Leno to retire from Tonight show
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US comedian Jay Leno is to retire as host of the popular Tonight Show in 2009 and be replaced by comic Conan O'Brien.
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By staff report. An online news report Monday said that NBC will announce that Conan O&#39;Brien will succeed Jay Leno on &quot;The Tonight Show&quot; when Leno&#39;s contract expires in 2009.
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Comedian Johnny Carson, the king of  U.S. late-night television as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show"  for nearly 30 years -- and the last face millions of Americans  saw before drifting off to sleep -- died on Sunday at age 79.
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Veteran TV journalist Tom Brokaw steps  down as anchor of the "NBC Nightly News" on Wednesday, the  first of the big three stars of U.S. network news for the last  20 years to retire.
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NEW YORK -- After 21 years in the anchor seat, Tom Brokaw said goodbye as anchor of &quot;Nightly News&quot; on Wednesday night. He welcomed Brian Williams and bid farewell to the millions of Americans who tuned in each night.
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Host to retire from eponymous ITV1 series, ending network TV chatshow career spanning 36 years.
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"The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" scored near-record ratings Monday with its tribute to the man who made the show a national institution during his 30-year run as host.
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Time Warner finally pulled the plug on CNNfn. After nine years of struggling to gain an audience, the financial network will go off the air in mid-December, CNN president Jim Walton announced yesterday.
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Tiki Barber, who retired from the Giants, will become a broadcaster for NBCâs âThe Today Showâ and is expected to have a role in the networkâs Sunday night football broadcasts, people close to the negotiations said.
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Syndicated talk show host Montel Williams is being replaced by a younger version of himself. CBS Television Distribution announced Wednesday that "The Montel Williams Show" will cease production after this television season, his 17th on the air.
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The union for striking Hollywood writers cried foul on Thursday over late-night TV comic Jay Leno writing his own jokes for his return to the air from an eight-week hiatus forced by the walkout.
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The Writers Guild of America moved to try to prevent Jay Leno from performing any more monologues, saying that doing so would be a violation of strike rules.
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After nearly 23 years at the anchor desk, Tom Brokaw will sign off for good at the end of NBC Nightly News Wednesday night. Hours before then, however, he got choked up during an appearance on The Today Show Wednesday morning.
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He signed off Wednesday on NBC Nightly News for the first time in more than 20 years without his traditional &quot;See you back here tomorrow night.
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When Tom Brokaw signs off from &quot;The NBC Nightly News&quot; tonight after 21 years in the anchor chair, he&#39;ll take a lot of good feelings with him.
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If "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno is having second thoughts about surrendering his job as planned, NBC doesn't share them Â at least not publicly.
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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...