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Late Night Veterans Come Out on Top

Vanessa Baker — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:06:53 +0000

Perez Hilton reports The Late Show with David Letterman has beaten The Tonight Show in ratings for four consecutive weeks. This is the first time in a decade that Letterman has stayed above the competition for so long.

Letterman has been hosting the show since 1993, while Conan O’Brien, the new host of The Tonight Show, only just took over for Jay Leno in June.

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, which follows Letterman on CBS, has scored higher ratings than NBC’s Late Night with Jimmy Fallon for three weeks running.

Jimmy Fallon, Trent Reznor Among Webby Award Winners

Eva Lam — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:00:40 +0000

The 13th annual Webby Awards unveiled their list of winners Tuesday, and Jimmy Fallon, Trent Reznor and Twitter are among those receiving special achievement honours.

“Late Night” host Fallon was named Internet’s “Person of the Year,” a title given to fellow comedian Stephen Colbert last year. Fallon prepared for his talk-show debut with a series of “webisodes” and regularly uses Twitter to keep in touch with fans.

Twitter itself picked up a top award, Breakout of the Year. The three-year-old micro-messaging service has seen its usage grow by 900 per cent in the past year and follows in the footsteps of such other Breakout winners as YouTube, MySpace and Flickr.

Meanwhile, Nine Inch Nails frontman Reznor was recognized as Artist of the Year after he released his 2008 studio album, “The Slip,” as a free download on his website.

Other special achievement winners were Sarah Silverman, Seth MacFarlane and Lisa Kudrow.

Known as the “Oscars of the Internet,” the awards are presented annually by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences – a 550-member group of web experts – and boast dozens of categories that cover every niche of digital media.

Most of the categories have two winners, one voted on by the academy and the other – the People’s Voice winners – chosen by popular vote. Visit the awards site here for a complete list of winners.

The Webby awards will be given out at a ceremony on June 8 as part of Internet Week New York. Seth Meyers of “Saturday Night Live” will host the proceedings, which, as per tradition, will limit winners to a five-word acceptance speech.

Jimmy Fallon To Host At Just For Laughs Festival

Eva Lam — Wed, 28 May 2008 08:48:10 +0000

Jimmy Fallon, heir to NBC’s “Late Night” throne, will have the chance to flex his hosting muscles at this summer’s Just For Laughs Festival in Toronto.

Fallon, who was recently confirmed as Conan O’Brien’s replacement on “Late Night” next year, is set to emcee at the comedy festival along with two faces familiar to TV audiences: “SCTV” and “Saturday Night Live” alumnus Martin Short and “Seinfeld” actor Jason Alexander.

It’s the second year that Toronto is hosting the event, which launched in Montreal.

The gala events, which Fallon, Short and Alexander will take turns hosting, take place at Massey Hall over several nights. Among those performing will be popular Canadian comedian Shaun Majumder and Craig Robinson, who plays Darryl Philbin in TV’s “The Office.”

Other events include a one-man concert event by ventriloquist Jeff Dunham, the Best Homegrown Comic Competition with host Debra DiGiovanni and two ethnic-themed shows dubbed “The Asian Invasion” and “Wiseguys.”

The Toronto Just For Laughs festival runs from July 23 to 27. Its debut in the city last year attracted 60,000 people to outdoor events, with 20,000 buying tickets for the indoor shows.

Jimmy Fallon Officially Taking Conan’s Seat

andPOP Staff — Tue, 13 May 2008 08:44:14 +0000

It’s official: Jimmy Fallon has a steady job again.

The 33-year-old SNL alum has finalized talks to take over as host of “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.” O’Brien will be moving into Jay Leno’s old digs when he retires next year.

At a news conference in New York on Monday, Fallon claimed that “It’s a comedian’s dream to get this job.” He also said that he had missed performing for a live audience.

Fallon will be right at home at the NBC talk show, with SNL creator Lorne Michaels as his boss again.

It’s been a good year for Fallon. He recently married Nancy Juvonen, Drew Barrymore’s producing partner.