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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Late-night TV hosts Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien plan to cross picket lines to resume taping shows on January 2, nearly two months after the Hollywood writers strike forced them off the air, the NBC network said on Monday.
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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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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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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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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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Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Kimmel and Jon Stewart all plan returns to late-night television the next two weeks, but aside from their familiar faces, viewers may not recognize much.
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Eight weeks after their writers went on strike and plunged their shows into reruns, Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan OâBrien returned to late-night television Wednesday with original shows in which both the Iowa caucuses and the new facial hair on two of the hosts loomed large.
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In an industry where fame can be  fleeting and stars cling jealously to the spotlight, late-night  comedian Jay Leno has seemingly defied the laws of TV gravity  by giving five years notice for his retirement.
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By TIM CUPRISIN  When David Letterman strolls out on the stage of the Ed Sullivan Theater tonight at 10:30 on CBS' "Late Show," he'll mark 25 years in late-night TV.  It's not a record. After all, Johnny Carson sat behind the desk at NBC's "Tonight Show" for three decades.
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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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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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Howard Stern, one of the most popular  U.S. radio personalities, on Wednesday said he will broadcast  his show on Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. beginning in 2006,  after being dropped earlier this year from several stations  that objected to his often off-color humor.
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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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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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&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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Jon Stewart will return as host of the Oscars in 2008.