Sentence examples for left late night from inspiring English sources

In June 2009, Mr. O'Brien did not have to think about competition from Mr. Leno, who had left late night for prime time.

Mr. Richter, who will also perform in sketches on "Tonight," left "Late Night" in 2000 to pursue acting and starred in several network comedy series, including "Andy Barker, P.I.," which was produced by Mr. O'Brien's company.

And the bizarre analogy left "Late Night" host Seth Meyers somewhat perplexed.

His staff gave it to Conan O'Brien, and when Conan left "Late Night" for his date with destiny as a brief host of "The Tonight Show" he entrusted it to Jimmy Fallon (see clip below).

Fallon at least left "Late Night" with a bang: His Feb. 7 swan song, in which he performed a sweet rendition of the Band's classic anthem "The Weight" alongside the Muppets, drew the highest ratings the show has seen since David Letterman signed off in 1993.

Executives close to the planning said the expectation now was that Mr. O'Brien would leave "Late Night" next January, allowing him five months to reshape his show for the transition from New York to Los Angeles and the earlier time period of "Tonight".

So I'd like to weigh in now, before he leaves late night, as saying, "Hey thanks, Mr. Leno".

New dad Jimmy Fallon will take over Leno's post on February 24 , 2014 leaving "Late Night" behind for the 11 35 timeslot on NBC.

Fallon kicked off the show with a little sketch in which he woke up from a nightmare induced by his anxiety about leaving "Late Night" for "The Tonight Show," which he's due to take over Feb. 17.

Mr. Allen cut back his "Tonight" schedule in the summer of 1956 to begin "The Steve Allen Show," which NBC offered as a prime-time Sunday night competitor to "The Ed Sullivan Show" on CBS and "Maverick" on ABC, and left late-night television for good in January 1957.

But when David Letterman leaves late-night TV after his final show Wednesday night, he will leave as an also-ran.