Conan O'Brien to Replace Jay Leno in 2009
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NBC will announce today that Conan O'Brien will succeed Jay Leno as host of the ``Tonight'' show at the end of Mr. Leno's current five-year contract, in 2009.
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The ``Tonight Show&#39;&#39; host announced yesterday that he will step down five years from now, in 2009. Broadcaster NBC said he will be succeeded by Conan O&#39;Brien, whose talk show airs immediately after Leno&#39;s.
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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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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 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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The incoming head of AOL said Tuesday he left a 31-year career at NBC for the chance to transform the online business into a formidable rival to television and other traditional media.
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You'll be seeing Jon Stewart on the air with "The Daily Show" for at least three more years. And you can go online to see him on past episodes stretching back to 1999.
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By JOCELYN NOVECK  No, Jon Stewart had to emphasize this year, Stewart/Colbert will not be a presidential ticket in 2008. All in fun, of course, but there are some who get their news almost exclusively from Comedy Central's fake newscasters.
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Stephen Colbert is gone, but Jon  Stewart is still on. "South Park" is out, but "Adult Swim" is  still in.
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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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When it comes to finding a permanent replacement for Don Imus, only one thing appears certain: David Lee Roth is not a candidate. Two months after Imus' ignominious firing from his syndicated radio show at WFAN-AM, a variety of fill-ins have rolled through the revolving door at the station: tennis great John McEnroe, NBC White House correspondent David Gregory, Chicago morning man Mike North.
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If "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno is having second thoughts about surrendering his job as planned, NBC doesn't share them -- at least not publicly. "Conan O'Brien will take over `The Tonight Show' in 2009," NBC Universal President an...
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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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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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Howard Stern will leave a very different company than the Infinity Broadcasting he first joined in 1985. The Viacom-owned radio giant started out a
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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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In five years, Jay Leno will turn over his hosting stint on NBC's "The Tonight Show" to "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien. Said Leno, "In 2009, I'll be 59 years old and will have had this dream job for 17 years. I felt that the timing was r...