I hope they have Don Pardo do his intro. As rumored and expected for weeks, Seth Myers takes over Jimmy Fallon's soon-to-be-former job, and Lorne Michaels fully ascends to become one of the most powerful men at NBC.

My friend Devin Faraci makes a terse, good point on Twitter with a followup:

How are late night talk shows even still a thing?

Maybe Seth Meyers can also get a column in a newspaper and a job as a milk man.

I wonder how many more hours in the day do we have to watch full hours of late night talk? What happens if/when Jay Leno pulls a "Jay Leno" and goes to Fox? The following "traditional" Late Night Talk Shows will be on the air this fall:

11:30pm EST

The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
The Late Show with David Letterman
Conan
Jimmy Kimmel LIVE

12:30pm EST

Late Night with Seth Myers
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Untitled Pete Holmes Late Night Show (after Conan on TBS)

The top-rated Daily Show/Colbert Report block adds a new Chris Hardwick-headlined show in the fall, which solidifies a Comedy Central 11:00-12:30 blockade. It seems like most people only watch clips of these anymore regardless.

I missed writing about this earlier in the week, but wanted to chime in on Comedy Central positioning a new Chris Hardwick show just after The Colbert Report. Chris is one of the smartest guys working when it comes to new media, and this lineup shores up Comedy Central's play for the 18-35 demographic, and a serious late-night player. This is just as big a get for Hardwick as it is for Comedy Central.

Having his profile raised alongside Stewart/Colbert is a big deal for his future. It's so big that when, if ever, David Letterman steps away from The Late Show, it would be difficult to not think of Hardwick as part of the succession plan, either taking the top spot himself or taking over Craig Ferguson's stomping grounds at The Late Late Show.

I'm just as excited by Hardwick's showrunners being Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant. This increases the value of my Hulu Plus subscription even more.