Jimmy Fallon to Take Online-Broadcasted “Late Night” Show

By Alexander Toldt
23:51, July 21st 2008
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Jimmy Fallon to Take Online-Broadcasted “Late Night” Show

The round of shake-ups about to come next year in late-night television determined Lorne Michaels to take the decision to start NBC’s next edition of “Late Night,” with its new host Jimmy Fallon as nightly entry on the Internet.

Fallon has already been named Conan O’Brien’s replacement when the latter takes over the “Tonight” show from Jay Leno next year. NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” boss Michaels, who was also executive producer of “Late Night,” said that he wants Fallon to work out as many of the rough spots in his presentation as possible in performances on a website.

The online performances will come before Fallon's spring 2009 takeover and will probably resolve the kinks that almost rendered the then-untested host DOA on the airwaves.

Lorne Michaels said that it did not know yet which site will be used for the new shows with Fallon as the main man, but he mentioned the fact that the episodes will most likely be released in fall. Fallon’s performances will be released nightly at 12:30 a.m. and the episodes will be only 5 or 10 minutes long. The changes in the late-night TV will be announced officially tomorrow.

One of the main reasons for which the show will be released online is that it will offer more opportunity for experimentation and would also allow Fallon more freedom to speak and act as he wishes, said Michaels according to The New York Times.



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