Date 08/03/2017 - News People
Jimmy Fallon hasn't been able to bring the same sharp-edged skewering of the Trump administration to Late Night as his rival Stephen Colbert. Can a new 'political' direction reverse the ratings decline? Jimmy Fallon is reportedly under pressure to take The Tonight Show in a ?more political? direction in an effort to regain the late-night ratings crown from The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, which just won its fifth straight week in overall viewers. Page Six quotes a source as saying that Fallon ?had to figure out a way to get Trump [into his routine] because he?s too weak on Trump, and viewers are going elsewhere.
