late-night television for 30 years as the host of the "Tonight" show.
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NEW YORK (CBS) With Dan Rather&#39;s announcement that he will step down as anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News in March, speculation is on about who will next occupy one of the most visible chairs in American journalism.
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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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Tiki Barber, who retired from the Giants, will become a broadcaster for NBC's "The Today Show" and is expected to have a role in the network's Sunday night football broadcasts, people with direct knowledge of the negotiations said.
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US comedian Jay Leno is to retire as host of the popular Tonight Show in 2009 and be replaced by comic Conan O'Brien.
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&quot;The Tonight Show&quot; promises to become infinitely more interesting in five years. The reason? Conan O&#39;Brien has been announced as Jay Leno&#39;s successor.
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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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NEW YORK - Jay Leno's takeover as host of NBC's "Tonight" show in 1992 was fraught with drama and bad feelings, but he's assured the next transition will be as smooth as his nightly sign-off: "Stay tuned for Conan."   The comedian and NBC on Monday chose the 50th anniversary of the first "Tonight" show to set a special date for the 55th - when Leno will step down and Conan O'Brien becomes the fifth host of the television institution.    Announcing a transition in five years is odd for any business, let alone one that frequently plans from day-to-day, but NBC was anxious not to lose O'Brien...
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TV talk-show host Conan O'Brien has  bought a Los Angeles home valued at just under $10.5 million in  preparation for his move from New York to take over the reins  of NBC's "The Tonight Show," the Los Angeles Times reported on  Saturday.
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TV talk-show host Conan O'Brien has bought a Los Angeles home valued at just under $10.5 million in preparation for his move from New York to take over the reins of NBC's "The Tonight Show," the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday.
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Confusion surrounded presidential candidate Mike Huckabee's appearance on Jay Leno's show and Hillary Clinton was set to appear with David Letterman as TV's late-night funnymen prepared to return to the air Wednesday night.  Clinton was to join Robin...