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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American
United States

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 late-night
Late night television

Late night television is the block of television programming airing after 10:00 12-hour clock and usually through 2:00 12-hour clock. Traditionally, this type of programming airs after the late local news and features a particular genre of programming that falls somewhere between a variety show and a talk show....
 talk show
Talk show

A talk show or chat show is a television or radio program where one person or group of people come together to discuss various topics put forth by a talk show talk show host....
 hosted by Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon

James Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon, Jr., is an American comedian, actor, musician, and talk show host known for his work on Saturday Night Live....
 on NBC. It is the third incarnation of the Late Night franchise originated by David Letterman
David Letterman

David Michael Letterman is an United States comedian, known for hosting the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS since 1993. Letterman's Irony, often Surreal humour comedy is heavily influenced by former The Tonight Show hosts Steve Allen, Johnny Carson and Jack Paar....
. It premiered on March 2, 2009.

The program airs weeknights at 12:35 a.m. Eastern/11:35 p.m. Central
Central Time zone

The Central Time Zone is in the Americas and observes standard time by subtracting six hours from Coordinated Universal Time during standard time and five hours during daylight saving time ....
 in the United States. Former host Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien

Conan Christopher O'Brien is an Emmy Award-winning United States television host, television writer and comedian, best known as host of NBC Late Night with Conan O'Brien from 1993-2009....
 departed on February 20 to begin preparations for The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an upcoming United States late night television talk show on NBC, scheduled to begin on June 1, 2009....
, which starts in June.

utive producer Lorne Michaels
Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels, Order of Canada is a Canada-born United Statesn Emmy-winning television executive producer, writer and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it....
 said he wanted Fallon to be the new host dating back to the day that Fallon left Saturday Night Live in 2004
Saturday Night Live (Season 29)

Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-ninth season during the 2003-2004 television season on NBC. Despite Chris Kattan's and Tracy Morgan's departure, they cameoed in several episodes....
, which occurred only a few months before O'Brien's departure was announced.






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Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 late-night
Late night television

Late night television is the block of television programming airing after 10:00 12-hour clock and usually through 2:00 12-hour clock. Traditionally, this type of programming airs after the late local news and features a particular genre of programming that falls somewhere between a variety show and a talk show....
 talk show
Talk show

A talk show or chat show is a television or radio program where one person or group of people come together to discuss various topics put forth by a talk show talk show host....
 hosted by Jimmy Fallon
Jimmy Fallon

James Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon, Jr., is an American comedian, actor, musician, and talk show host known for his work on Saturday Night Live....
 on NBC. It is the third incarnation of the Late Night franchise originated by David Letterman
David Letterman

David Michael Letterman is an United States comedian, known for hosting the Late Show with David Letterman on CBS since 1993. Letterman's Irony, often Surreal humour comedy is heavily influenced by former The Tonight Show hosts Steve Allen, Johnny Carson and Jack Paar....
. It premiered on March 2, 2009.

The program airs weeknights at 12:35 a.m. Eastern/11:35 p.m. Central
Central Time zone

The Central Time Zone is in the Americas and observes standard time by subtracting six hours from Coordinated Universal Time during standard time and five hours during daylight saving time ....
 in the United States. Former host Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien

Conan Christopher O'Brien is an Emmy Award-winning United States television host, television writer and comedian, best known as host of NBC Late Night with Conan O'Brien from 1993-2009....
 departed on February 20 to begin preparations for The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an upcoming United States late night television talk show on NBC, scheduled to begin on June 1, 2009....
, which starts in June.

History

Executive producer Lorne Michaels
Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels, Order of Canada is a Canada-born United Statesn Emmy-winning television executive producer, writer and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it....
 said he wanted Fallon to be the new host dating back to the day that Fallon left Saturday Night Live in 2004
Saturday Night Live (Season 29)

Saturday Night Live aired its twenty-ninth season during the 2003-2004 television season on NBC. Despite Chris Kattan's and Tracy Morgan's departure, they cameoed in several episodes....
, which occurred only a few months before O'Brien's departure was announced. According to Michaels:

During the years between Fallon's SNL departure and the announcement that he would take over Late Night, Fallon concentrated on developing a feature film career, which Fallon himself said "really didn't work out that great."

Fallon was announced as O'Brien's replacement in May 2008; at the time of the announcement, he was scheduled to debut in June 2009. To help him prepare for his new Late Night host role, Michaels had Fallon perform stand-up comedy
Stand-up comedy

Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience, with the absence of the theatrical "fourth wall". A person who performs stand-up comedy is known as a stand-up comic, stand-up comedian or more informally stand up....
 in clubs
Comedy club

A comedy club is a venue, typically a nightclub, where people watch or listen to performances, including stand-up comedians, improvisational comedians, impersonators, magic , ventriloquists and other comedy acts....
 and create a series of webisode
Webisode

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s. A behind-the-scenes vlog
Vlog

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 documenting preparations for the new show launched on December 8, 2008, with new episodes being posted weeknights at 12:30 a.m. ET.

Production

The program originates from Studio 6B in the 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City
New York City

The City of New York is the List of United States cities by population in the United States, while the New York metropolitan area ranks among the List of urban areas by population....
, the original home of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a late-night Talk/Chat show hosted by Johnny Carson under the The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992....
, but not the studio from which Late Night had been broadcast since 1982. Fallon's house band
House band

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 is hip-hop band The Roots
The Roots

The Roots is a Grammy award-winning United States hip hop music band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals....
, and his announcer is Steve Higgins
Steve Higgins

Steve Higgins is the announcer for NBC's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He was previously a cast member, writer, and producer for the show The Higgins Boys and Gruber, and he has a long-time association with Saturday Night Live in mostly behind-the-scenes roles and producer....
, a producer for Saturday Night Live. The show is produced by Lorne Michaels
Lorne Michaels

Lorne Michaels, Order of Canada is a Canada-born United Statesn Emmy-winning television executive producer, writer and comedian best known for creating and producing Saturday Night Live and producing the various film and TV projects that spun off from it....
' Broadway Video
Broadway Video

Broadway Video is an American independent entertainment company started by Lorne Michaels. Based in New York and Los Angeles, it produces the NBC television shows Saturday Night Live , Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and 30 Rock....
 in association with NBC's Universal Media Studios
Universal Media Studios

Universal Media Studios is the television production arm of the NBC Universal Television Group. It was previously known as Revue Studios, NBC Studios, and Universal Network Television....
.

Fallon premiered on March 2, 2009 with Robert DeNiro, Justin Timberlake
Justin Timberlake

Justin Randall Timberlake is an United Statesn pop music singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. He has won six Grammy Awards as well as an Emmy Award....
 and Van Morrison
Van Morrison

George Ivan Morrison Order of the British Empire is a Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, author, poet and multi-instrumentalist, who has been a professional musician since the late 1950s....
 appearing as his guests. Former Late Night host Conan O'Brien also made a cameo appearance.

The show begins with announcer Steve Higgins announcing;

Reception

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon has received reviews ranging from negative to cautiously optimistic.

See also

  • List of late night network TV programs
    List of late night network TV programs

    This is a listing of American network television programs currently airing or have aired during late night. Late night programming begins at 11:35 pm ET/PT, after network affiliates' late local news....
  • Sketches from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
    Sketches from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

    Sketches Involving Members of the Show...


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