Jimmy Fallon
Seventeen years after starting college, Jimmy Fallon has finally earned his sheepskin.
The NBC Late Night host put on a cap and gown and marched during the commencement ceremony at the College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y., on Saturday ...
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Robert DeNiro and Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Yeah, it used to bug me too how he cracked up all the time during SNL skits, but there's no denying that Jimmy Fallon is a funny guy. But is he late-night-talk-show funny? Let's investigate!
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Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel
Can Jimmy Fallon survive his Late Night competition? With Conan O'Brien departing for the Tonight Show, fans of O'Brien's occasional sharp edges might depart for Jimmy Kimmel Live — but those who tuned in for O'Brien's heart might find a better soul mate in Craig Ferguson of the Late Late Show.
Fallon brings youth and energy to the Late Night desk, but no one knows what else. Looking ahead to his debut Monday, check out the hosts' strengths, weaknesses, and occasional tendencies to overshare.
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Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon may transform into The Barry Gibb Talk Show next week as Fallon welcomes his first guest, Justin Timberlake.
The two played Bee Gees for Saturday Night Live's fictional take on a falsetto-filled chat-fest, but will have to be themselves for at least part of Fallon's inaugural interview. The first show is Monday.
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Jimmy Fallon
To prep for his March 2 takeover of NBC's Late Night, Jimmy Fallon is turning to the only people who truly understand the challenge ahead: other talk show hosts.
"I just recently ran into Rosie O'Donnell at a Paul Simon concert and she said, 'Who's doing your test shows?' … She said, 'I'll do one.' I thought that was so nice of her. So she's gonna come on next Thursday and do a show."
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Jimmy Fallon
With Jimmy Fallon's debut behind the Late Night desk less than a month away, the former Saturday Night Live funnyman has named his head writer.
Writer-actor A.D. Miles has been tasked with bringing the funny to Fallon's new late-night talk show, according to Variety. Miles will be working with Fallon, executive producer Lorne Michaels and showrunner-producer Michael Shoemaker in creating the show's comedy.
Miles appeared in ...
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Craig Ferguson
The Craig Ferguson-Jimmy Fallon late-night competition appears to be anything but mean-spirited.
At Television Critics Association on Wednesday, Ferguson suggested that reviewers wait to sharpen their pens until Fallon has some time to adjust to the new job. Fallon is expected to take over...
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Jay Leno
NBC announced Jay Leno's new 10 p.m. show as a win-win: a way to keep a bankable star on the air while unveiling an entirely new way to look at prime time scheduling.
The question now is whether the new show will be as good – and earn the ratings – of the shows it will replace in prime time. Monday through Friday, he'll occupy a full third of the 8-11 p.m. bracket when most people watch TV ...
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Jimmy Fallon by Chris Haston/NBC Universal Photo
This fall — some six months before his Late Night talker hits the airwaves — Jimmy Fallon will attempt a "soft launch" of the show, performing five- to 10-minute routines on an NBC online portal TBA. This unorthodox "dry run" is intended to let Fallon find his voice and rhythm and thus avoid the sort of pitfalls that plagued Conan O'Brien when he himself entered the late-night realm.As for Conan, he is expected to cease production on his Late Night in February, then head west to prepare his take on The Tonight Show, which will premiere sometime in June — and from a brand-new stage now in production. Fallon's Late Night is slated to hit NBC proper "sometime in the spring," giving him Leno as a lead-in for a brief stretch. — Matt Mitovich
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Jimmy Fallon by Jason Kempin/WireImage.com
Confirming the worst-kept secret in television, NBC today officially introduced comedian Jimmy Fallon as the network's newest late-night host.The SNL alum will start as host of Late Night (Weeknights, 12:30 am/ET) when Conan O'Brien takes over the Tonight Show for Jay Leno in 2009.Ironically, O'Brien's show was the first talk show Fallon appeared on after joining SNL in 1998.Fallon, 33, told a news conference he has been destined to host a late-night talkfest since he was a kid. "In my kindergarten yearbook, they wrote 'Most Likely To Take Over For David Letterman,'" he said.Exactly when Fallon will make his debut next year is still up in the air, and appears to be hinged on where Jay Leno lands after the Tonight Show. "Everyone wants Jay Leno to stay part of the NBC family," said SNL boss Lorne Michaels, who will also executive produce Fallon's show. "And that's a big part of what's going on now."Fallon joked once he starts, he's in it for the long haul. "NBC gave me the same contr...
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