The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
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| Also known as | The Tonight Show (franchise brand) |
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| Written by | A. D. Miles (head writer) |
| Presented by | Jimmy Fallon |
| Starring | The Roots (house band) |
| Narrated by | Steve Higgins |
| Theme music composer | The Roots |
| Opening theme | "Hey Jimmy" |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 636 (as of March 3, 2017[update]) (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Lorne Michaels |
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NBC Studios New York, New York |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
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| Distributor | NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
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| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV |
| Original release | February 17, 2014 – present |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno |
| Related shows | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon |
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| Website | |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon on NBC. The show premiered on February 17, 2014, and is produced by Broadway Video and Universal Television. It is the seventh incarnation of NBC's long-running Tonight Show franchise, with Fallon serving as the sixth host. The show also stars sidekick and announcer Steve Higgins and house band The Roots. The Tonight Show is produced by Katie Hockmeyer and executive-produced by Lorne Michaels. The show records from Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center, New York City.
The program airs weeknights at 11:34 p.m. ET/AT. The show opens with Fallon's topical monologue, then transitions into comedic sketches/games, concluding with a guest interview and musical performance. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon has attracted high ratings since its 2014 premiere, consistently beating competition. In addition, many moments from the series have originated viral videos. The show has been nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards, winning two.
On August 13, 2015, NBC announced that Fallon signed a contract to remain as host until at least 2021.
The Tonight Show premiered on NBC in 1954 as Tonight, hosted by Steve Allen. Jack Paar hosted the show from 1957 to 1962, but the show's longest-running and most famous host was Johnny Carson, who hosted the show for three decades. Following Carson's 1992 retirement, "vast quantities of brainpower, money, and column inches were devoted to the issue of who was truly best suited to carry the franchise forward." NBC chose interim guest host Jay Leno, who took over the show that year. A pair of conflicts ensued over Leno's 22-year tenure, both revolving around hosts of Late Night, a program directly following Tonight since its premiere in 1982. David Letterman was considered Carson's top choice and left the network acrimoniously in 1993, and NBC attempted to transit second Late Night host Conan O'Brien to succeed Leno in 2009, but the plan failed when a nightly prime-time show starring Leno posted less than stellar ratings, leading to a domino effect on the late local news. O'Brien's Tonight also suffered falling ratings. O'Brien too left the network the following year, and Leno was reinstated as host.
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