O'Brien to Replace Jay Leno
292370
In five years, Jay Leno will turn over his hosting stint on NBC's "The Tonight Show" to "Late Night" host Conan O'Brien. Said Leno, "In 2009, I'll be 59 years old and will have had this dream job for 17 years. I felt that the timing was r...
473663
Conan O&#39;Brien is getting his chance to move up in the world. Or at least into an earlier timeslot. On Monday, Jay Leno announced that he had selected O&#39;Brien to take over his Tonight Show gig when he steps down in 2009.
57907
Struggling NBC is expected to oust its top entertainment executive, Kevin Reilly, and replace him with the man who helped bring "The Office" and "Ugly Betty" to American television, an executive close to the talks said Monday.
10641
NEW YORK - NBC announced Monday that Conan O'Brien will take over from Jay Leno as host of the "Tonight" show. But he'll have time to write his jokes - the planned succession won't happen until 2009...
107404
Boston College athletic director Gene DeFilippo received permission to talk to Pittsburgh Steelers quarterbacks coach Mark Whipple this weekend, the first step in finding a replacement for Tom O'Brien, who accepted the head coaching position at North Carolina State last week.
242234
Floyd Landis was set to make a triumphant post-Tour de France appearance on the "Tonight Show." Instead, the cyclist may end up as comedy fodder for host Jay Leno.
395139
Jimmy Kimmel will join NBC's late-night hosts in returning with new shows Jan. 2 in the midst of the Hollywood writers strike, ABC said Tuesday. Kimmel, along with Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and other hosts, had honored the strike that began Nov. 5. He said it was a difficult decision to resume work without writers, but he wants to save the jobs of other staffers on the show.
53663
David Letterman is planning to outlast Jay Leno in late-night television. CBS Corp. and Letterman have agreed to a four-year contract extension that will keep the comic on the "Late Show" through the 2009-10 television season, according to two executives familiar with the negotiations who spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday because the deal wasn't fully done.
713092
TV talk-show host Conan O'Brien has bought a Los Angeles home valued at just under $10.5 million in preparation for his move from New York to take over the reins of NBC's "The Tonight Show," the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday.
513481
Maryland running backs coach Bill O'Brien has been hired by Duke to become their new offense coordinator, the school announced Monday.
488275
Conan O'Brien may have helped Finland's president get elected. His NBC show "Late Night" is humming along nicely after 13 years. And he's not far from claiming the plum "Tonight" job promised him after Jay Leno's announced 2009 departure.
547628
With mixed emotions, the Boston College football team bid adieu to former coach Tom O'Brien, who met with his players one last time late yesterday afternoon to announce he was taking the job at North Carolina State, and welcomed defensive coordinator Frank Spaziani as interim head coach for the Dec. 30 Meineke Car Care Bowl against Navy in Charlotte, N.C.
54352
Eight weeks after their writers went on strike and plunged their shows into reruns, Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan OâBrien returned to late-night television Wednesday with original shows in which both the Iowa caucuses and the new facial hair on two of the hosts loomed large.
251472
Brookline native Conan O&#39;Brien, host of NBC&#39;s ``Late Night,&#39;&#39; will replace him in five years when Leno&#39;s contract expires, the network announced yesterday.
229262
Late-night TV hosts Jay Leno and  Conan O'Brien plan to cross picket lines to resume taping shows  on January 2, nearly two months after the Hollywood writers  strike forced them off the air, the NBC network said on Monday.
217355
TV talk-show host Conan O'Brien has  bought a Los Angeles home valued at just under $10.5 million in  preparation for his move from New York to take over the reins  of NBC's "The Tonight Show," the Los Angeles Times reported on  Saturday.
764811
Northeastern interim athletic director Peter Roby was officially named to the post yesterday , taking over for Dave O'Brien, who left to become director of sport management at Drexel.