It's Official!!!....Jay Leno Is Out and Jimmy Fallon Is In!! The Tonight Show Begins a New Era February 2014!

It's Official!!!....Jay Leno Is Out and Jimmy Fallon Is In!!

 The Tonight Show Begins a New Era February 2014!!

It's Official!!!....Jay Leno Is Out and Jimmy Fallon Is In!! The Tonight Show Begins a New Era February 2014!! -- The Tonight Show will begin a new era in February when Jimmy Fallon succeeds Jay Leno as host of the most storied and successful program in late-night television. 

NBC plans to announce on Wednesday its plan to install Mr. Fallon as the show’s sixth host at the conclusion of the network’s coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics from Sochi, Russia. NBC also is to confirm reports that it plans to shake up the axes of the television industry by moving the show from its longtime home in Los Angeles to its birthplace, New York.

The announcement comes after weeks of news media reports that the changes were imminent and speculation about behind-the-scenes friction between NBC and Mr. Leno. Tensions between the two

stretch back to Mr. Leno’s first departure from “Tonight” in 2009 and the tumultuous transition to Conan O’Brien that followed. That move ended with Mr. O’Brien leaving the network after nine weeks on the show and Mr. Leno resuming his role as host.

But Mr. Leno said in an interview: “The main difference between this and the other time is I’m part of the process. The last time the decision was made without me. I came into work one day and — you’re out.” This time around “there really aren’t any complications like there were the last time,” he added. “This time it feels right.”'

Creating that feeling was the stated aim of Steve Burke, the chief executive of NBCUniversal, who took a lead role in the current change effort to ensure that Mr. Leno would receive full respect for his contributions to the network.