Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorNBC’s “Tonight Show” will try a new way to break out of TV’s late-night pack.The Jimmy Fallon-led program is launching a new six-episode miniseries that chronicles how the show maneuvered during the coronavirus pandemic, moving to “at home” broadcasts that featured the host and his family, and its eventual return to NBC’s TV studios with fewer bells and whistles.
The series can be watched whenever audiences like and does not require them to wait until after the late local news to get a first peek at the proceedings.“I think we are just getting started with new digital series under the ‘Tonight Show’ umbrella,” said Nick Dyer, who joined “Tonight” as its head of digital in February after working for several.
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