<br /><br /><p>THE TONIGHT SHOW MOVING TO NEW YORK?</p><br /><br /><p>Stations Please Note: This package contains third party material. Unless otherwise noted, this material may only be used within this package and within ten days of its initial delivery or such shorter time as designated by CNN.</p><br /><br /><br /><p>SUPERS-</p><br /><p>:00-:06</p><p>"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"</p><p>From NBC</p><br /><p>:06-13</p><p>"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"</p><p>From NBC</p><br /><p>:18-:26</p><p>"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"</p><p>From NBC</p><br /><p>:26-:44</p><p>"The Tonight Show"</p><p>From NBC</p><br /><p>:44-:49</p><p>"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"</p><p>From NBC</p><br /><p>:50-:57</p><p>Joe Flint</p><p>LA Times Media Reporter</p><br /><p>:57-1:12</p><p>"Jimmy Kimmel Live!"</p><p>From ABC</p><br /><p>1:12-1:18</p><p>Joe Flint</p><p>LA Times Media Reporter</p><br /><p>1:18-1:23</p><p>"Jimmy Kimmel Live!"</p><p>From ABC</p><br /><p>1:29-1:34</p><p>Jimmy Kimmel</p><br /><p>2:01-2:19</p><p>"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"</p><p>From NBC</p><br /><p>2:19-2:22</p><p>"Late Night with Conan O'Brien"</p><p>From NBC</p><br /><p>2:22-2:24</p><p>"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"</p><p>From NBC</p><br /><p>2:24-2:29</p><p>Joe Flint</p><p>LA Times Media Reporter</p><br /><p>2:29-2:33</p><p>"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"</p><p>From NBC</p><br /><p>2:35-2:42</p><p>"Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"</p><p>From NBC</p><br /><br /><p>NOTE: We send our packages with discrete, separate audio. Our reporter's track can be removed by deleting the audio on channel one.</p><br /><br /><p>--ANCHOR LEAD--</p><p>Nischelle Turner reports on the growing buzz that Jay Leno and L.A. are out and Jimmy Fallon and N.Y. are in.</p><p>--REPORTER PKG AS FOLLOWS--</p><br /><p>(Jimmy Fallon Late Show nat)</p><br /><p>COULD "THE TONIGHT SHOW" BE RETURNING TO NEW YORK? AND WITH "LATE NIGHT'S" JIMMY FALLON TAKING OVER FOR JAY LENO? ACCORDING TO VARIOUS REPORTS, IT MIGHT HAPPEN BY THE FALL OF 2014 <b>AT THE LATEST</b>. NO OFFICIAL WORD YET, BUT N-B-C IS BUILDING A BRAND NEW NEW YORK STUDIO FOR FALLON, WHO ALREADY BROADCASTS FROM THE BIG APPLE. </p><br /><p>(Fallon natpop)</p><br /><p>THE DRAMATIC CROSS-COUNTRY MOVE WOULD TAKE THE LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW BACK TO ITS ROOTS, WHERE STEVE ALLEN, JACK PARR AND JOHNNY CARSON HELD COURT FROM 30 ROCKEFELLER CENTER.</p><br /><p>(natpop) </p><br /><p>IN 1972, CARSON, LOOKING FOR EASIER ACCESS TO HOLLYWOOD GUESTS, TOOK THE SHOW TO THE WEST COAST. SO WHY GO BACK TO NEW YORK? </p><br /><p>170500 "That's his comfort zone, that's where Lorne Michaels who oversees his show is.//Air travel's a lot easier and a lot of stars are in New York these days. I don't think that'll be a big problem for him."</p><br /><p>L-A TIMES WRITER JOE FLINT SAYS DON'T FORGET THAT OTHER JIMMY:</p><br /><p>170700 "Advertisers pay more for younger viewers and Jimmy Kimmel, since he went to 11:30 from midnight is making inroads in that audience.//NBC wants to get Fallon in there sooner rather than later before Kimmel gets too established."</p><br /><p>KIMMEL SPOKE TO C-N-N'S JAKE TAPPER ABOUT FALLON TAKING OVER "THE TONIGHT SHOW":</p><br /><p>JAKE TAPPER: // there's talk, showbiz journals hearing whispers from the National Broadcasting Company, about Mr. Leno's departure, although I've read those stories before, but --</p><br /><p>JIMMY KIMMEL: I know. You know, you read stories. //</p><br /><p>JAKE TAPPER: But do you think it's a direct -- there has to be, a direct response to you coming and --</p><br /><p>JIMMY KIMMEL: God, I hope so. I really -- I don't know. I mean, I have no idea. I mean, well, obviously, NBC is looking to move on, because they did it once already. This would be the second time that this has happened. So I mean, it makes perfect sense. And Jimmy Fallon is doing a great job. And he's very popular. And so, I mean, hey, eventually, it's going to happen one way or the other. I mean, one way or the other, it gets going to have to happen, right? Right?</p><br /><p>(Leno talking smack to NBC in recent monologue)</p><br /><p>AND HOW DOES LENO FEEL ABOUT ALL THIS? </p><br /><p>171021 Jay is still number one but his grasp on the audience has slipped a bit. He knows he won't be in this job forever. And there was always a little bit of tension between Jay and Conan O'Brien. That doesn't really exist between him and Jimmy Fallon. There's just better relationships there all around."</p><br /><p>IN FACT, ACCORDING TO THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, FALLON CALLED LENO TO SMOOTH OVER THINGS AND EASE THE TRANSITION OF COASTS AND HOSTS!</p><br /><p>IN HOLLYWOOD, I'M NISCHELLE TURNER.</p><br /><p>ANCHOR TAG: FOR JAKE TAPPER'S FULL INTERVIEW WITH JIMMY KIMMEL, TUNE IN TO "THE LEAD" TODAY AT 4 P-M EASTERN.</p><br /><br />