# Jimmy Fallon gets tonight show next year **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495 "2013-03-20T22:19:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/1 "2013-03-20T22:19:22Z")
[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/business/media/tonight-show-expected-to-return-to-new-york-with-fallon.html?hp&\_r=1&](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/business/media/tonight-show-expected-to-return-to-new-york-with-fallon.html?hp&_r=1&) And he stays in NYC. Note to Conan fans, I know he is 10,000 times funnier than Leno. I feel so bad that NBC paid him $30 mil for 6 months work. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/2 "2013-03-20T22:40:47Z")
Does Leno move to 10 pm again? ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/3 "2013-03-20T22:46:53Z")
Conan’s gotta be PISSED. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/4 "2013-03-20T23:01:45Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Does Leno move to 10 pm again? Whatever they do, it won’t be that. They will probably make this move when Leno’s next contract is up, so they may just be done with him. It does sound weirdly like NBC is setting itself up for another fiasco because Leno hasn’t said he’s tired of doing the show. Their main motivation is keeping their Next Tonight Show Host guy because they’re afraid of losing him and then being stuck with nobody whenever Leno is does hang it up. That was their motivation last time, too, and they blew it. Is it weird that people spend so much time talking about this? The Tonight Show really doesn’t mean what it used to mean- it’s not what the entire country watches before bed anymore, and it hasn’t been in a long time. But I will say that Fallon annoyed the crap out of me when I saw him periodically on SNL and whenever I see something from Late Night, he’s really funny. The musical parodies are great. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/5 "2013-03-20T23:10:26Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Note to Conan fans, I know he is 10,000 times funnier than Leno. I feel so bad that NBC paid him $30 mil for 6 months work. WTF would him being funnier than Leno have to do with anything? The main question would be whether he’s funnier than Fallon. (I don’t know because I watch Craig now. Who watches NBC?) I also know of no one who feels sorry that Conan got money. They are upset that Leno got to schmooze his way out of his contract and take a job that NBC promised to someone else. And if you wanted to not make this thread about this topic, why in the world did you bring it up in the OP? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/6 "2013-03-20T23:19:56Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > [http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/business/media/tonight-show-expected-to-return-to-new-york-with-fallon.html?hp&\_r=1&](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/business/media/tonight-show-expected-to-return-to-new-york-with-fallon.html?hp&_r=1&) > > And he stays in NYC. > Note to Conan fans, I know he is 10,000 times funnier than Leno. I feel so bad that NBC paid him $30 mil for 6 months work. Do not agree. Conan is creepy and Fallon really isnt funny. Disaster is just around the corner for NBC. ---
**Author:** ![PSXer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/48db29/32.png) [@PSXer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PSXer)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/7 "2013-03-20T23:23:09Z")
What a disgrace to the good name of the Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon is painfully unfunny and awkward. If Johnny Carson were alive today he’d be rolling in his grave ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/8 "2013-03-20T23:39:37Z")
The Tonight Show ceased to matter whan Johhny retired, and it _really_ ceased to matter when everybody switched to cable and got the internet. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/9 "2013-03-21T00:11:36Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > What a disgrace to the good name of the Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon is painfully unfunny and awkward. If Johnny Carson were alive today he’d be rolling in his grave Don’t worry, they’ll just give it back to Leno again in six months. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/10 "2013-03-21T00:15:18Z")
At this point I wouldn’t be surprised if the NBC suits dug up Carson and propped \*him \*up in the chair. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/11 "2013-03-21T00:21:39Z")
_It’s a trap, Jimmy!_ ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/12 "2013-03-21T00:23:11Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > If Johnny Carson were alive today he’d be rolling in his grave He probably would’ve run out of air by now. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/13 "2013-03-21T00:27:21Z")
as the article states, Leno will be out of contract in Fall 2014 so that explains the timing. If Leno wants to stay on the air I would imagine he will get offers from other networks. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/14 "2013-03-21T00:28:01Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Fallon really isnt funny. Disaster is just around the corner for NBC. Neither is Leno, so where’s the problem? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/15 "2013-03-21T00:43:00Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > Neither is Leno, so where’s the problem? Leno is a lot funnier than Fallon. ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/16 "2013-03-21T00:46:25Z")
When Leno inevitably returns and takes the job back, Conan should give Fallon his show on TBS, and Conan can go back to late night on NBC. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/17 "2013-03-21T01:16:14Z")
> [@Carmady](#): > > When Leno inevitably returns and takes the job back, Conan should give Fallon his show on TBS, and Conan can go back to late night on NBC. If that happened, it would be hilarious and wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/18 "2013-03-21T01:51:03Z")
Or Conan could offer Leno his show … for six months. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/19 "2013-03-21T01:56:22Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > What a disgrace to the good name of the Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon is painfully unfunny and awkward. If Johnny Carson were alive today he’d be rolling in his grave Thanks, **PSXer.** You’re the only person I can recall that doesn’t act like Fallon’s the funniest thing since Jimmy Durante. I was wondering how this guy even got on TV. If anybody here remembers Pat Sajak’s failure of a talk show, they certainly need never watch Fallon. Fallon should have stayed in his element. Jimmy Fallon sucks. Big time. ---
**Author:** ![Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/face_intentionally_left_blank/32/288_2.png) [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495/20 "2013-03-21T01:57:55Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > Leno is a lot funnier than Fallon. Impossible. Leno is only funny in an ironic way, like, “Look at that guy trying to be funny, isn’t that funny!” The worst you could possibly say about anyone when comparing them to Leno is that they’re both equally unfunny. Leno is the absolute zero of funny. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-fallon-gets-tonight-show-next-year/653495.md?page=2)