Editing The Tonight Show (section)

===Jimmy Fallon (2014–present)===
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[[File:Jimmy Fallon November 2013.jpg|alt=Fallon's face|thumb|Fallon in late 2013, months before inheriting ''The Tonight Show''.]]
[[Jimmy Fallon]] (who had hosted ''The Tonight Show''{{'}}s follow-up show, ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon|Late Night]]'', since 2009) assumed ''The Tonight Show'' hosting role on February 17, 2014, with his initial guests being [[Will Smith]] and the rock band [[U2]], plus an assortment of celebrity cameos, including an appearance by one of Fallon's direct broadcast competitors, [[Stephen Colbert]] (who would later replace David Letterman on the competing ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert|The Late Show]]'' in 2015), and another by former permanent guest host [[Joan Rivers]], making her first appearance on ''Tonight'' since cutting ties with Carson in 1986. The show's opening sequence was directed by filmmaker [[Spike Lee]].<ref>{{cite tweet|user=FallonTonight|author=Fallon Tonight|number=435643124497383424|date=February 18, 2014|title=Thanks to @SpikeLee for shooting our new Tonight Show opening! #FallonTonight #ASpikeLeeJoint}}</ref>

As part of the transition to Fallon, ''The Tonight Show'' would be brought back to New York City after 42 years in Southern California. Approximately $5&nbsp;million was budgeted to renovate [[NBC Studios (New York City)|Studio 6B]], where Fallon recorded ''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon|Late Night]]''.<ref name="Dump">{{cite web |title=NBC Dumps $25 Million Jimmy Fallon NYC 'Tonight Show' Studio |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-nbc-518867 |last=Bond |first=Paul |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=May 7, 2013 |access-date=October 21, 2019}}</ref> The move also enabled NBC to take advantage of a newly enacted New York state tax credit for talk shows that are "filmed before a studio audience of at least 200, as long as they carry a production budget of at least $30 million and have been shot outside New York for at least five seasons."<ref>{{cite web| title=''Tonight Show''s' NYC Move To Save NBC $20 Million in Tax Credits| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jimmy-fallons-tonight-show-nyc-444773| last=Block |first=Alex Ben |work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=April 24, 2013|access-date=October 21, 2019}}</ref> Studio 6B is also where [[Jack Paar]]  and [[Johnny Carson]] hosted ''The Tonight Show'' before the show moved to Burbank in 1972.<ref name="Dump"/> [[Lorne Michaels]] (producer of ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', in which Fallon appeared prior to hosting ''Late Night'') became executive producer of ''The Tonight Show''.

Fallon's ''Tonight Show'' has gone on the road to produce episodes remotely in its first year, spending four days at [[Universal Orlando Resort]] in Florida in June 2014 to promote new attractions at [[NBCUniversal]]'s theme parks there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wesh.com/orlandomyway/orlando-theme-parks/jimmy-fallon-brings-tonight-show-to-orlando-this-week/26507062 |title=Jimmy Fallon brings 'Tonight Show' to Orlando this week |first=Andrea |last=Dennis |work=[[WESH]] News |date=June 16, 2014 |access-date=October 13, 2014}}</ref> In February 2015, Fallon presented a special Sunday night show from [[Phoenix, Arizona]] airing after NBC's coverage of [[Super Bowl XLIX]], followed by four days of shows in Stage 1 at [[Universal Studios Hollywood]] in [[Los Angeles]] (where Conan O'Brien's version was produced).<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://deadline.com/2014/09/tonight-show-jimmy-fallon-super-bowl-phoenix-broadcast-843696/ |title='Tonight Show' Heading To Phoenix For Post-Super Bowl Broadcast |journal=Deadline Hollywood |date=September 30, 2014 |access-date=October 13, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Jimmy Fallon's 'Tonight Show' Sets February Week In Los Angeles – TCA |first=Denise |last=Petski |date=January 13, 2016 |url=https://deadline.com/2016/01/jimmy-fallons-tonight-show-returns-los-angeles-february-tca-1201682019/ |newspaper=Deadline Hollywood}}</ref>

Aside from the title change and a new set, Fallon's version of ''The Tonight Show'' is nearly identical to the format of ''[[Late Night (franchise)|Late Night]]'' he employed, as he imported many of his signature comedy bits and much of his ''Late Night'' staff, including house band [[The Roots]] and announcer [[Steve Higgins]]. Prior to the transition, Fallon said, "In our heads, we've been doing ''The Tonight Show'' for five years. We're just on at a later hour."<ref name="LAT1">{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-jimmy-fallon-johnny-carson-would-be-proud-of-my-tonight-plans-20140109-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208065438/http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/09/entertainment/la-et-st-jimmy-fallon-johnny-carson-would-be-proud-of-my-tonight-plans-20140109 |url-status=live |archive-date=February 8, 2014 |title=Jimmy Fallon: Johnny Carson would 'be proud' of my ''Tonight'' plans |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=January 9, 2014 |first= Scott |last=Collins |access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref>