The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon on NBC. The show premiered on February 17, 2014 and is produced by Broadway Video and Universal Television. It is the seventh incarnation of NBC's long-running Tonight Show franchise, with Fallon serving as the sixth host. The show also stars sidekick and announcer Steve Higgins and house band The Roots. The Tonight Show is produced by former Daily Show executive producer Josh Lieb and executive-produced by Lorne Michaels. The show records from Studio 6B in Rockefeller Center, New York City.
| Also known as | The Tonight Show (franchise brand)
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| Starring | The Roots (house band)
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| Theme music composer | The Roots
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| Opening theme | "Hey, Hey, Hey, Hey"
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| No. of seasons | 8
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| No. of episodes | 1,444 (as of April 19, 2021) (list of episodes)
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| Production location | NBC Studios
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| Running time | 40 minutes
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| Original release | February 17, 2014 –
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- During the opening theme sequence, just as Fallon comes through the curtain, The Roots drummer Questlove calls out the episode number for that show.
- The Roots added two horn players from The Dap-Kings to play with them on the show. According to bandleader Ahmir-Khalib Thompson, "You can't be The Tonight Show without a horn section".
- The Tonight Show is taped in New York City.
- This is the first time that the theme song for "The Tonight Show" has lyrics ("hey hey hey hey").
- The show's studio, NBC Studio 6B, is the same studio that The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) was originally broadcast from. This is the first time "The Tonight Show" was regularly broadcast in New York City since Carson moved the show to Burbank in 1972.
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