Jimmy Fallon is officially the next host of NBC’s The Tonight Show. The network confirmed the widely rumored move this week, naming the gaming-friendly Late Night host as Jay Leno’s successor.
Fallon has regularly devoted time on his show to the latest and greatest in video games. Earlier this year, he featured the PlayStation 4 on the show shortly after Sony’s official unveiling, and has also devoted segments to the Wii U, Oculus Rift, and Kinect back when it was still known only as Project Natal.
Leno will step down in spring 2014, and one other major change for the show has already been announced. When Fallon takes over, the show will move from Burbank, California to New York City, where it will be filmed at NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza headquarters.
“We are purposefully making this change when Jay is No. 1, just as Jay replaced Johnny Carson when he was No. 1,” NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke said of the move. “Jimmy Fallon is a unique talent and this is his time. I’m thrilled he will become the sixth host of The Tonight Show at exactly the right moment, in conjunction with our coverage of next year’s Winter Olympic Games.”
Fallon’s replacement on Late Night has not yet been named, but it is believed another Saturday Night Live veteran, Seth Myers, will soon land the job officially.
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