As I am sure most you of you have heard, long time Tonight Show host Jay Leno has confirmed he will be stepping down. As of today his replacement has been made official and it seems that Jimmy Fallon will be holding down the fort. Along with changing hosts, The Tonight Show will also be returning to their original home at 30 Rockefeller Plaza after 42 years in California. While Fallon prepares to make the switch to his new position, none of the talk regrading his replacement have yet to be conformed although Seth Meyers has been pegged by SNL to be his successor. NBCUniversal CEO Steve Burke commented, "we are purposefully making this change when Jay is No. 1, just as Jay replaced Johnny Carson when he was No. 1". I think it will be really interesting to see how switching hosts will change and affect both programs in terms of ratings, reviews, and advertising and what will come of both shows. It almost like a mini re-branding.
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