Kelkee

Spoken as a 'trained' liberal.

I suppose he could change his format, but why would he? The one he uses now is successful. I doubt he would move anywhere without taking his current lineup of writers with him.

I have no problem with his parody style. I have a problem with people that take what he says as the 'truth' as if he is REALLY reporting REAL news.

SoSpacey

I think he meant everyone agrees that Fallon stinks...which is the same impression I got up to this post.

Lastblade

Fallon is horrible. More reasons to go to bed early.

starman9000

That was my favorite talk show, I would love to pick it up on DVD.

riley_dude

I guess Jimmy's big movie career didn't go so well so now he is eyeing this?
I think Jimmy is a bit too full of himself for me to be entertained by a talk show in which he is featured.

No thanks.

Drexl

He barely does any as it is. Fever Pitch was three years ago.

zekeburger1979

Was Casey McCall unavailable?

Ronnie Dobbs

They should've gone with an unknown like they did wih Conan.

An4h0ny

i nominate Dana Gould

TheKing

Seconded! That was the greatest thing Fallon ever did on SNL. Though his Carson Daly impression was pretty good, and ironic now that Daly would be following him.

MetalGator311

Conan - great show for 12:30, I'm worried about 11:30. I like the stupid stuff like fake car chases and Masturbating Bear.

Craig - Good host, worst skits ever, EVER

Kimmell - Really weak support (Uncle Frank, Guillermo) but he's actually pretty entertaining

Leno - plain, boring, repetitive, watchable because NBC has the money for decent writers

Letterman - Has totally lost it, terrible show

Stewart - Natural as a talk show host, go watch his stand up from the early 90s there's more to him than bashing Bush. He's probably the best critic of the media out there, this would translate really well to more traditional shows

Fallon- will fail miserably, Ferguson's ratings will go through the roof

Ronnie Dobbs

Dana Carvey would be a great replacement for Conan.

rehmus

I have mixed feelings on this. I didn't have a problem with his SNL (even the laughing at his own jokes) but I'm not sure I can watch him and not get angry about the 2004 Red Sox on-field celebration.

An4h0ny

forgot about that

adding it to my list....

thx

Ronnie Dobbs

NBC's Jimmy Fallon Experiment Starting Really Soon

Los Angeles (E! Online) – We get to go to bed with Jimmy Fallon even sooner than we expected.
NBC confirmed today that the former SNLer's late-night dry run, which will be online only at first, begins Monday night—or technically Tuesday morning at 12:35 a.m.
While Fallon has been called upon to fill the sizable shoes of departing Late Night host Conan O'Brien, these initial five-minute webisodes will be less like mini talk shows and more like free-form, (hopefully) funny video diaries for Fallon to catch us up on what life has been like for him as he prepares to take over one of the most coveted jobs in television.
Either way, it should give us a taste of what it will be like to watch him on a nightly basis.
Also Monday, NBC is planning to announce an official premiere date for Late Night With Jimmy Fallon. (FYI, it's expected to be March 2, according to Variety, which also reports that jazzy hip-hoppers the Roots are poised to be the show's house band.)
O'Brien, meanwhile, will begin his Tonight Show gig on June 1 after what will surely be a laughter-and-tears-filled goodbye blowout for outgoing host Jay Leno.

Mercury&Solace

I liked The Peacemaker so eat it.

Ronnie Dobbs

first week of guests.

LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON, NBC

Mo 3/2: Robert DeNiro, Van Morrison
Tu 3/3: Tina Fey, Jon Bon Jovi, Santogold
We 3/4: Cameron Diaz, Billy Crudup
Th 3/5: Donald Trump, Serena Williams, Ludacris
Fr 3/6: Drew Barrymore, Mario Batali

OldBoy

just heard this. great first couple of nights.

JeffTheAlpaca

If Fallon replaced Carson Daly and Leno and Conan retained their original time slots that would have been a killer lineup.


Leno moves to 10pm but will he keep a similar format or will he do a Ellen Degeneres type of show?


Still I will watch NBC late night over the crap at CBS.

Ferguson is a cool guy but he is not funny and Letterman is washed up and nobody watches his show.

The Joaquin Phoenix incident was the best publicity Letterman got in the last 9 years.

theflicker

I don't watch either Leno or Letterman, (Conan fan), but it seems to me that Letterman consistently gets better 'publicity' because of all the incidents that have occurred on his show. Phoenix is the most recent, but then there was also McCain last year during the election and he caught some flak/plaudits for his critical interviews with celebrities like Paula Abdul, Spencer Pratt, and Paris Hilton.

I know about most of these because they've resulted in threads on this very board. I guess some people still watch. I prefer him to Leno, but I prefer Norm Macdonald as Letterman to the real deal.

Darknite39

At first, I was like "Jimmy Fallon? WTF, he sucks!" But, after the interview on Conan last week (and watching some of his online videos) he seems like an earnest guy, so I hope people at least give him a fair shot. He might surprise us.

milo bloom

This has been totally off my radar, but where is Jay Leno going?

Never really warmed up to him really, still have fond memories of Carson...

Chew

Jay is moving to 10:00/9:00 M-F on NBC in the fall. A "primetime version" of his The Tonight Show....although it obviously won't be called that.

Goat3001

That should be a fun interview. Two former SNL stars.

milo bloom

Weird, though we haven't bothered much with late night TV since the little one joined us.