Conan O’Brien is hitting the road because what else do you do when you’re out of work? E! News reports that O’Brien will have live performances across the country starting in April.Conan will announce the dates via his Twitter page.
As first reported yesterday, there is a late night shake up going on at NBC. It turns out that the NBC executives want to move Jay Leno back to his 11:30 time slot, which begs the question “What will happen to Conan?” Well TMZ reports that NBC has given Conan two options.
Option 1: – Conan stays at NBC and is given the midnight to 1:00am time slot, after Leno airs at 11:30.
Well that was short lived. TMZ is reporting that there is a late night shakeup taking place at NBC. After the Olympics Jay Leno will be returning to his 11:30 time slot. The question still to be answered is if Jay’s show will be a half hour followed by Conan, or an hour and goodbye Conan. TMZ reports further that both comedians are aware of the changes.
Interestingly Conan has been on thin ice before with NBC. When O’Brien first appeared in 1993 with Late Night with Conan O’Brien, the show appeared with generally unfavorable reviews and dismal ratings. NBC was very close to canceling the show altogether but O’Brien bounced back. Let’s hope he can do the same.
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.
