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5:03 pm, March 20th, 2013
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Jimmy Fallon is set to replace Jay Leno as host of “The Tonight Show,” according to multiple reports.
According to The New York Times, no deal is in place, but a transition is expected to occur by fall 2014 at the latest.
The show would reportedly return to New York after more than four decades in Los Angeles.
NBC has declined to comment, except to confirm that Fallon would be getting a new studio at Rockefeller Center.
Leno’s current contract ends in 2014.
“The Tonight Show” has experienced messy, very public battles for the hosting spot in the past.
Leno famously beat out David Letterman for the job in the early 1990s, and then took the desk back from Conan O’Brien in 2010 after being replaced for less than a year.
Adding to the late-night drama this time around is Jimmy Kimmel’s recent switch to an earlier time slot at ABC, speculation that Letterman will retire from CBS when his own contract expires next year, and buzz about who will take over “Late Night” from Fallon if he indeed moves up to “Tonight.”
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