Fans of Late Night who are curious about how Jimmy Fallon will perform as its new host will get their first taste of the new talk show host online first.
In a effort to introduce Fallon to the process and give him time to hone his skills, NBC will produce a number of 10- to 15-minute webcasts, which will air about a half-year before his Late Night debut.
Series producer Lorne Michaels, also executive producer of Saturday Night Live, where Fallon once served as able and ready comedian – and where current host Conan O’Brien once worked as a writer – hopes to avoid a bit of the rankle that worried NBC executives when Conan first debuted. They nearly fired him.
And as of Monday, we know when Fallon will debut on Late Night: March or April, 2009.
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