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NBC Universal CEO Zucker:
Conan Gets TONIGHT In 2009!!

I am – Hercules!!

“Conan O’Brien will take over ‘The Tonight Show’ in 2009,” NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker told the New Yorker’s Ken Auletta Monday morning.

Under a deal made three years ago, NBC would have to pay O’Brien, 44, a penalty north of $40 million if it kept Jay Leno hosting the late night franchise beyond 2009, but many have speculated that it was a penalty NBC might be willing to pay given Leno’s continued strong ratings.

Comedian and “Saturday Night Live” vet Jimmy Fallon, 33, who has a development deal with NBC, is “at the top of [NBC’s] short list” to replace O’Brien at “Late Night,” according to comments made this summer by NBC late-night chief Rick Ludwin. (“30 Rock” mastermind Tina Fey, who used to anchor "Weekend Update" with Fallon, thinks Fallon is funny, and so do I.)

Leno is said to be interested in remaining in television. There is speculation that once his current NBC contract lapses in 2009, the then-59-year-old comedian may migrate to Fox or ABC, or stay with NBC in another capacity.

Read all of TV Week’s story on the matter here.


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Good for him
by Z 008
Oct 29th, 2007
05:57:42 PM
Can He Follow in Jay's Chinsteps?
by Read and Shut Up
Oct 29th, 2007
06:14:56 PM
Shortest monologues ever...
by epitone
Oct 29th, 2007
06:19:14 PM
ummm this is old news
by Bouncy X
Oct 29th, 2007
06:23:51 PM
Fallon
by Irresolute
Oct 29th, 2007
06:24:03 PM
Hi Chris.
by Sakurai
Oct 29th, 2007
06:24:10 PM
re: Irresolute
by Sakurai
Oct 29th, 2007
06:28:07 PM
If Tina Fey told you to jump off a bridge...?
by Boondock Devil
Oct 29th, 2007
06:31:16 PM
Will he bring back Andy Richter?
by SoylentMean
Oct 29th, 2007
06:42:41 PM
New LXG?!!!!!!!!!!
by SoylentMean
Oct 29th, 2007
06:43:32 PM
What are you laughing at? If you say Jimmy Fallon I'll know you'
by TallBoy66
Oct 29th, 2007
06:57:49 PM
re lying!
by TallBoy66
Oct 29th, 2007
06:58:13 PM
Richter
by NubtheSquirrel
Oct 29th, 2007
07:00:53 PM
Don't forget the Leno/Letterman scandal Bouncy X
by BrandLoyalist
Oct 29th, 2007
07:01:28 PM
Jimmy Fallon = not funny unless dead
by Buckys_Kick_Ass_Arm
Oct 29th, 2007
07:06:30 PM
HARRY! SAVE US FROM FALLON
by The_Blood_is_Love
Oct 29th, 2007
07:13:12 PM
NBC Universal CEO Jeff Zucker is an idiot douchebag
by BrowncoatJedi
Oct 29th, 2007
07:25:02 PM
"There's no reason to live! There's no reason to live!"
by 'Cholera's Ghost
Oct 29th, 2007
07:33:17 PM
Tina and I reached the same conclusion independantly.
by Hercules
Oct 29th, 2007
07:35:02 PM
Jimmy Fallon......kinda funny......I guess.....
by BetaRayBill07
Oct 29th, 2007
07:49:17 PM
Conan's first Tonight Show will be the most...
by Flim Springfield
Oct 29th, 2007
07:59:39 PM
SUCK...
by jimmy rabbitte
Oct 29th, 2007
08:12:01 PM
More who cares from the Peacock
by picardsucks
Oct 29th, 2007
08:25:13 PM
The sad part is...
by Alonzo Mosely
Oct 29th, 2007
08:28:46 PM
All Hail BrowncoatJedi
by Bluereader
Oct 29th, 2007
08:35:11 PM
Please not Fallon
by MeshGearFoxx
Oct 29th, 2007
08:35:47 PM
And the art of the late night interview...
by Mr. Nice Gaius
Oct 29th, 2007
08:45:39 PM
SNL might redeem itself sometime in the future...
by Buckys_Kick_Ass_Arm
Oct 29th, 2007
08:45:50 PM
The Bee Gees sketch
by wash
Oct 29th, 2007
08:47:30 PM
has anyone watched conan lately
by MST3KPIMP
Oct 29th, 2007
08:54:33 PM
TAXI--need I say more?
by tme2nsb
Oct 29th, 2007
08:55:00 PM
So Leno's sorta being pushed out?
by CatVutt
Oct 29th, 2007
08:57:24 PM
Late Shift II
by Anakin Whoopass
Oct 29th, 2007
09:03:14 PM

by tme2nsb
Oct 29th, 2007
09:10:26 PM
Sorry
by tme2nsb
Oct 29th, 2007
09:10:51 PM
Yeah, we remember.
by CatVutt
Oct 29th, 2007
09:17:16 PM
And he still sucks.
by CatVutt
Oct 29th, 2007
09:17:33 PM
Tina Fey, who used to anchor "Weekend Update" with Fallon, think
by slder78
Oct 29th, 2007
09:23:17 PM
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
by Queefer Bukkake
Oct 29th, 2007
09:23:50 PM
Maybe Conan will be at NBC in 2009, but will Jeff Zucker?
by snowpuff
Oct 29th, 2007
09:24:38 PM
This is GREAT news, and I will tell you why...
by chromedome
Oct 29th, 2007
09:38:04 PM
Me no understand
by CerebralAssassin
Oct 29th, 2007
09:44:55 PM
Jimmy Fallon is a terrible choice
by fastcars
Oct 29th, 2007
09:45:24 PM
I say NORM!
by postalpez
Oct 29th, 2007
09:56:35 PM
Ha! Yes, NORM!
by CatVutt
Oct 29th, 2007
10:02:50 PM
If given the choice between Macdonald and Fallon ...
by Hercules
Oct 29th, 2007
10:07:43 PM
But what about...
by MeshGearFoxx
Oct 29th, 2007
10:11:43 PM
Norm good choice, Amy Sedaris INSPIRED choice
by chromedome
Oct 29th, 2007
10:23:28 PM
shuttlepod_10
by postalpez
Oct 29th, 2007
10:28:23 PM
Drinking Game: toss one back every time..
by chromedome
Oct 29th, 2007
10:34:36 PM
Amy Sedaris stayed on past her segment on Dave...
by chromedome
Oct 29th, 2007
10:37:37 PM
THE ONLY REASONS LENO GETS MORE VIEWERS
by aicndoesntwantmorecowbell
Oct 29th, 2007
11:22:42 PM
SHUTUP BACCI
by aicndoesntwantmorecowbell
Oct 29th, 2007
11:30:50 PM
of coures i spell something wrong and look like a dumbass
by aicndoesntwantmorecowbell
Oct 29th, 2007
11:33:38 PM
We need to start lobbying.
by CatVutt
Oct 29th, 2007
11:35:19 PM
Somebody see if Norm4latenite.com is available.
by CatVutt
Oct 29th, 2007
11:40:20 PM
keep leno!
by Prossor
Oct 29th, 2007
11:43:15 PM
I like fallon.
by veritasses
Oct 30th, 2007
12:12:33 AM
Give Late Night to George Carlin!!!
by ZeroCorpse
Oct 30th, 2007
12:14:05 AM
fireworks
by BrandLoyalist
Oct 30th, 2007
12:21:07 AM
(oops)
by BrandLoyalist
Oct 30th, 2007
12:21:31 AM
Is late night even going to be relevant in 10 years?
by warp11
Oct 30th, 2007
12:33:49 AM
Prossor
by aicndoesntwantmorecowbell
Oct 30th, 2007
12:40:54 AM
Fallon is proof it's who you blow
by DigitalDong
Oct 30th, 2007
01:37:39 AM
Give Late Night to Joel McHale
by Dingbatty
Oct 30th, 2007
02:06:53 AM
This is the opportunity for FOX to take the leap...
by ruven76
Oct 30th, 2007
02:37:14 AM
Zucker made his name
by The Selecter
Oct 30th, 2007
03:28:53 AM
JOEL MCHALE! JOLE MCHALE! JOEL MCHALE!
by aicndoesntwantmorecowbell
Oct 30th, 2007
05:31:09 AM
That was the strangest parenthetical in a while.
by Bronx Cheer
Oct 30th, 2007
06:32:08 AM
ALAN KALTER NEEDS A LARRY SANDERS/30ROCK STYLE SITCOM!!!
by Shermdawg
Oct 30th, 2007
07:04:40 AM
Fallon is not funny at all .. unless he is Andy Gibb
by Itchy
Oct 30th, 2007
08:51:18 AM
I will NOT watch Late Night...
by Jonas Grumpy
Oct 30th, 2007
09:10:08 AM
I WAS YOUNG ONCE....
by Masked Avenger
Oct 30th, 2007
10:30:02 AM
I don't understand why Leno made that silly deal to begin with
by Coughlins Laws
Oct 30th, 2007
11:14:38 AM
It was pretty much admitting that he screwed Letterman
by Coughlins Laws
Oct 30th, 2007
11:17:36 AM
(Dental care professional, Andrew Worthing thinks Fallon is funn
by crayon
Oct 30th, 2007
11:30:51 AM
I am old now, and need to rest a minute.
by Diagnostic
Oct 30th, 2007
12:07:28 PM
Oh come on, Conan is the funniest of anyone
by Kurzinski Valentine
Oct 30th, 2007
12:13:59 PM
QVC will get better ratings than Conan hosting TONIGHT SHOW
by Darth Bauer
Oct 30th, 2007
12:18:22 PM
maybe leno and letterman will swap jobs.
by theonecalledshoe
Oct 30th, 2007
01:26:55 PM
Well..TALKSHOW
by tme2nsb
Oct 30th, 2007
01:30:19 PM
And Leno still sucks
by tme2nsb
Oct 30th, 2007
01:31:08 PM
Speaking of which... Jimmy Fallon is proof that a hummer can sti
by Bumpasses Dawg
Oct 30th, 2007
03:26:15 PM
ll get you far in showbiz.
by Bumpasses Dawg
Oct 30th, 2007
03:27:02 PM
Conan O
by Napoleon Park
Oct 30th, 2007
05:31:45 PM
Conan O'Brien's getting the Tonight Show?
by Napoleon Park
Oct 30th, 2007
05:41:04 PM
In The Year Two-Thousaaaaaaaaaaand....9
by thelordofhell
Oct 30th, 2007
07:00:58 PM
Lots of 14 year old girls thing Fallon is funny
by INWOsuxRED
Oct 30th, 2007
08:08:00 PM
I'm worried that this will be watered-down Conan
by Mr Incredible
Oct 30th, 2007
10:27:32 PM
Fuck all you east coast and west coast bitches...
by jabbayoda
Oct 31st, 2007
11:41:05 PM

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