According to various media reports, “Late Night” host Jimmy Fallon will take over “The Tonight Show” from host Jay Leno in 2014. To make light of a difficult situations or perhaps to vent his frustrations, Leno is taking aim at his NBC bosses with a few well-timed jokes.

“They are sending my wife and I on an all expenses paid Carnival cruise…So it looks like it’s going to be OK,” Leno joked. “Imagine that, the guy had a knife in his back for three years. He must’ve worked at NBC too,” he said.

The Hollywood Reporter reports that Fallon attempted to diffuse the situation by contacting Leno. The last thing he or anybody at NBC wants is a repeat of the Leno-Conan O’Brien debacle. A source told THR that Fallon would like “all this noise” about his move to “The Tonight Show” to go away. “He didn’t expect this,” the source added.

In addition to his legendary work ethic, Leno is also regard as one of the nicer guys in show business. In August 2012, Leno took a pay cut so that NBC wouldn’t have to fire more staffers. The comedian, who was reportedly making somewhere in the ballpark of $25-$30 million annually before the pay cut, is now pulling in $20 million per year.

According to an unnamed source cited by the New York Post, Seth Meyers is going to replace Fallon when the “Saturday Night Live” alum moves over to “The Tonight Show,” a gig that has been occupied by Leno since 1992 when the comedian replaced the legendary Johnny Carson. Meyers is SNL’s head writer and Weekend Update host.

According to the source, Lorne Michaels would like Seth to replace Fallon. “30 Rock” star Tina Fey was briefly considered for the gig but she turned it down because a number of other projects need her focus and attention. In the meantime, NBC is constructing an impressive studio for Fallon at 30 Rock.

Entertainment Weekly reports that New York City is doing everything in its power to bring “The Tonight Show” back to the Big Apple. According to EW.com, the Cuomo administration said Thursday that the city wants to draw TV shows away from California with a proposed tax credit program. “The Tonight Show” moved to Burbank, California, when Carson was host.

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