'The Tonight Show' Dropping to Four New Episodes a Week on NBC
justjared.comNBC is making some big changes to The Tonight Show. On Friday (September 6), it was announced that the late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon will be cutting Friday night episodes, and will now be airing four new episodes per week. Keep reading to find out more…Moving forward, re-runs of The Tonight Show will air on Friday nights, according to Variety.
The Tonight Show was the last of the major late-night shows to air new episodes of Fridays. CBS’ The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers, and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show already operate on a four-episode a week schedule.
The decision come cut late-night shows to a four-night schedule comes due to a decrease in viewership over the last several years.
Despite getting losing new episodes on Friday, NBC isn’t parting ways with Jimmy any time soon. Earlier this year, the network renewed its deal with the talk show host and The Tonight Show to keep them on the air at least through 2028. Jimmy took over hosting The Tonight Show in February 2014, following in the footsteps of Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien, Johnny Carson, Jack Paar, and Steve Allen.
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