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As I type these words I’m half-listening to an NBC conference call/press conference, live from 30 Rock, where Lorne Michaels and a bunch of NBC bigwigs are introducing Jimmy Fallon as the next host of "Late Night." Fallon’s appointment, though, has been widely reported for weeks if not months.
Former "Saturday Night Live" standout Fallon will take over Conan O’Brien’s "Late Night" chair sometime in the first half of 2009, but that’s about the only specific anyone has to give us. There are few scraps of info on what Fallon’s "Late Night" will be like - he says he’s not going to "reinvent the wheel," and that there will be comedy and interviews and music. He just said that one change he’s going to make is that "Late Night" will now be "a morning show." Rimshot please!
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NBC just called a press conference for Monday concerning "Late Night." Presumbly it’s the formal announcement of the plan to have Jimmy Fallon of "SNL" replace Conan O’Brien when Conan takes over for Jay Leno on "The Tonight Show." The only problem for NBC is grumbling from the Leno camp that maybe he doesn’t want to go - or that he’ll be happy to start a show on ABC or Fox once he leaves.
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Conan O’Brien had both Larry The Cable Guy and "Project Runway" host Tim Gunn on set at the same time last night, and Tim was absolutely charming. First he complimented Larry on "owning his look" and then talked to Conan about fashion and how to dress, praising age-appropriate clothing and dissing the "grandma Jezebels" who dress like teens. Finally, Conan brought out a photo of George W. Bush wearing shorts, Crocs, and socks with the presidential seal on them. Gunn was struck almost speechless.

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How many bad jokes have you heard so far about Conan getting stalked by some priest? Bostonist probably has the best coverage of the story, since both figures are from the area. The story is that this guy, like Conan, went to Harvard. And that he’s allegedly sent a bunch of creepy and semi-threatening letters to Conan. And that he got nabbed trying to get into a taping of Conan’s show. Oops.
The Boston angle of course is that the Archdiocese still hasn’t managed to figure out how to handle a scandal. You’d think that after last time, they’d have procedures in place for dealing with unstable employees who get in trouble with the law. Apparently not.
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Looks like NBC might be walking into a "Tonight Show" buzz saw for the second time. NBC honcho Jeff Zucker insisted Monday in New York that Jay Leno is going to leave the late-night institution in 2009 as planned, making way for Conan O’Brien to take over the desk. But he spoke out because Leno hasn’t. Leno has maintained radio silence since an L.A. Times report a couple of weeks ago claiming that he doesn’t want to leave after all. Sources told the Times that Leno has changed his mind and feels NBC twisted his arm to make the deal a couple of years ago. And Leno didn’t deny it after the Times story ran; he didn’t say anything at all. Zucker says he’s hoping to convince Leno, a notorious workaholic, to become a primetime player, but that presumably would not involve a nightly show.

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