O'Brien will succeed Leno? That sux

[hoosier]

I hope that NBC will find someone better in the next five years. Conan is OK (if he would quit jumping up and down), but he's not the mainstream experienced stand-up comic to continue the Carson-Leno string.

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O'Brien will succeed Leno on 'Tonight' in 2009

By AP
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.

The announcement solves a delicate problem for NBC, which realized O'Brien was getting antsy in his "Late Night" time slot (12:35 a.m. Eastern) and wanted to keep him from jumping to another network.

Leno planned to make the announcement on Monday's edition of "Tonight," a special celebration of the talk show's 50th anniversary.

"In 2009, I'll be 59 years old and will have had this dream job for 17 years," Leno said. "When I signed my new contract, I felt that the timing was right to plan for my successor and there is no one more qualified than Conan."