NBC To Air ‘The Fallon 5’ During ‘Tonight Show’ Interruption For Winter Olympics
February 8, 2018
NBC To Air ‘The Fallon 5’ During ‘Tonight Show’ Interruption For Winter Olympics
NBC will air a miniaturized version of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon during the second week of the Winter Olympics with a segment called The Fallon 5.
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During the Winter Games that officially kick off Friday with the opening ceremony, NBC’s primetime will be blanketed with coverage; 11 PM newscasts will air, per usual. Then it’s back to Games coverage at 11:30 PM. No full Tonight Show will be seen on NBC’s air after this Friday night for the next two weeks.
Not ideal for the franchise, maybe, in the midst of an intense ratings battle with a plethora of late-night competitors.
So, to remind viewers about Fallon and his late-night show during the lull, on February 19-23, following the network’s primetime programming, NBC will air the The Fallon 5. The truncated five-minute version of The Tonight Show will feature monologues, comedy segments and/or interviews from the show’s home studio in 30 Rockefeller Center in New York.
A full-sized The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is scheduled to air tonight, Thursday, February 8, at 12:05 M ET and 12:35 AM PT. The February 9 telecast is schedule to air in its regular 11:35 PM ET/PT time slot.