Jay Leno's last
Tonight Show will be Friday, May 29, NBC
announced Monday.
Late Night host
Conan O'Brien will take over the 11:35 p.m.
time-slot on Monday, June 1.
Comedian
Jimmy Fallon will
succeed O'Brien, 45, on
Late Night in
March or April of 2009 after a stint of web-only editions.
"I hope to make it the best show and a great show for everyone to
choose me to fall asleep during," Fallon, 33, said in May.
There has been much speculation that Leno, 58, will jump to another
network when his NBC gig ends next summer.
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