The 2025 TV schedule has been full of late-night shake-ups — from CBS canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to ABC briefly suspending Jimmy Kimmel Live! before walking it back. But while the discourse about their shows and what is said on and about them continues, Jimmy Fallon says The Tonight Show monologue hasn’t really changed. The comedian has remained steady at the helm, steering one of television’s longest-running franchises through recent political upheaval. Despite the shifting TV landscape, Fallon insists his approach to the nightly monologue is no different from how Johnny Carson did it.
In a recent interview with CNBC’s Squawk on the Street, promoting his new unscripted series On Brand, which premieres on NBC this fall, Fallon addressed the current crackdown on comedian hosts and whether he worries about what he can (and can’t) joke about. The conversation had the SNL alum reflecting on his style and tipping his cap to comedy idol Johnny Carson. The pop culture fixture explained:
