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Last year, Jimmy Fallon won an Emmy for returning to "Saturday Night Live" as a guest host. And his talker "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" picked up its second successive Emmy bid for Best Variety Series. While he lost that race to "Daily Show with Jon Stewart" -- which extended its record winning streak to 10 -- Fallon could find himself at the podium in 2014 as the new host of "The Tonight Show."  On Wednesday, NBC confirmed that Fallon will be taking over the late night staple from Jay Leno in the fall of 2014. Leno, who took over from Johnny Carson in 1992, exited once before -- in the fall of 2009 -- but that absence lasted only nine months as Conan O'Brien proved to be a ratings flop.    Related: You decide -- Who will win Emmys this year? However, Emmy voters gave O'Brien the seal of approval nominating his short-lived tenure at »


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