Leno to leave NBC's 'Tonight Show' next spring

AAA??Apr. 3, 2013?1:42 PM ET
Leno to leave NBC's 'Tonight Show' next spring
By DAVID BAUDERBy DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer??

This undated promotional image released by NBC shows Jay Leno, host of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," left, and Jimmy Fallon, host of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," in Los Angeles. NBC on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 announced its long-rumored switch in late night, replacing incumbent Jay Leno at "The Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon and moving the iconic franchise back to New York. Leno will wrap up what will be 22 years of headlining the iconic late-night show in Spring 2014. "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels will take over as producer of the new "Tonight Show." (AP Photo/NBC, Andrew Eccles)

This undated promotional image released by NBC shows Jay Leno, host of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," left, and Jimmy Fallon, host of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," in Los Angeles. NBC on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 announced its long-rumored switch in late night, replacing incumbent Jay Leno at "The Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon and moving the iconic franchise back to New York. Leno will wrap up what will be 22 years of headlining the iconic late-night show in Spring 2014. "Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels will take over as producer of the new "Tonight Show." (AP Photo/NBC, Andrew Eccles)

FILE - This Jan. 13, 2013 file photo shows Jay Leno, host of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," left, and Jimmy Fallon, host of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" backstage at the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. As Jay Leno lobs potshots at ratings-challenged NBC in his "Tonight Show" monologues, speculation is swirling the network is taking steps to replace the host with Jimmy Fallon next year and move the show from Burbank to New York. NBC confirmed Wednesday, March 20, it's creating a new studio for Fallon in New York, where he hosts "Late Night." But the network did not comment on a report that the digs at its Rockefeller Plaza headquarters may become home to a transplanted, Fallon-hosted "Tonight Show." (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, file)

This Nov. 5, 2012 photo released by NBC shows Jay Leno, host of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," on the set in Burbank, Calif. As Jay Leno lobs potshots at ratings-challenged NBC in his "Tonight Show" monologues, speculation is swirling the network is taking steps to replace the host with Jimmy Fallon next year and move the show from Burbank to New York. NBC confirmed Wednesday, March 20, it's creating a new studio for Fallon in New York, where he hosts "Late Night." But the network did not comment on a report that the digs at its Rockefeller Plaza headquarters may become home to a transplanted, Fallon-hosted "Tonight Show." (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)

This Oct. 24, 2012 photo released by NBC shows Jay Leno, host of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," on the set in Burbank, Calif. NBC announced Wednesday, April 3, 2013 that Jimmy Fallon is replacing Jay Leno as the host of "The Tonight Show" in spring 2014. (AP Photo/NBC, Paul Drinkwater)

This Feb. 18, 2013 photo released by NBC shows Jimmy Fallon, host of "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," on the set in New York. As Jay Leno lobs potshots at ratings-challenged NBC in his "Tonight Show" monologues, speculation is swirling the network is taking steps to replace the host with Jimmy Fallon next year and move the show from Burbank to New York. NBC confirmed Wednesday, March 20, it's creating a new studio for Fallon in New York, where he hosts "Late Night." But the network did not comment on a report that the digs at its Rockefeller Plaza headquarters may become home to a transplanted, Fallon-hosted "Tonight Show." (AP Photo/NBC, Lloyd Bishop)

NEW YORK (AP) ? NBC on Wednesday announced its long-rumored switch in late night, replacing incumbent Jay Leno at "The Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon and moving the iconic franchise back to New York.

"Saturday Night Live" producer Lorne Michaels will take over as producer of the new "Tonight Show." Fallon's replacement at 12:35 a.m. was not named, although Seth Meyers of "SNL" is considered a strong candidate.

The move had been widely reported but not confirmed by the network until Wednesday. NBC reportedly just wrapped up negotiations with Fallon on a contract extension.

Steve Burke, chief executive officer of NBC Universal, said the network is purposefully making the move when Leno is still at the top of the ratings, just as when Leno replaced Johnny Carson at "The Tonight Show."

"Jimmy Fallon is a unique talent and this is his time," Burke said.

Fallon will take over in conjunction with NBC's coverage of next year's Winter Olympic games. NBC hopes for a big audience ? much larger than what it gets in prime time now ? to promote the switchover.

NBC is worried that ABC's Jimmy Kimmel will establish himself as a go-to late night performer for a younger generation if the network didn't move swiftly to install Fallon. But the move also has the potential to backfire with Leno's fans, who did not embrace Conan O'Brien when Leno was temporarily moved to prime time a few years ago.

The first effort toward making that transition smooth came on Monday night, when Leno and Fallon appeared in a comic video making fun of all the late-night rumors. It aired in between each man's show.

Leno, in a statement, offered his congratulations to Fallon.

"I hope you're as lucky as me and hold on to the job until you're the old guy," he said. "If you need me, I'll be at the garage."

Fallon said, "I'm really excited to host a show that starts today instead of tomorrow."

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NEW YORK (AP) ? Apple is set for a possible summer launch of the next iPhone, rather than a fall launch like the last two models, according to a report Tuesday in The Wall Street Journal.

Apple Inc. is also working on a cheaper iPhone model that could win it some market share in developing countries, the paper said. It cited unnamed people "familiar with the device's production."

The report is in line with the expectations of company watchers and Wall Street analysts. The iPhone 5 costs around $600, and while Apple maintains older iPhones in production, even those aren't cheap enough to compete effectively against low-end smartphones running Google Inc.'s Android software.

Apple doesn't comment on future products before its launch events. Its executives usually emphasize that the company's goal is to make the best products, not the cheapest ones.

The Journal said Apple is set to start production of the new iPhone within the next three months. It's apparently relying on sources among the Asian companies that supply components for the phone and assemble it.

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My Family Tree | Loma Linda University School of Medicine Student ...

Babienco. Though I proudly claim the US as my home, I?ve often been asked about my surname?s country of origin.? To be honest, it?s not something I had thought about that much, as Babienco is just a surname, something I?ve carried around my whole life. Even though I?ve been told my last name sounds rather Ukrainian, I?ve often joked about it being Italian (while pronouncing my last name with a Super Mario accent). This all changed about two weeks ago, when I made a surprising discovery that lead me to a deeper understanding of my heritage.

The other night, Brianna and I thought it would be fun to ?google? my last name and see if I shared any relation with her dad?s friend from dental school, who shared the same last name as I. Babienco isn?t a common surname like ?Smith? or ?Brown? so we wondered if there could be any connection. I?ve googled my name before, but this time something I had never seen before popped up. We followed a link to a webpage featuring a picture from the Loma Linda University Digital Archive:

The caption read ?Axentie T. Babienco Studying in his Library.? Below was another description that said ?Loma Linda University School of Medicine, class of 1929.? Brianna asked if I had ever heard of an Axentie T. Babienco before, to which I replied I hadn?t.? Our curiosity growing, we sent a message to my dad who promptly replied, ?Axentie is my dad?s dad. He practiced in San Diego where my dad grew up.?

I was shocked! Almost 85 years ago, my great-grandfather had graduated with his MD from the very school I now attend! This whole time, I thought I was the very first in my family to go into medicine.? But in reality, not only do I have a direct ascendant that practiced medicine, but someone who attended Loma Linda University! Without any clue, I have been continuing a journey started by my great-grandfather.

Not only that, but I guess my great-grandmother, Lucille Babienco, continued to live in Loma Linda until she died in 1992.? She was buried in Montecito Memorial Park, only a few minutes from where I currently live.? I?ve been so close this entire time and had no idea!

These discoveries naturally led to other questions about my family history. My dad forwarded me some documents that tell the story of how the name Babienco came to America from Ukraine in the late 1800?s.? I won?t go into too much detail now as I could go on for hours and hours about my great-great-grandfather?s imprisonment and exile for trying to preach Adventism, and how he was smuggled into Romania and then Canada to have the ability to practice more religious freedom. It is quite the story so you should ask me about it sometime!

For now I am just incredibly honored to continue a legacy of Babienco?s at Loma Linda University (turns out Axentie?s younger brother Allorie Babienco also graduated from LLUSM), even though I am just now discovering one even exists! I hope that doesn?t sound elitist or arrogant or anything, but I hope you can imagine the surprised look on my face when I discovered my dream of practicing medicine isn?t as unique as I once thought it was. Pretty cool if you ask me!

Speaking of dreams, my class and I share this common dream of acing a little exam we have coming in less than 60 days? USMLE Step I is just around the corner! I?m not sure if I ever explained the ?joy? that is Step I, so stay tuned for a future blog post that highlights a not-so-little exam every med student must pass on his or her way to earning a degree!

Before I go, here?s some completely unrelated pictures from a random trip Brianna and I took to Arizona the weekend before last. ?She felt bad I would not be getting a real spring break this year (I spent it doing a Step I review course), so she was only the best wife ever and took me to see my favorite baseball team play a spring training game or two:

Go Reds!

Surprise Stadium, AZ

Getting Autographs! Matt Latos Signs My Baseball.

Brianna Waits for Brandon Philips

So Cool!

Great Seats at Goodyear Ballpark

59 days to USMLE Step I!

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