Jimmy Fallon formally named next "Late Night" host
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Sabbatum Nighttime Subsist" veteran Jemmy Fallon was officially named on Mon to assume Conan O'Brien's position on NBC next year when O'Brien succeeds Jay Leno as host of "The Tonight Show."
The announcement, which had been expected for weeks, was made during a push event from NBC headquarters in Freshly York where O'Brien's "Of late Night" show is taped.
The appointment of Fallon, long considered a leading competition for NBC's 12:35 a.m. time slot, completes a talent shuffle prepare in motility when the Full general Electric car Co-owned network announced in 2004 that Leno would withdraw from "Tonight" in 2009 and that O'Brien would replace him.
"It's going to be a grind, it's going to be hard, only I'm going to go at it full military group," the boyish-looking Fallon told reporters on a conference call. "The fact that I'm stepping into Jacques Louis David Letterman and Conan O'Brien's place is very exciting."
Fallon said he too was excited to go back to work for Lorne Michaels, wHO was his boss as producer of "Sabbatum Night Survive" and whose company co-produces "Late Night."
Asked how much his new job would pay off, Fallon joked, "I keep request Lorne and he's apprisal me non to worry about.
"They're paying me enough," he said. "I precisely want to live comfortably in Dubai."
Fallon, 33, appeared on "SNL" for six seasons and was co-host of its "Weekend Update" segment. He left the political program to focus on making feature films, although such efforts as "Febricity Pitch" and "Taxi" fell flat tire at loge offices.
