The larger question is why Fallon still inspires a level of low-grade animus in a number of viewers. But even in that demographic, Fallon’s lead has diminished. In the advertiser-attractive 18-to-49 demographic Fallon is still on top, with Kimmel and Colbert just about neck and neck. Meanwhile, the audiences for Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel, the two broadcast hosts offering spikier political humor that has, in Kimmel’s case, inspired conversation and dinner table debate, have gone up.Īccording to Nielsen, in the season-to-date ratings race “The Late Show” is averaging an audience of 3.86 million to the 2.77 million who tune in for “The Tonight Show.” “Kimmel” is pulling 2.29 million on average. Regardless of how that taster spoon of "Tonight Show" strikes you, in late November, a New York Times story indicated that Fallon’s audience declined by an average of 700,000 per night between the fall 2016 season and fall 2017. Or it could be that SpongeBob and Paul Rudd make anything palatable. But this week, NBC is airing a five-minute version of the late-night talk show called “Tonight Show Fallon 5" following NBC’s primetime coverage of the games.įive minutes of Fallon works pretty well, actually. And this general sense of tsuris bears out in the ratings.Īt present “The Tonight Show” is pre-empted until February 26 by NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics currently underway in PyeongChang, South Korea. Demonstrations of general disdain at the mention of his name, in fact, are all but expected among viewers who still care enough to watch late night talk shows in their timeslots. That reign continued after Fallon took over, and would have steamed along full throttle, if not for the dawning of the stressful political era we now find ourselves in.įew relationships are sunk by voicing a lack of love for Jimmy Fallon these days. Historically “The Tonight Show” has been the dominant late night telecast, even when NBC fumbled its handoff from Jay Leno to Conan O’Brien before, to the public’s great displeasure, handing it back to the-very much-past-his-sell-by-date Leno in an act of desperation. More and more, encounters with “The Tonight Show” have come to feel like the latter. Or it can come off as the equivalent dumping a box of aspartame on to your tongue in an effort to chase away the bitterness of the previous 12-to-18 waking hours of that preceded his show. Guests on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” present an extra dose of sparkle when they join him onstage, their smiles artificially switched to a high beam setting as if to match the amplified pep of its host.ĭepending on the day you’ve endured, an hour of Fallon can serve as a gentle, non-habit forming sleep aid. (E! Online is a member of the NBCUniversal family.Late night host Jimmy Fallon comes off as a sweetheart, a huge fan of pop music who improvises a song for any occasion and appears to have the entertainment industry’s A-list on speed dial. We've heard it all before-but we can't wait to hear more, starting Feb. And New Yorkers were like, 'Eh, I'd rather pay taxes.'" " Donald Trump said this week that if he were elected governor of New York, that one of the first things he would do is cut taxes by 50 percent. "And finally, here's some local news," he concluded. Of course since it's Russia, it started with one child, then underneath her was a smaller child, then underneath that one was an even smaller child, until finally there were a thousand."įallon also got in one final 12:37 p.m. "A choir with 1,000 children performed in the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics tonight. It is eight-prong plug we use to electrocute and torture people." "There was a massive fireworks display-and that was just when someone tried to plug in a hairdryer at the hotel," Fallon quipped, switching to a Russian accent: "Is not made for normal plug. He of course got in a few jabs about the just-underway Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, as well. "And in case you missed any of them, the best way I could summarize those jokes is that Joe Biden needed Obamacare after Anthony Weiner texted Justin Bieber a picture of Chris Christie dating a Kardashian on the Jersey Shore-with Rob Ford. "It turns out we've done over 10,000 monologue jokes over the last five years," he revealed. Before Andy Samberg and The Muppets showed up to help the now-veteran host sign off with a fluorish, the he attempted to succinctly wrap up five years of topical, pop-culture-driven comedy in one breath.
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