Tag: Jimmy Fallon

NEW YORK, May 8 (UPI)–NBC will renovate a New York studio to house “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” for $5 million instead of building a new one for $25 million. The show is moving from Burbank, Calif., to Manhattan

(AP) LOS ANGELES–NBC is keeping Carson Daly’s show in its late-night lineup. The network announced Wednesday that it’s renewing “Last Call with Carson Daly” for the show’s 13th season. NBC lauded Daly for creating what the network called “a unique

(AP) NEW YORK–Jay Leno and Jimmy Fallon poked fun at the late-night rumors swirling around them in a music video that aired between their back-to-back NBC shows Monday night. In a spoof of the romantic ballad “Tonight” from “West Side

A formal complaint has been filed with a New York lobbying board to investigate whether Yoko Ono, Robert De Niro and nearly 200 other celebrities have violated state laws with their Artists Against Fracking activist group. Celebrities are well known

Jay Leno is taking it to The Man, and he’s getting a nice ratings boost as a result. The worst kept secret in Hollywood is NBC plotting to replace Leno with Jimmy Fallon as host of The Tonight Show. Leno

ALBANY, N.Y., March 24 (UPI)–A New York state lawmaker is balking at a $5 million tax credit to lure NBC’s “Tonight Show” to New York City while developmental disabilities funds are cut. Republican Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, of the Schenectady area,

Despite solid ratings and wide appeal to middle America, NBC is poised to replace Jay Leno as the host of the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon as Leno’s contract nears its end. Leno was off the show for six months

Jimmy Fallon won’t officially take over as host of NBC’s The Tonight Show for some time, but New York legislators are already rolling out the red carpet for him. Make that a “green” carpet. Not only is NBC planning to ditch

It’s not wise to fire someone in slow motion who has a nationwide bully pulpit. And so NBC is learning the hard way now that we know it plans to replace Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon as host of the

The only late night talker who sees fit to mock the president is being shown the exit door. All the rumors regarding NBC’s decision to replace Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show appear to be true, according

The Tonight Show host Jay Leno is under fire from NBC executives for making jokes about the network’s recent slide in the ratings. Reports suggest that Robert Greenblatt, NBC’s Chairman of Entertainment, fired off a series of emails slamming the late

We’ve already seen Jimmy Fallon shamelessly turn over his “Late Night” spotlight to President Barack Obama to put the administration’s spin before the public. Now, Brian Williams of NBC News is getting into the act. Williams, repeating a bit dubbed

The election night concession phoner is a sacred thing, like two Little League teams shaking hands after a hard-fought game. It’s a time when candidates drop their warrior pose and offer congratulations and a “no hard feelings” sentiment – even

In Michael Bloomberg’s Manhattan, just as in Barack Obama’s Washington, D.C., the political and media elite seem to think that talking about something, holding a press conference or televising a party amounts to doing something to solve a problem. The

By SANDY COHENAP Entertainment Writer David Letterman and Jimmy Fallon are doing their shows without audiences. Jimmy Kimmel, visiting from his home base in sunny Hollywood, canceled a taping in Brooklyn. “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” are taking

Bette Midler cast aside freedom of speech earlier this week by saying the filmmaker responsible for the anti-Muslim movie in the news should be charged with murder. Midler isn’t alone in shoving aside the First Amendment. Both hip hop mogul

Even with the gaffes offered by the comedy entitlement that is Joe Biden, late night hosts are having a difficult time tapping into the wealth. The Vice Presidency has always been a topic ripe for humor. Since political satire is