03/29/2013 10:35 AM EDT Bill Carter Sounds Off On Late Night Wars Bill Carter, the New York Times reporter who has covered late night TV since the '80s, stopped by HuffPost Live to talk about the Fallon/Leno rumors earlier this week. Check out the video below to see what Carter had to say, as he is joined by HuffPost Live host Josh Zepps, as well as comedian Myq Kaplan and HuffPost TV critic Maureen Ryan. 
 
 03/29/2013 10:28 AM EDT Jay Leno Takes Shot At NBC Over Contract Anyone who thought Jay Leno might go gentle into that good night retirement must have been fooling themselves. Leno is still taking jabs at NBC during his monologues, going so far on Wednesday as to make mention of his contract, which doesn't expire until 2014. Watch the clip above. 
 
 03/22/2013 1:03 PM EDT Fox Wants Jay Leno Could Jay Leno head to Fox if he is replaced by Jimmy Fallon as the "Tonight Show" host next year? The New York Post reports that Fox affiliates are strongly in favor of giving Leno an 11 p.m. talk show if and when he exits NBC. Steve Pruett, the chairman of Fox's affiliate board, told the Post that Leno's ratings success on NBC would make him a natural choice to headline late night programming on Fox stations across the country. Read more here. 
 
 03/22/2013 12:55 PM EDT Seth Meyers To Replace Jimmy Fallon? As if there haven't been enough rumors flying this week about the possible replacement of Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon, Page Six reports on a replacement for Fallon on "Late Night": Current "Saturday Night Live" head writer and Weekend Update anchor Seth Meyers. According to their unnamed source, "Lorne Michaels wants Seth to take over from Fallon. It would be perfect for him. Tina Fey’s name had also come up, but she has said she was too busy to do it.” Read the full story here 
 
 03/22/2013 12:32 PM EDT Time Discuses 'Jaypocalypse 2' @ TIME : NBC to replace Leno with Fallon. What could possibly go wrong? | http://t.co/iAvHHPJdag (via @TIMECulture) 
 
 03/22/2013 12:30 PM EDT Jay Leno Being Courted By Fox Affiliates: Report Could Jay Leno head to Fox if he is replaced by Jimmy Fallon as the "Tonight Show" host next year? The New York Post reports that Fox affiliates are strongly in favor of giving Leno an 11 p.m. talk show if and when he exits NBC. Steve Pruett, the chairman of Fox's affiliate board, told the Post that Leno's ratings success on NBC would make him a natural choice to headline late night programming on Fox stations across the country. However, convincing the Fox network to sign Leno may be a tougher sell than convincing the affiliates. While nothing is confirmed yet, NBC's reported plan to move Leno aside in favor of Fallon is based on the projected value of Fallon's ability to attract a younger audience for years to come. Similarly, Fox attracts a younger viewership, and signing the 62-year-old Leno could be risky, despite his history of strong ratings ("The Jay Leno Show" notwithstanding). Click here to read the full story 
 
 03/22/2013 12:28 PM EDT NMA.tv Gives Leno, Fallon The Taiwanese Animation Treatment Of course this was bound to happen: 
 
 03/22/2013 11:02 AM EDT Fallon Jokes About The LAST Time Someone Tried To Replace Jay Leno From last night's opening monologue on "Late Night": @ rossluippold : "Last time the Heat lost, Conan O'Brien was the host of the Tonight Show" -@jimmyfallon 
 
 03/22/2013 11:01 AM EDT Jay Leno Mocks 'Tonight Show' Media Buzz In Opening Monologue “Are you all excited about March Madness? Are you all into March Madness? People are talking about who’s in, who’s out, who’s gonna be eliminated -- and that’s just here at NBC," Leno joked. "I have never been in the paper this much. It’s fantastic.” ||||| “Clearly our goal has been to make this a smooth transition,” Mr. Burke said in a telephone interview. “Jay deserves to be treated like someone who has done a wonderful thing for our company for two decades.” 
 
 To underscore that commitment Mr. Burke contacted Mr. Leno late last month to try to quell a dispute between Mr. Leno and Robert Greenblatt, the top NBC entertainment executive in Los Angeles. Mr. Greenblatt had irritated the host by questioning why he was making barbed jokes about the network’s ratings. After that incident Mr. Leno and Ms. Vickers began to feel isolated from NBC’s West Coast management. 
 
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 Mr. Burke assured Mr. Leno that he wanted him to feel comfortable with the transition plan, and that he could stay on to the last day of his contract in September 2014, if that was his choice. 
 
 Mr. Leno said he told Mr. Burke: “I appreciate that, but it’s not really necessary. And I don’t want to make it harder for Jimmy. I want to hand off something that’s going to make it easier.” 
 
 Mr. Leno said he suggested, “If we really want to give him a good send-off, how about after the Olympics?” He said the Winter Games in February would give NBC the chance to promote the new host to big audiences and avoid more competitive start-up times like the summer. “ ‘The Tonight Show’ was No. 1 when I got it,” Mr. Leno said. “I’ve kept it No. 1 for about 90 percent of my term here, and I would like to see Jimmy keep it at No. 1, which I’m sure he will.” 
 
 Mr. Fallon, meanwhile, was waiting for the smoke to clear. His contract for his own NBC show, “Late Night,” had two years left to run, taking him into 2015. He decided to concentrate on his show, stepping back and allowing Mr. Leno and NBC to decide on a plan. He said he never wanted any part of pushing anyone to do anything. “I just kind of wanted to keep doing my job well,” he said. 
 
 Amid the overheated rumors of the past month Mr. Fallon said he and Mr. Leno talked frequently and made sure they remained on friendly terms. “I have nothing but respect for Jay,” Mr. Fallon said. “If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have a show to be taking over.” 
 
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 Lorne Michaels , Mr. Fallon’s executive producer and someone who is often at the center of NBC late-night maneuvers, said Mr. Leno had been gracious toward Mr. Fallon. “What has been key to this transition has been the absolute consideration for everyone’s feelings by all involved,” Mr. Michaels said. “It has been a transparent process.” 
 
 What was quietly set early on, though, was the decision to move the show back to New York. Mr. Fallon had spoken with NBC and Mr. Michaels about his desire to stay in New York if he became the “Tonight” host. Mr. Burke liked the idea. 
 
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 “It starts from who Jimmy is,” he said. “Jimmy is a New York guy, and the idea of having a show that is in the city Jimmy has always lived in and has Jimmy’s sensibility made sense.” 
 
 Mr. Michaels, who has been producing late-night television at NBC’s headquarters at 30 Rockefeller Center since he created “Saturday Night Live” in 1975, endorsed the idea. “There’s no place in the world better to do a show than 30 Rock,” he said. “I know that because I do one every week.” 
 
 Mr. Leno said he had concluded on his own that his current contract would most likely be his last for “The Tonight Show,” though that point was unspoken at the time he signed. He did not deny that he takes pride in his long success at “Tonight,” which often came in the face of persistent critics and doubters. 
 
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 “I’m glad I’ve kept it No. 1,” Mr. Leno said. “When I started people said, ‘Oh the only reason you’re winning is because of ‘ER,’ or ‘The only reason you’re winning is because Hugh Grant came on and said that one thing.’ Well, at least now I can say the only reason we’re winning is ’cause we’re winning.” 
 
 Mr. Leno will be 64 in 2014. After leaving “Tonight,” he said, he expects to be “back on the road, being a comedian again.” 
 
 It is a life Mr. Leno has never really left, one he shares with his wife, Mavis, who frequently travels with him. “I know what my priorities are,” he said. “I have the same friends from high school. I have had the same wife for 33 years. When times are good, you have fun. When times are bad, you put your head down and work.” 
 
 His strong belief in just doing the work is one reason some who have worked with him suggested he could never step away from the nightly quest to tell a great monologue joke. But he dismissed suggestions that he would seek out another television show — at least for now. 
 
 “There are a lot of things to do,” Mr. Leno said. “I’ve done this job for a long time, and I really enjoy it. Would I do it again? Believe me, the phone’s not ringing off the hook. It will be nice if people seem interested. But I’ll let it sit where it is.”
– The worst-kept secret in Hollywood is secret no more. NBC and Jay Leno confirmed today that Leno will leave his Tonight Show in 2014 after 22 years and turn over hosting duties to Jimmy Fallon, says the Hollywood Reporter. As part of the move, Fallon will indeed bring the show back from the West Coast to 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City. Fallon will take over in February, reports the New York Times. The pair had goofed on the controversy a few days ago, and Leno sounds upbeat, at least publicly. "Congratulations Jimmy," he said in a statement. "I hope you're as lucky as me and hold on to the job until you're the old guy. If you need me, I'll be at the garage.” THR thinks Seth Meyers is the frontrunner to replace Fallon on Late Night. Click for more.