Jimmy Fallon plans to keep “The Tonight Show” out of politics.
In a recent interview with CNBC’s “Squawk On The Street”, the late evening leader said that his program had “never been really political”, and he plans to keep it.
“We have struck both sides, and we try to make everyone laugh, and that’s how our show works,” said Fallon. “Our monologues are somehow the same thing that we have done since Johnny Carson hosted” The Tonight Show “. So really, I keep my head down and assure myself that the jokes are funny. “”
“I have great writers,” he added. “And we just try to make the best spectacle we can and entertain everyone.”
The discussion surrounding politics on television at the end of the evening consumed industry since Jimmy Kimmel was temporarily withdrawn from the tunes for his comment on the death of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
ABC, who welcomed Kimmel for 24 seasons, left “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” After Nexstar Media and Sinclair, two major owners of American television stations, promised to pre -empt the end of evening program after Kimmel declared in his monologue of September 15 that the “Gang Maga” was trying to create a political momentum on the murder of Kirk.
The announcements occurred shortly after the president of the FCC, Brendan Carr, seemed to suggest that the broadcasters should take measures against Kimmel for his comments on Kirk. He said about Benny Johnson’s podcast: “We can do it the simplest or hard way. These companies can find ways to change their driving and act, frankly, on Kimmel where there will be additional work for the FCC to come.”
ABC put Kimmel back on September 22, and Nexstar and Sinclair did the same days later. After Kimmel’s return, Donald Trump went to Truth Social to ring in the late evening show.
“Why would they like someone to come back so bad, who is not funny, and who endangers the network by playing 99% of positive democratic waste,” he wrote. “He is still another Arm of the DNC and, to my knowledge, it would be a major illegal campaign contribution. I think we are going to test ABC on this subject. Let’s see how we do it. The last time I have pursued them, they have given me $ 16 million.
