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Fallon is the New Face of "Late Night"

0804_arts_fallon.jpgIn the past year there have been murmurings of Jimmy Fallon taking over Conan's "Late Night" seat, when the latter moves over to the Tonight Show. Variety reports that NBC will officially announce the former SNL star's new position within the next few weeks, reuniting the actor/comedian with the Peacock network as well as Lorne Michaels (who executive produces the show).

The announcement was to be timed around an NBC presentation at 30 Rock "that's taking the place of NBC's traditional upfront," however "timing of the announcement may now be in flux" since Fox News and the NY Times had already spilled the beans. When it is announced, and the moves are made, Conan will likely land at LA's Universal Studios' Stage One, with Fallon at New York's studio 6A.

Conan will be taking off six months between hosting duties, and it's expected that Fallon will be back on the small screen in February 2009; giving him plenty of time to put his show together.

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  • sonyactivision

    Fallon should just give it up and join Leno on the indian casino circuit. What an absolutely disasterously unfunny and worthless piece of shit to foist on what's left of the NBC audience. May that network die a death.

  • robingee

    #25 - Fallon's a dork but you shouldn't heckle. It just makes you look stupid and ruins things for the other audience members. No one came to hear your yap. You know?

  • babyhitler

    #28 - you mean JOhnny Carson right? not Carson Daly? cause then you'd have to put knives in your eyes.

  • Dude69

    drewo, please be specific with the young crowd that you meant Johnny Carson, or they would mistake that with Carson Daley *cringe*

  • drewo

    And Carson was funnier than all of them.

    Leno is an old pro who is getting better with age (unlike Letterman, who is just getting old).

    Conan is good, but still learning the trade. And Fallon.... can't get too excited about.

  • Nick S

    oh my god a comedian smokes weed???

  • dimshine

    when i went to CU Boulder, he did a show there. I met him, because i was doing the lights, he seemed alright, but tired and maybe high. but at the after party? BAM - drugged OUT! i thought the heshers in BOULDER liked the weed!

  • spiritross

    Fallon is scum

    I've had a few run ins with him around the city

    I heckled him one night and got to him

    though another nite i was at a bar and talked to him and said "as long as you know your place"

    guy is a hack

    Chevy chase lasted longer on tv then he will

  • Cord

    http://satiricalmilk.blogspot.com/ is still better than http://www.arachnoidactivist.com/.

    But to reiterate...Jimmy Fallon was bad on SNL so why would he be any better late night? Craig Ferguson and Carson Daly finally have competition for worst late night hosting talent.

  • JMH

    What a shitty trade-off, LA gets Conan and we get Fallon.

  • Nick S

    the fucked up thing about dane cook is that everyone hates him, but if he were 40 pounds overweight and telling the exact same jokes in the back room of rififi, people would lose their shit.

    case in point: dane cook stole a lot of his first album from Louis CK, who is older, bald, and a bit overweight. hipsters love louis ck, yet loathe dane cook. if it's the same jokes, why one and not the other?

  • zodak

    drewo, if you think leno is funnier than all of them, i bet you like dane cook too.

  • Snoopy

    Can't they just put reruns of "Million Dollar Movie" in that time slot?

  • drewo

    Too bad because Leno is still funnier than all of them.

  • Jerk Store

    "And you know that Conan's show will be less edgy when it's on at 1130."

    Yeah, this is the really disappointing part. It will be just like what happened to Letterman, maybe even more extreme. I can't see a whole lot of stuff like the masturbating bear making it to the 11:30 lowest common denominator.

  • VanessaNYC

    I seriously heart Jimmy Fallon.

  • Dude69

    God, this is really bad news. I love Conan but I know he's gonna be sterilized on the 11:35 slot. As for Fallon, at least when Conan took over no one knew anything about him, and he turned out great. We unfortunately all know that Fallon is overrated and totally talentless. If I have a dime for everytime he broke character and laughed during the skits, I'd be pretty happy.

  • zstone

    I guess I take comfort in everyone feeling the same way. I'm glad for Conan, whom I love, but Fallon is not funny. Also kind of sad Conan's moving to LA.

  • babyhitler

    c'mon the only reason why Conan has bad ratings is cause he has shitty guests. I mean, he's funny and all but you'd watch Kimmel cause he'd have Bruce Willis or something. While Conan would have ABe Vigoda. Now with him in LA and with the pick of the litter he's gonna dominate!

  • Ihatedanfarash

    This is crap, check out www.arachnoidactivist.com for sarcastic blogs.

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