Jimmy Fallon News

Fallon will take over the reins of NBC's THE TONIGHT SHOW beginning Monday, February 17th. In the videos below, Jimmy Fallon recognizes some milestones over the years and expresses his gratitude to the staff and crew in his final LATE NIGHT monologue, then Jimmy and The Muppets perform 'The Weight' by the Band for the last waltz of LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON. Click below!

NYU Skirball Center is proud to partner with Kidrockers to present a series of authentic rock shows for families as part of the Big Red Chair series. One of New York's fastest rising bands, Caveman, with recently formed pizza-themed Velvet Underground tribute band, The Pizza Underground (Macaulay Culkin + friends) will begin the series tonight, February 8. Comedians Seth Herzog ('Late Night with Jimmy Fallon') and Craig Baldo ('Last Comic Standing') host the event at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (566 LaGuardia Place, corner of LaGuardia Place and Washington Square South at the base of NYU's KimMel Center for University Life).

Jay Leno has concluded his run as host of “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” by delivering the show's biggest overall audience in more than 15 years, since May 1998.

Jay Leno ended his run on The Tonight Show last night. After 22 years, he is stepping down and handing the show over to Jimmy Fallon. Talking about his successor, Leno said, “It's fun to kind of be the old guy and sit back here and see where the next generation takes this great institution. More gamely than convincingly, but it really is time to go and hand it off to the next guy, it really is.” His last show featured Billy Crystal, the first guest he had on his show in 1992, and music by Garth Brooks. He had cameos from celebrities like Oprah Winfrey, Carol Burnett and Kim Kardashian and President Obama even paid his respects in a taped message. Leno ended the show quoting Johnny Carson's words, “I bid you all a heartfelt goodnight.”

As TONIGHT SHOW Jay Leno bid an emotional farewell following 22 years as host of the iconic NBC late night talk show, celebrities took to Twitter to offer Jay their farewells and congratulations.

“Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” followed last night with its highest rating ever, a 4.6/15 in metered-market households.

Jay Leno's final telecast hosting “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” has delivered the show's highest overnight rating in nearly five years, since March 2009.

Jimmy Fallon, who will take over the reins of NBC's THE TONIGHT SHOW beginning Monday, February 17th, opened his show by thanking his good friend and mentor Jay Leno on the eve of the comedian's final 'Tonight Show' broadcast.

Jay Leno gave a teary-eyed, heartfelt farewell speech during his final moments as host of NBC's THE TONIGHT SHOW last night.

Billy Crystal, who 22 years ago served as Leno's very first guest, gave a monologue of his own to close out his good friend's run on the show.

Sheryl Crow, Carol Burnett, Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian, Jack Black, NBA star Chris Paul and Jim Parsons and Billy Crystal surprised Jay with a musical performance!

“The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” and “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” have dominated the broadcast competition for the week of Jan. 27-31.

On Monday, February 10, David Steinberg sits down with actor Jonah Hill who talks about growing up as a cinephile, working with Martin Scorsese, and his shaky start when he first began doing stand-up.

From 10:01-11 p.m. ET, “Chicago P.D.” (1.7/5 in 18-49, 6.1 million viewers overall) equaled a four-week high in adults 18-49, tying its best rating since the show debuted Jan. 8

Last night's “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” delivered the show's highest overnight rating for any night of the week in nearly four years, since the first week of Jay's return in March 2010.

Comedy extraordinaire, Louis Katz, will take over the stand-up duties tonight, Feb. 6 and Friday, Feb. 7 for 8 p.m. performances. Katz will take the stage each night at 8 p.m. before Hannibal Buress arrives for a special doubleheader on Saturday, Feb. 8 for 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. shows.

Hailed by the New York Times as a man whose comedic presence lands him squarely between “cerebral and swagger,” fan favorite act Hannibal Buress will return to Comix At Foxwoods for a special four show lineup this February.

The finale of 'The Biggest Loser 15' (2.2/6 in 18-49, 7.4 million viewers overall from 9-11 p.m. ET) jumped 29% week to week in 18-49 rating (to a 2.2 from a 1.7) to achieve the top “Loser” rating since the season premiere on Oct. 15

Last night's “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” delivered the show's highest overnight rating for any night of the week in nearly four years, since the first week of Jay's return in March 2010.

BroadwayWorld.com has been buzzing for days since the news that Kristin Chenoweth was asked to reprise her iconic role of April Rhodes for GLEE's 100th Episode. Tonight, audiences are going to be even more excited, as the popular star kicks off the first date of a February 'mini-tour' with a limited run of five concert dates.