Jimmy Fallon’sTonight ShowIs Cut to 4 Nights a Week

Mar. 15, 2025

Jimmy Fallon in July 2024.Photo:Todd Owyoung/NBC

Todd Owyoung/NBC

The Tonight Show StarringJimmy Fallonis getting a schedule adjustment.

PEOPLE reached out toThe Tonight Showfor comment.

This programming shake-up isn’t unheard of in the late-night world as other talk shows have already shifted to this schedule.

ABC’sJimmy Kimmel Live!has been airing four new episodes per week — and Kimmel also takes summers off. CBS stapleLate Show with Stephen Colbertalso airs four new episodes each week, along with NBC’sLate Night with Seth Meyersand Comedy Central’sThe Daily Show.

Jimmy Fallon in August 2024.Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty

Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty

The Hollywood Reportercites evolving viewer habits as a reasona for changes in late-night show scheduling and budgets.

The comedian took over the talk show fromJay Lenoin 2014. Fallon previously hostedLate Night with Jimmy Fallonfrom 2009 until 2014.

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Fallon’s contract was renewed in June for the show to air through 2028.

“For nearly 30 years, I’ve brought laughter into the homes of millions and charmed audiences from the stages of 30 Rock," he said in a statement at the time.

“It’s been a privilege to be at the helm of theThe Tonight Show, and I’m thrilled to see what innovations me and the incredible staff will deliver in the years to come at the network. No, I’m not changing my quote. Tell Mark to change his,“he said, echoing NBC Universal’s Mark Lazarus sentiment.

Jimmy Fallon in June 2024.Rosalind O’Connor/NBC via Getty

Rosalind O’Connor/NBC via Getty

When Fallon isn’t making new episodes, he’s spending time with his kids.

Fallon, who is father to daughtersWinnie, 11, and Frances, 9,spoke to PEOPLE in Augustabout his kids going back to school. “I don’t want [them] to go to school,” Fallon joked. “I don’t want them to meet other people. I don’t want them to do anything. I just want them to hang out with us for the rest of their life.”

He then said that Winnie and Frances “love their school” and their friends. “And it’s another little chapter in their lives and another fun adventure.”

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonairs weeknights at 11:35 p.m. ET on NBC.

source: people.com