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Broadway's back and The Tonight Show is celebrating. Jimmy Fallon's NBC late-night talkshow has been celebrating the return of the city's theater district, felled over the last 18 months as a result of the pandemic. The Tonight Show co-showrunner Jamie Granet-Bederman told Deadline why they planned a weekly musical…

Jimmy Fallon-exec produced series The Kids Tonight Show and Clash of the Cover Bands are set to launch this fall. Peacock has set the hosting line-up – including four talented young kids – for its child-friendly version of a late-night show and sister network E! has unveiled a trailer for its competition series Clash o…

On Tuesday’s episode of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon touched on the new Spider-Man trailer and more. “Today, the U.S. intelligence agencies finished their review on the origins of Covid-19,” he said, in kicking things off. “Then, Americans said, ‘Hold that thought. There's a new Spider-Man trailer, y'all.'” The…

EXCLUSIVE: Brian McCann, who has worked on a slew of late-night shows with Conan O'Brien, has been named head writer and exec producer of Jimmy Fallon's The Kids Tonight Show. McCann has worked on NBC’s Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien and the recently ended Conan on TBS. He has…

On Tuesday’s episode of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon had some fun at Jeff Bezos’ expense, roasting the billionaire’s trip to space. “It was an exciting day because just after 9:00 this morning, Jeff Bezos flew to space aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket,” he explained. “First [Richardson] Branson, now Bezos…

BTS will takeover The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon stage for two nights to perform hits including “Butter” and “Permission To Dance.” The two-night musical event will kick off Tuesday, July 13. On the first night, the K-pop sensation will present the U.S. television debut of “Permission To Dance” and chat with…

While the leaders of the world’s seven largest so-called “advanced economies” convened in the U.K. to discuss substantive issues like the pandemic, health care, climate change and corporate taxes, social media trolls were more interested in the odd “family photograph” the leaders took on a Cornish beach Friday…

On Monday’s episode of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon roasted The Bachelor’s Chris Harrison, who has officially exited the reality franchise after 19 years as its host, as Deadline told you first. Right now, Fallon joked, Harrison is “editing his resume like, ‘Matchmaker with 19 years experience and three successful…

On Monday, Robert De Niro Zoomed into The Tonight Show, where he was grilled by Jimmy Fallon, regarding a number of interesting “myths” that surround his career. During the two-time Oscar winner’s appearance, Fallon made sure to ask about a rumor that he had once been cast as Josh—the character eventually played by…

Jimmy Fallon got choked up on Monday’s episode of The Tonight Show, as he welcomed his first full studio audience since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. “Welcome to The Tonight Show, everybody. We have comedy, we have celebrities, we have music,” said the host, who brought a reduced-capacity audience back to 30…

NBC has greenlit a reboot of 1960s game show Password with Jimmy Fallon. The network has given a series order to the project from Fremantle, which was recently taken out to market. Susan Rovner, Chairman, Entertainment Content, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, revealed the news during NBCU's upfronts…

NBCUniversal is doubling down on Jimmy Fallon. The company has handed The Tonight Show host a series order for a musical competition at E! and set up a couple of animated projects based on his kids' books. Fallon and his Electric Hot Dog production company, is making Clash of the Cover Bands (w/t) for E! The…