The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (born: September 19, 1974) (or simply The Tonight Show and Fallon Tonight), is an American late-night talk show that airs 11:35/10:35 central time on NBC. It is the longest-running talk show to date has aired since 1954. Since February 2014, the show is currently hosted by James Thomas “Jimmy” Fallon. Jimmy was previously a cast member on Saturday Night Live and had his own show called "Late Night" which ran from March 2, 2009 to February 7, 2014 before becoming the show's host.
NBC announced that Fallon has signed a contract to remain as host until at least 2021.[1] The contract for the show was extended beyond 2020,[2] and on May 17, 2021, NBC renewed it for five more years through 2026.[3]
YouTube[]
Their YouTube channel currently has over 2.6 million subscribers and over 13 billion views as of October 2020, making it one of the top 50 most-subscribed and viewed YouTube channels and also one of the most-subscribed YouTube channels in the United States. The channel is the most-subscribed and viewed night talk show YouTube channel.
Segments[]
The show has many recurring segments and games that are played with various celebrity guests. The most popular of these, Lip Sync Battle, was spun off into its own show by Fallon. Other segments include playing charades, Catchphrase, Pictionary or other family style games. Additionally, Fallon and celebrity guests regularly appear in sketches parodying pop culture or political events. These segments normally take place after the monologue, but have occurred as a cold open for the show on a few occasions.
Controversy[]
Rolling Stone published an exposé on the tenure of host David Letterman, alleging misconduct by him, including being drunk on set, yelling at writers, and bullying. The report also noted that writers used dressing rooms as "crying rooms" to release tension, and one staff member admitted to suicidal thoughts during his time on staff. The report also noted that there were nine showrunners in the broadcast's history up to that point.[4] Fallon apologized to his staff after the report,[5] but the controversy was not addressed during the first taping of the show after the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike.[6][7]
Subscriber Milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 1 million subscribers: October 7, 2013
- 2 million subscribers: February 4, 2014
- 3 million subscribers: April 13, 2014
- 4 million subscribers: July 26, 2014
- 5 million subscribers: November 3, 2014
- 6 million subscribers: February 7, 2015
- 7 million subscribers: April 17, 2015.
- 8 million subscribers: September 9, 2015
- 9 million subscribers: December 6, 2015
- 10 million subscribers: February 20, 2016
- 11 million subscribers: May 19, 2016
- 12 million subscribers: September 23, 2016
- 13 million subscribers: February 10, 2017
- 14 million subscribers: July 16, 2017
- 15 million subscribers: December 21, 2017
- 16 million subscribers: April 7, 2018
- 17 million subscribers: June 23, 2018
- 18 million subscribers: September 26, 2018
- 19 million subscribers: November 26, 2018
- 20 million subscribers: February 20, 2019
- 21 million subscribers: May 12, 2019
- 22 million subscribers: August 28, 2019
- 23 million subscribers: December 28, 2019
- 24 million subscribers: February 26, 2020
- 25 million subscribers: May 30, 2020
- 26 million subscribers: September 2020
- 27 million subscribers: January 2021
Video View Milestones[]
Note: The following dates are according to Social Blade. Dates may vary by one or two days due to differences in time zones.
- 1 billion views: June 19, 2014
- 2 billion views: January 19, 2015
- 3 billion views: June 24, 2015
- 4 billion views: December 16, 2015
- 5 billion views: April 24, 2016
- 6 billion views: October 17, 2016
- 7 billion views: May 4, 2017
- 8 billion views: October 18, 2017
- 9 billion views: May 2, 2018
- 10 billion views: October 26, 2018
- 11 billion views: April 7, 2019
- 12 billion views: August 28, 2019
- 13 billion views: January 18, 2020
- 14 billion views: January 2021
References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20150815233719/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/08/13/nbc-extends-tonight-show-host-jimmy-fallons-deal-through-2021/447713/
- ↑ https://deadline.com/2020/11/the-tonight-show-jimmy-fallon-extends-contract-nbc-1234608066/
- ↑ https://deadline.com/2021/05/the-tonight-show-jimmy-fallon-renewed-at-nbc-for-five-years-1234758368/
- ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-toxic-work-environment-crying-rooms-nbc-1234819421/
- ↑ https://deadline.com/2023/09/jimmy-fallon-apologizes-to-the-tonight-show-staff-after-bombshell-report-1235539929/
- ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-return-doesnt-address-toxic-workplace-allegations-rolling-stone-1234837356/
- ↑ https://movieweb.com/jimmy-fallons-tonight-show-controversy-why-people-forget/
