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“The Tonight Show” will begin a new era in February when Jimmy Fallon succeeds Jay Leno as host of the most storied and successful program in late-night television. NBC plans to announce on Wednesday its plan to install Mr. Fallon as the show’s sixth host at the conclusion of the network’s coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics from Sochi, Russia. NBC also is to confirm reports that it plans to shake up the axes of the television industry by moving the show from its longtime home in Los Angeles to its birthplace, New York.

NBC, once the king of primetime, morning infotainment, and late-night television, is now an also ran in primetime, and is struggling behind ABC’s “Good Morning America” in the morning.

Following a flurry of rumors, the network confirmed Tuesday that it will move "Jimmy Kimmel Live" earlier by one half-hour, to 11:35, starting Jan. 8. That will put it in direct competition with NBC's "Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and CBS' "Late Show with David Letterman" for a three-way ratings brawl.

"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," NBC's flagship late night program, has laid off 20 staffers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Deadline reports that Leno himself took a "tremendous" pay cut as well. Details of the departments that will be affected by the downsizing are currently unknown, nor is it known why the layoffs took place.

Michelle Obama will be making her first late-night stop since becoming the First Lady. On Tuesday, Jan. 31, Obama will appear on NBC's The Tonight Show With Jay Leno and is expected to chat about her "Let's Move" campaign. She will also discuss what life is like for her family in the White House and tout her book, American Grown, about the White House kitchen garden to be released in April.

When President Barack Obama made his second visit to Jay Leno’s NBC late night talker “Tonight Show,” he clearly knew who was his audience — the first rule of any good late night talk show appearance. Leno: “Have you been watching the GOP debates?” “I’m going to wait until everybody is voted off the island before — ” Obama began.

TBS says Conan O'Brien was welcomed back to television by more than 4.1 million viewers. The former host of "The Tonight Show," who left NBC eight months ago, returned to late night Monday with a new talk show, "Conan," which premiered on basic-cable network TBS.

In his first interview since walking away from NBC’s “Tonight Show,” Conan O’Brien tells “60 Minutes” Sunday night that he believes he was not given a fair chance to prove he could succeed

A lot of things in the world have changed since May. But not Jay Leno hosting "The Tonight Show."...

Although NBC may have lost up to $200 million on the Winter Olympics, the network drew record viewership, helping it get past the Jay Leno-Conan O'Brien late-night fiasco.