Posted on 03/22/2014 12:00:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon continues to handily dominate late-night in overall audience, weeks after he replaced Jay Leno as host, last week clocking 4.26 million viewers to Jimmy Kimmel Live‘s 2.83 million on ABC and David Letterman’s 2.78 million on CBS. In the demo, Fallon (1.32/6) beat Kimmel and Dave combined (0.76/3 and 0.55/2, respectively). Fallon hung on to 99% of his previous week’s demo and was up 81% compared to same week last year when Leno was hosting and was No. 1 and doing just fine in the ratings. That’s good news for Tonight Show as it’s still seeking its new normal, four weeks into its new era with new host Fallon. Under the heading “Not So Good”: Fallon’s 1.32 demo rating came in short of Conan O’Brien’s Week 4 demo rating of 1.4; Fallon’s overall crowd is about 569,000 viewers ahead of Conan’s Week 4.
Kimmel put up a stiff fight for the spotlight last week, broadcasting from Austin to coincide with SXSW. That was followed by the release of the latest Esquire magazine, in which Kimmel is featured as “Mr. James Kimmel, Troublemaker.” While in Austin, Kimmel logged a third consecutive week of growth in total viewers (2.830 million vs. 2.744 million the previous week) and the demo (0.76 compared to previous week’s 0.73) which are his best stats since November. Kimmel’s camp noted JKL clocked gains over the same week last year, though same week last year Kimmel was not only not traveling — viewers love traveling late-night hosts — he was in repeats. Kimmel also aired an original on Friday last week — a night on which he often airs encores. It was, in fact, the first Friday that Kimmel’s show has aired an original since Fallon debuted as Tonight Show host the week of February 17. “JKL’s” final telecast from Austin on Friday, featuring Willie Nelson, Lil Wayne and Los Lonely Boys, snagged 3.457 million viewers — its third most-watched broadcast ever, behind only the Matt Damon takeover episode on January 24 of ’13 and the return of ‘Scandal Thursdays’ this past February 27.
In his Esquire cover story, Kimmel says his only complaint about Fallon “is the first name: Jimmy. People get us mixed up all the time. No one remembers which Jimmy is which. Or they think I’m him, which can only make you feel like you should be him. Actually, he says the same thing happens to him. Jimmy. He’s like an athlete out there. He can jump high, act, sing. He’s a true performer. I’m a broadcaster. That’s how I come at this. Not a stand-up, not an actor, not a commentator. A broadcaster.” Of his ABC late-night gig, Kimmel told Esquire: “This is The Job. The only job for a person like me. I mean, I like to draw. I’m really good at it. I’m a good artist, and I think that’s what I would have done had radio not worked out for me. But here I am. You won’t see me doing anything else in the next 25 years.”
Letterman is just sad. He should have left 10 years ago.
Jimmy Fallon continues to bring fresh ideas and skits to late night.
Jimmy Fallon outlaws dancing via formal proclamation, and Kevin Bacon makes a grand entrance to save the day! Of course, in the end, Jimmy rips up the proclamation.
It’s the 30 year anniversary of Footloose people
Watch here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T2FpCDlyNg
Are you having a bad day? Even if you aren’t this video of Jimmy Fallon and Billy Joel singing the doo-wop classic “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by the Tokens (Also sang in the Lion King) will cheer you up.
Billy and Jimmy sing in 4 part harmony thanks to the magic of an iPad looping app. It looks so easy! The performance is from last night’s Tonight Show.
Watch here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU-eAzNp5Hw
Jimmy Fallon continues to bring fresh ideas and skits to late night.
Jimmy Fallon outlaws dancing via formal proclamation, and Kevin Bacon makes a grand entrance to save the day! Of course, in the end, Jimmy rips up the proclamation.
It’s the 30 year anniversary of Footloose people
Watch here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T2FpCDlyNg
Are you having a bad day? Even if you aren’t this video of Jimmy Fallon and Billy Joel singing the doo-wop classic “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” by the Tokens (Also sang in the Lion King) will cheer you up.
Billy and Jimmy sing in 4 part harmony thanks to the magic of an iPad looping app. It looks so easy! The performance is from last night’s Tonight Show.
Watch here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cU-eAzNp5Hw
I miss Leno. He was genuine and one of us.
If you read the TV Guide, you don’t need a TV.
Does anybody really think Leno won’t be back?
That and endless, aimless channel changing.
I would use the word fun to describe what Fallon has brought to 11:30.
He can sign, dance, do impressions and make up and play regular games with guests.
I was watching Joel during the duet and he seemed to be smiling at Fallon’s performance.
Letterman and Leno can’t match the skill set. As Fallon matures with his monologue delivery, it won’t even be close.
Letterman was my favorite, but he can’t stop mocking republicans and showing his ignorance on public issues. He seems tired with old jokes and doesn’t bring anything fresh. Even the top ten list, his signature, seems to be getting old. He tried to do Skype humor this week and it was weak.
Contrast with Fallon who constantly references social media and brings it home to his younger crowd. Fallon is the future.
Fallon brings out more from guests with his skits and game playing and music. His songs by popular guests backed up by kids music instruments is very creative and you can see the singers enjoying it as they sing live. Who else could do the history of rap or nail singer impressions.
Fallon’s band and sidekick are more spontaneous than the others.
I pooh-poohed Fallon and now I’m becoming a fan.
67 years old and ready for Letterman to retire. I look for Leno to pop up again, but he will take numbers from Letterman and not so much from Fallon’s demographic.
A fan since Steve Allen at age 9.
Joel is undergoing resurgence. HBO just ran his documentary about the USSR concert trip.
He has 1 night a month booked at Madison Square Garden for a year.
Will have a radio show for 3 months on satellite.
May have passed his prime, but his career is still alive.
He’s mean spirited and tries to overshadow his guests with his lame comments.
I was cannel surfing years ago and happened on his ‘stupid pet tricks’ segment.
He got down right up in this dog’s face and kept repeating ‘Hello doggy’ over and over in this falsetto voice- and then the dog bit him on the nose!
Showed up the next night with a big bandage on his nose.
I had to laugh.
Anybody else see this?
I liked the duet of I may be crazy at the end of the show.
I’ve never thought Fallon was funny. He wasn’t funny on SNL. I don’t watch any of it.
Sorry, Jimmy Kimmel is the funny one.
I get more sleep since Leno is gone, Fallon flat out stinks!
re: Letterman.
I have never watched more than 5 minutes total of his program since he has been on the air.
There is just something about him that causes me to change the channel.
I did watch Leno occasionally. I have not watched Kimmel or Fallon.
None of them can replace Johnny.
Can’t stand the man. Can’t stand any of these type shows. Haven’t watched any in at least 20 years.
I agree 100%.
I didn’t watch much of Fallon when he was on the Late Show, but I’m finding more and more that I enjoy him on the Tonight Show. I absolutely love the musical bits he does. He has a real musical ability which he knows how to put to good use.
His duet with Billy Joel was brilliant. I love how he thought up the iPad part of it and how well they executed it. It was a classic bit which will endure.
Good for Fallon!
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