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"Jimmy Fallon isn&amp;apos;t the only late-night star who&amp;apos;s looking forward to a new era on The Tonight Show. ABC&amp;apos;s Jimmy Kimmel, a noted critic of current host Jay Leno, seems almost as excited as Fallon himself, despite the fact that the change means the two will be going head-to-head in the same time slot next year. On Thursday, April 4, one day after Leno announced his departure, Kimmel sent Fallon and his crew a congratulatory lunch of sandwiches from New York&amp;apos;s famed 2nd Ave Deli.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;Thank you Jimmy Kimmel and staff for the 2nd Ave Deli lunch,&amp;quot; Fallon, 38, tweeted alongside a photo of the impressive spread. &amp;quot;Class act.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nKimmel also sent a few kind words of support to his once and future competitor. &amp;quot;Congratulations to my dear, sweet @jimmyfallon -- a formidable rival and an incredible lover,&amp;quot; he quipped on Twitter after news broke of the Saturday Night Live alum&amp;apos;s imminent promotion.\r\n\r\nThe gesture was indeed a warm one, especially in contrast with the Jimmy Kimmel Live! host&amp;apos;s cold attitude toward Leno. Kimmel has been very critical of the reigning Tonight Show star, telling Rolling Stone earlier this year that he &amp;quot;sold out.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;As a comedian, you can&amp;apos;t not have disdain for what he&amp;apos;s done. He totally sold out. He was a master chef who opened a Burger King,&amp;quot; he told the magazine of Leno. Fallon, on the other hand, was deemed &amp;quot;a worthy competitor.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nAs previously reported, Fallon will take over NBC&amp;apos;s Tonight Show from Leno, 62, who is set to end his 22-year run behind the desk in the spring of 2014. Speaking about the transition during his opening monologue on April 3, Leno joked about the challenges facing his successor.\r\n&amp;quot;I want to congratulate our good friend Jimmy Fallon. He is a hell of a guy. He&amp;apos;s going to do a great job. I just have one request for Jimmy: We&amp;apos;ve all fought, kicked, and scratched, to get this network up to fifth place. Now we have to keep it there!&amp;quot; he quipped. &amp;quot;Jimmy, don&amp;apos;t let it slip into sixth! We are counting on you! We&amp;apos;re counting on you Jimmy.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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