{"id":4837,"date":"2013-04-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2013\/04\/03\/jimmy-fallon-to-replace-jay-leno-as-tonight-show-host-in-2014\/"},"modified":"2013-04-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-03T00:00:00","slug":"jimmy-fallon-to-replace-jay-leno-as-tonight-show-host-in-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/jimmy-fallon-to-replace-jay-leno-as-tonight-show-host-in-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Fallon to Replace Jay Leno as Tonight Show Host in 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">UNIVERSAL CITY: Jay Leno, who has been the host of <em>The Tonight Show<\/em> for 22 years, is leaving in spring 2014, with Jimmy Fallon, who currently has his own NBC late-night show, taking over. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">As part of the transition, <em>The Tonight Show<\/em> will be relocating back to its home in 30 Rock in New York. Lorene Michaels (<em>30 Rock<\/em>, <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>) will take over executive producing. Leno has hosted <em>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno<\/em> since taking over from TV&nbsp;icon Johnny Carson in 1992. Fallon got his own late-night show in 2009. Before this he was on <em>Saturday Night Live<\/em>. No plans have been announced yet for what happens with the 12:35 p.m. slate that <em>Late Night with Jimmy Fallon<\/em> has been running in. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Leno commented: &quot;Congratulations Jimmy. I hope you&#8217;re as lucky as me and hold on to the job until you&#8217;re the old guy. If you need me, I&#8217;ll be at the garage.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Fallon added: &quot;I&#8217;m really excited to host a show that starts today instead of tomorrow.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&quot;Jay Leno is an entertainment icon, making millions of people laugh every weeknight for more than 20 years,&quot; said Steve Burke, the CEO of NBCUniversal. &quot;His long reign as the highest-rated late-night host is a testament to his work ethic and dedication to his viewers and to NBC.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&quot;We are purposefully making this change when Jay is number one, just as Jay replaced Johnny Carson when he was number one. Jimmy Fallon is a unique talent and this is his time. I&#8217;m thrilled he will become the sixth host of <em>The Tonight Show<\/em> at exactly the right moment, in conjunction with our coverage of next year&#8217;s Winter Olympic Games from Sochi, Russia.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&quot;I also want to congratulate and thank Debbie Vickers and her <em>Tonight Show <\/em>team for producing an entertaining, first-class show every night for the past two decades. Debbie&#8217;s role in the creative and popular success of this franchise cannot be overstated.&quot;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNIVERSAL CITY: Jay Leno, who has been the host of The Tonight Show for 22 years, is leaving in spring 2014, with Jimmy Fallon, who currently has his own NBC late-night show, taking over. 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