WATCH: Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, and more react to the Tonight Show transition

NBC announced Wednesday that Jimmy Fallon will officially replace Jay Leno on The Tonight Show — giving all the late-night hosts easy material for the evening

Jay Leno jokes about his replacement and his long-time network NBC.
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Yesterday, NBC confirmed that Jimmy Fallon would replace Jay Leno as the host of The Tonight Show in 2014 — and as expected, late-night hosts from every network couldn't resist tackling the news on their own shows. How did Leno, Fallon, Conan O'Brien, David Letterman, and Jimmy Kimmel respond to the impending Tonight Show transition? Find out:

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Scott Meslow

Scott Meslow is the entertainment editor for TheWeek.com. He has written about film and television at publications including The Atlantic, POLITICO Magazine, and Vulture.