Catching last nights... Bill Maher was hilarious.
Is NBC preparing to announce Jay Leno's departure from The Tonight Show?
The network says categorically no, but two high-level industry sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that NBC is moving toward a May announcement that the 2013-14 television season will be the last for Leno as host of the long-running late-night show. Sources expect the network to move Jimmy Fallon from his Late Night spot into the coveted 11:35 time slot with a soft launch during the summer of 2014 before a formal fall kickoff.
Déjà vu all over again, or will it really happen this time??
Sources: NBC Discussing Jay Leno Exit Plan
They should put a few guest hosts in every week or few weeks like Carson did for years before he retired, and not just assume the audience will be there for Fallon. I never cared for Conan and still don't, Fallon is OK, but I think Craig Ferguson would be bhttp://www.satelliteguys.us/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=3114348etter
Fergsuon is under contract to CBS (actually to Leterman's Woldwide Pants) until the end of 2014. It is unlikely that they would let him go to compete with Letterman. They would have to wait for that deal to expire.
Fallon better have an iron clad "Jay can't come back" clause in his contract.Report: Big Star Being Groomed to Take Over Fallon's NBC Late-Night Slot
http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2013/03/report-big-star-being-groomed.php
With news that Jay Leno might be leaving NBC's "The Tonight Show" to make room for Jimmy Fallon, the network is reportedly grooming a replacement for Fallon’s time slot, according to The New York Post.
That replacement is reportedly shock jock Howard Stern, who is also currently a judge on "America's Got Talent."
If NBC wants their late night ratings go up then they should replace Leno with Stern and leave Fallon alone.