The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Fallon on NBC. It made its debut on February 17, 2014, following Jay Leno's second retirement as host of The Tonight Show on February 6, and is the seventh incarnation of the franchise. The show is broadcast from Studio 6B at NBC Studios in New York City, the same studio where Jack Paar hosted The Tonight Show throughout his tenure and where Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show from 1962 to 1972 before moving the show to Burbank. The show is being produced by former Daily Show executive producer Josh Lieb and executive produced by Lorne Michaels. Fallon's house band on Late Night, The Roots, serve as The Tonight Show Band, with Questlove serving as bandleader. Steve Higgins also followed Fallon to the show to continue to serve as Fallon's announcer and sidekick. The show's opening was directed by Spike Lee.

February 17, 2014

Lady Gaga and several other stars made a very brief cameo during the opening monologue of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday night. Jimmy collects on his $100 bet with friends like Lady Gaga, Tracy Morgan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Lindsay Lohan, Kim Kardashian, Joan Rivers, Mike Tyson, Robert De Niro, Joe Namath, Mariah Carey and more.