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Seth Meyers Named Host Of NBC’s ‘Late Night’, Lorne Michaels To Exec Produce

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday May 12, 2013 @ 11:00am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Late Night TV, Late Night With Seth Meyers, NBC, Seth Meyers
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The real winner here is Lorne Michaels, who now controls all three NBC late night shows. NBC completed its late-night revamp by naming Seth Meyers host of Late Night. He will succeed Jimmy Fallon who is taking over The Tonight Show next spring, replacing Jay Leno. Michaels will executive produce Late Night with Seth Meyers, and Michael Shoemaker will remain with the franchise as producer. Late Night with Seth Meyers  will originate from 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York which also houses Saturday Night Live and where The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon also will be based. “We think Seth is one of the brightest, most insightful comedy writers and performers of his generation,” NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt said. “His years at SNL‘s Weekend Update desk, not to mention being head writer of the show for many seasons, helped him hone a topical brand of comedy that is perfect for the Late Night franchise”. Meyers had been the frontrunner to succeed Fallon since NBC announced last month Fallon’s ascendance to The Tonight Show. His appointment means that both The Tonight Show and Late Night will be hosted by former SNL Weekend Update anchors. Additionally, it solidifies Michaels’ status as NBC’s late-night king as he will executive produce The Tonight Show, Late Night and SNL. “I only have to work for Lorne for five more years before I pay him back for the time I totaled his car,” Meyers quipped. “The time slot 12:30 on NBC has long been incredible real estate.  I hope I can do it justice/” Meyers is the 4th host of Late Night, following David Letterman, Conan O’Brien and Fallon.

Related: Lorne Michaels: The Real NBC Late Night King

In addition to setting new hosts on Tonight and Late Night, NBC also recently renewed Last Call With Carson Daly for next season. This is Meyers’ 12th season as an SNL cast member, 8th season as head writer, and 7th season as Weekend Update anchor. He will have to leave to focus on Late Night, meaning that next week’s SNL season finale will likely mark Meyers’ last turn behind the Weekend Update desk. Given the incredible success all recent anchors/co-anchors of Weekend Update – Fallon, Meyers, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler – have enjoyed, the competition for who will succeed Meyers is likely to be fierce.

In 2011, Meyers won the Emmy for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for host Justin Timberlake’s musical monologue. He has also garnered five additional Emmy nominations for his work as a writer on SNL and the 2011 special The Real Women of SNL. Meyers has hosted the 2010 and 2011 ESPY Awards on ESPN and headlined the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner to rave reviews.

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Watch Jimmy Fallon Open Without Audience

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Monday October 29, 2012 @ 7:36pm PDTTags: Hurricane Sandy, Jimmy Fallon, Late Night TV

In the hours before Hurricane Sandy, Jimmy Fallon opens the show from the deserted NYC streets, then performs his monologue for an empty audience:

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Leno Slaps Comcast For ‘Tonight’ Cutbacks; Dave And Jay Ignore Jimmy’s Move News; Kimmel Tells Audience About “Our Big Day”

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday August 22, 2012 @ 12:43am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Comcast, David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, Late Night TV

UPDATED: His lord and master Comcast EVP and NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke happened to be in town early this week. So Jay Leno made the most of it. For two nights in a row the late night host opened his Burbank monologue by slapping Comcast for ordering layoffs and pay cuts on The Tonight Show. “Or, as we call it, Survivor Comcast,” Leno said on Tuesday’s broadcast, adding ”NBC now stands for Nothing But Cutbacks.” Leno also came out swinging on Monday’s show saying, “Comcast calls us The Expendables… We’ve consistently been #1 in the ratings and, if you know anything about our network, that kind of thing is frowned upon.” Ouch! - because those are the same jokes Leno used to tell about his GE bosses. Then again, Jay is prone to whining on air.

Related: Tonight Show Cuts Latest NBC Layoffs & Trims By Comcast
Tonight Show Lays Off 20 Staffers; Leno Takes Pay Cut To Save Jobs

Neither Leno nor David Letterman during their monologues took any notice of Tuesday’s big announcement that ABC’s midnight host Jimmy Kimmel will move his show to 11:35 PM on January 8th. No jokes, no mentions, no nuthin’. Hey, why give Jimmy any advance publicity before they all go head-to-head-to-head in late night?

Related: Jimmy Kimmel On Move: “Maybe Cut Back On Penis Jokes”
ABC Shuffles Late Night: ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ To 11:35 PM

As for Kimmel, he joked during his monologue that the news about his move was “almost as exciting as Miley Cyrus’ new haircut”. He also said:

“It was a big day for us here today. You may have heard about this – or maybe not. ABC our network announced today that, starting in January – right around our 10-year anniversary – our show is moving from midnight to 11:35. I hope this doesn’t throw off my feeding schedule

Moving from midnight to 11:35 might not sound like a big deal – it’s only 25 minutes – but it’s probably the most important 25 minutes of my life since the first 14 times I had sex.

So to all those people who’ve been telling me “your show is on too late for me” – you’re going to need a new excuse. Like “your show sucks”.

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Jimmy Kimmel On Move To 11:35 PM: “Maybe Cut Back On Penis Jokes”

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday August 21, 2012 @ 11:27am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Jimmy Kimmel, Late Night Ratings, Late Night TV

Jimmy KimmelEXCLUSIVE: “You can’t do a late night show until you’re 80 years old,” Jimmy Kimmel just joked to me about his Jimmy Kimmel Live moving from midnight to 11:35 PM weekdays starting January 8th. The ABC … Read More »

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NOVEMBER SWEEP: CBS’ ‘Late Show’ Tops ‘Tonight’ For 1st Time In 17 Years, ‘Late Late Show’ Posts First Victory Over ‘Late Night’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday December 2, 2011 @ 10:38am PSTTags: Craig Ferguson, David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Late Night TV, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

NBC’s primetime woes are beginning to spill into late-night. Both The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and Late Night With Jimmy Fallon suffered double-digit year-to-year declines last month, giving CBS’ late-night lineup historic wins. Late Show With David … Read More »

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Conan O’Brien Makes First Live Visit To NBC

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 5:24pm PDTTags: Conan O'Brien, Jimmy Fallon, Late Night TV, NBC

Conan O’Brien dropped in on Late Night‘s Jimmy Fallon last night, making his first live return to NBC since he was Zucker-ed in February 2010. He came by to pick up something he said he “left in the couch” — Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, which he’s contractually forbidden from … Read More »

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New ’2.5 Men’ Cast Presents Top 10 List

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday September 9, 2011 @ 6:59am PDTTags: Angus T. Jones, Ashton Kutcher, CBS, David Letterman, Jon Cryer, Late Night TV, Two and a Half Men
Nellie Andreeva

As part of the promotional campaign for the relaunch of CBS’ Two and a Half Men, stars Ashton Kutcher, Jon Cryer and Angus T. Jones presented the “Top Ten Reasons to Watch the New Season of Two And a Half Men” on the Late Show last night. Frankly, they … Read More »

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VIDEO: Jon Stewart On Glenn Beck’s Exit

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday April 8, 2011 @ 10:01am PDTTags: Cable TV, Comedy Central, Glenn Beck Departure, Jon Stewart, Late Night TV, The Daily Show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Video, TV, Video
Nellie Andreeva

Jon Stewart channeled Glenn Beck in his send-off of the departing Fox News anchor (and favorite punching bag) on The Daily Show last night.

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David Hudson Promoted To SVP Late Night & Specials At TBS And TNT

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday March 25, 2011 @ 10:06am PDTTags: Late Night TV, Promotion, TBS, TNT

Turner has upped David Hudson, previously VP of alternative programming for the networks, to SVP late night and specials, where he will oversee a late-night slate that includes Conan and Lopez Tonight as well as continue to develop specials like … Read More »

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Jimmy Fallon’s Charlie Sheen Parody

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 3, 2011 @ 5:16pm PSTTags: Charlie Sheen, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Fallon Video, Late Night TV, TV, Video
Nellie Andreeva

More proof that Jimmy Fallon is one of the best impersonators out there and a very funny guy. Here is the NBC late-night host as the troubled Two and a Half Men star hawking his new fragrance, Winning.

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UPDATE: Letterman Show Gets Punked; So No Lindsay Lohan Appearance After All

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Wednesday February 16, 2011 @ 7:25am PSTTags: David Letterman, David Letterman Top Ten List, Late Night TV, Late Show with David Letterman, Lindsay Lohan, TV

WEDNESDAY AM UPDATE: Statement from Tom Keaney for David Letterman’s Worldwide Pants Inc which produces the Late Show:

“Lindsay Lohan will not be delivering a Top Ten list on Thursday’s LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, as had been previously announced. We made a mistake. Someone purporting to be

… Read More »

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Hot Clip: Howard Stern And Dave Letterman On Late Night Battle With Leno

By MIKE FLEMING JR | Friday February 4, 2011 @ 8:15am PSTTags: David Letterman, David Letterman Video, Jay Leno, Late Night TV, Late Show with David Letterman, TV, Video
Mike Fleming

There’s only so much that David Letterman can say about his late night rivalry with Jay Leno, so why not have Howard Stern fill in the blanks? Here’s a clip from Stern’s Late Show appearance:

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‘Daily Show’ Claims First Weekly Ratings Victory Over ‘Conan’ In Young Demos

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday January 31, 2011 @ 1:29pm PSTTags: Cable TV, Cable TV Ratings, Comedy Central Ratings, Conan O'Brien, Conan Ratings, Late Night Ratings, Late Night TV, Ratings, TBS, TBS Conan, The Daily Show Ratings, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, TV, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

Possibly boosted by State of the Union coverage, Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Jon Stewart posted its first weekly win over TBS’ Conan in adults 18-34, according to the network. Conan had a huge premiere in November, dominating the cable and broadcast late-night field for its first couple of weeks on the air, but The Daily Show has been steadily chipping away at Conan‘s ratings lead for the past two months. It has beaten Conan in total viewers every week since the beginning of December and in 18-49 every week since the beginning of January. For the month of January, The Daily Show is tops in viewers and 18-49, while Conan still has the edge in the 18-34 demo. However, Conan is hourlong and The Daily Show is a half-hour. If compared to the Daily Show/Colbert Report combo that airs in the same 11 PM-12AM slot, Conan is ahead in 18-34 and 18-49 while behind to the Comedy Central shows in total viewers. An interesting footnote – Versus January 2010, The Daily Show is up 9% in total viewers, while Conan is down 3% vs. the January 2010 performance of Lopez Tonight. Here are the standings of the cable late-night talk shows for January as released by Comedy Central (only original telecasts are included as Conan returned from the holiday a week later than most of the other shows, including The Daily Show): Read More »

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Leno Came Back To Late Night To Do This?

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Saturday January 29, 2011 @ 12:03am PSTTags: Late Night TV, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, TV

I haven’t watched Leno in ages but tonight I was tipped that he did a segment on the Oscar nominations so I tuned in to see if it was worth posting on Deadline. Jeez, when did Jay stop giving a damn about generating laughs? (No wonder I keep hearing rumors he … Read More »

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Jon Stewart Gives James Franco Oscar Hosting Advice

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday January 26, 2011 @ 10:43am PSTTags: 83rd Academy Awards, 83rd Academy Awards James Franco, James Franco, Jon Stewart, Late Night TV, Oscars, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Video, TV, Video
Nellie Andreeva

Newly minted Academy Award nominee James Franco was on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night and sought advice from the former Oscar host for his upcoming debut as Oscar co-host alongside Anne Hathaway. Here is what Stewart told him: “Go at it with the attitude that you’re above … Read More »

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ABC Moves ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ To Midnight, Shortens ‘Nightline’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 20, 2011 @ 2:23pm PSTTags: ABC, ABC News Ben Sherwood, ABC Nightline, ABC Scheduling, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel ABC Deal, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night TV, TV
Nellie Andreeva

ABC has confirmed long-running speculation that as part of Jimmy Kimmel’s new two-year deal with ABC, the comedian had asked for his latenight talk show on the network to be moved up from 12:05 AM to midnight. The change … Read More »

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Sneak: Dave Phones Regis About Retiring

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday January 18, 2011 @ 3:45pm PSTTags: David Letterman, Late Night TV, Late Show with David Letterman Video, Regis Philbin, Regis Philbin Retirement, TV

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TCA: Leno Takes Another One On the Chin From TV’s Funny Ladies

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday January 12, 2011 @ 5:15pm PSTTags: Alyson Hannigan, Jane Lynch, Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel, Late Night TV, Lea Michele, Martha Plimpton, Sofia Vergara, TCA, Television Critics Association

From Ray Richmond, who is contributing to Deadline Hollywood’s TCA coverage:

It’s amazing how even when he isn’t present or even mentioned by name, any discussion of the late-night talk show landscape finds Jay Leno having to absorb a shot or two. Or … Read More »

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TCA: Conan No Longer Needs To Use Leno As His Whipping Post

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday January 12, 2011 @ 2:50pm PSTTags: Conan, Conan O'Brien, Conan Ratings, David Letterman, Late Night TV, TBS Conan, TCA, Television Critics Association, TV

From Ray Richmond, who is contributing to Deadline Hollywood’s TCA Coverage:
Speaking to the media en masse for the first time since landing last fall with his own late-night chatfest at TBS, Conan O’Brien expressed that he’s never been happier – … Read More »

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