Jimmy Fallon in for Conan on 'Late Night'

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One of the worst-kept secrets in TV was announced Monday: Jimmy Fallon will take over the hosting duties of “Late Night”when Conan O’Brien leaves for “Tonight.”

“He is a handpicked talent, part of the NBC family already,”NBC entertainment chief Ben Silverman said Monday afternoon in a news conference at the Top of the Rock above NBC’s 30 Rockefeller Center headquarters.

Fallon will take over “Late Night”in 2009, though neither he nor producing partner Lorne Michaels committed to a date.

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