Jimmy Fallon isn’t leaving late-night anytime soon—The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon has been renewed for five years. The deal will keep Fallon as the host through 2021-2025.
NBCUniversal Television and Streaming chairman Susan Rovner made the announcement during NBCUniversal’s upfront presentation. Rovner highlighted Fallon’s importance to the company and that’s he’s involved in six other projects.
“This year alone, Jimmy is the executive producer, creator and/or star of six projects. So, of course, we have The Tonight Show, which I’m very excited to say that we’ve renewed officially for five year. We have Clash of the Cover Bands on E!. And at NBC, we are reimagining the 1960s game show Password, That’s My Jam, an animated holiday special called 5 More Sleeps ’til Christmas, based on his children’s book. And at Peacock, we have The Kids Tonight Show,” Rovner said at the event.
Fallon starting host the show in February 2014, taking over for Jay Leno. Conan O-Brien, Johnny Carson, Jack Paar, and Steve Allen also fronted the show.
Even though it was just announced, the renewal is understood to have been completed a while ago. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon has fallen behind CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live in viewership.
