O'Brien to Take Over for Leno in 5 Years
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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 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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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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The search for Tom O'Brien's successor at Boston College went from one NFL assistant to another yesterday and quite possibly could involve a third by the end of the week.
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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, an offbeat  comic whose own show airs an hour later, the network said on  Monday.
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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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NBC announced that Jay Leno and Conan OâBrien will return to the air on Jan. 2, even if the writersâ strike has not been resolved.
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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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The 87-year-old founder of Comcast Corp.'s pay will keep going to his beneficiaries for five years after his death under a new agreement.
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Struggling NBC is expected to oust its top entertainment executive, Kevin Reilly, and replace him with the man who helped bring "The Office" and "Ugly Betty" to American television, an executive close to the talks said Monday.
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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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Jay Leno is walking the Long Goodbye. The Andover native will step down as host from NBC&#39;s &quot;The Tonight Show&quot; - in 2009.
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Following the lead of Jay Leno and Conan OâBrien, the late-night cable comedy duo will return in early January.
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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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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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Roger Alton to leave at the end of the year after decade in post.
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Burbank. Septepber 27 - Jay Leno says he&#39;s not quitting show business. But, he jokes he&#39;s leaving &quot;The Tonight Show&quot; in five years because he&#39;s &quot;not spending enough time&quot; with his cars.