Fallon Held Down Late-Night Solo This Summer
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- Jimmy Fallon served as the sole working host on broadcast late-night for most of the summer, with The Tonight Show carrying the format while the other broadcast late-night shows went dark.
- The Tonight Show's summer segments ranged from appearing with Katseye and trying on QVC wigs to launching a new microdrama, interviewing nearly the full cast of The Odyssey, and mocking the President.
Why it matters: With one host consistently doing the work all summer, the broadcast late-night audience effectively became a single-show audience, and Fallon's eclectic lineup — K-pop guests, QVC wigs, a microdrama, Odyssey cast interviews, presidential jokes — illustrates that one host can hold down an entire broadcast format solo.
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