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NBC Confirms Fallon Will Succeed Leno On 'Tonight'

After much speculation (and sniping from Jay Leno about NBC execs being the snakes St. Patrick chased out of Ireland), it's now official: Jimmy Fallon is replacing  Leno as host of "The Tonight Show." The handoff will take place next February, when the network's coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics concludes. Leno's feathers seems to have been smoothed; he's quoted as saying, “This time it feels right.”

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  1. Douglas Ferguson from College of Charleston, April 4, 2013 at 6:15 p.m.

    Fallon is a risk, but less quirky than Conan.

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