Fallon in NBC deal aimed at "Tonight Show" takeover": reports

NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Late Night" talk show host Jimmy Fallon has signed a deal with NBC-TV that will keep him at the network, clearing the way for him to succeed Jay Leno as host of the ever-popular "Tonight Show," according to media reports. Leno's contract is up in September of next year, and it was not clear when Fallon might assume hosting the "Tonight Show," the genre-setting program that first aired in 1954. ...

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