Leno pulls a Kimmel at NBC exec panel; also late night timeframes revealed - TCA Report
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Taking a cue from ABC, NBC had Jay Leno pose as a reporter and ask NBC’s two-headed entertainment chief, Ben Silverman and Marc Graboff, about when Leno would be leaving and when Conan would be starting. Only, instead of just wearing a baseball cap like Kimmel did, Leno donned a bald cap and beard to make him seem extra stealthy.
Some of the “funny” lines are after the jump, but here’s the gist of the news: Leno’s last day on the Tonight show will be on May 29, with Conan O’Brien taking over the following Monday, June 1. Conan will do his last Late Night sometime during the first quarter, according to Graboff and Silverman, and Jimmy Fallon will take over the timeslot at an undetermined time during either March or April (that’s after starting on the internet, as Lorne Michaels announced yesterday). No word on what will play in Conan’s 12:30 slot in the interim period.
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