NBC said it will no longer run new episodes of “The Tonight Show” on Friday nights, beginning immediately. The network will air repeat episodes instead, a practice that began over the summer.
USA Today reported that the move is part of a wider cost-cutting initiative at NBC that also led to the network firing the house band on “Late Night With Seth Meyers” earlier this summer.
Jimmy Fallon has hosted “The Tonight Show” since 2014 after a previous stint on “Saturday Night Live.” Now he, like his counterparts at “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on CBS and “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on ABC, will do four shows per week.
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