Editing Jimmy Fallon (section)

===Back to television and ''Late Night'' (2009–2013)===
[[File:Barack Obama on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon in 2012.jpg|thumb|[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon|''Late Night'']]'s Fallon (left) interviews President [[Barack Obama]] on the campus of [[UNC at Chapel Hill]] in April 2012.]]
''[[Late Night with Jimmy Fallon]]'' premiered in March 2009 to mixed reviews. Producer Michael Shoemaker felt that the show's style solidified when it used [[Susan Boyle]] as a joke. While other late-night programs had centered on her appearance, Fallon's ''Late Night'' debuted a sketch in which Boyle's emotional performances could "salve any affliction."<ref name="NYM"/> It was this style of humor, that Adam Sternbergh of ''[[New York (magazine)|New York]]'' dubbed "the comedy of unabashed celebration," that led to the program's success.<ref name="NYM"/>

Fallon proved himself different from other late-night hosts, with more of a reliance on music, dancing, impersonations, and games.<ref name=rs>{{cite journal| author=Brian Hiatt| date =January 20, 2011| title =Jimmy Fallon's Big Adventure|journal=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]] |issue=1122|publisher=[[Jann Wenner|Wenner Media]] [[Limited liability company|LLC]]|location=New York City|issn=0035-791X|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jimmy-fallons-big-adventure-20110120|access-date=May 5, 2015}}</ref> Between his own musical sensibilities and the recruitment of his [[house band]], hip-hop collective [[The Roots]], Fallon's incarnation of ''Late Night'' "evolved into the most deeply musical of TV's musical-comedy variety programs," with sketches in which he parodies [[Neil Young]] and [[Bruce Springsteen]] going viral online.

Fallon's show found its footing in 2010, during [[2010 Tonight Show conflict|''The Tonight Show'' debacle]].<ref name="VF"/> The program embraced [[social media]] and the Internet, and online interaction and its presence on the show became crucial to its success.<ref name="nyt1">{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Bill |date=September 9, 2011 |title=No More Desk Potatoes? |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/11/arts/television/late-night-tv-shows-face-a-difficult-future.html |access-date=June 16, 2012}}</ref> In 2010, the show scored its first viral clip: Fallon and Timberlake performing a "[[History of Rap]]."<ref name="NYM" />

Fallon also hosted the [[62nd Primetime Emmy Awards]] in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Jimmy-Fallon-Emmys-1018064.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100508113033/http://www.tvguide.com/News/Jimmy-Fallon-Emmys-1018064.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 8, 2010|title=Jimmy Fallon to Host Primetime Emmys|work=TV Guide}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/08/jimmy-fallon-and-a-host-of-new-winners-keep-emmy-viewership-from-falling.html|work=Los Angeles Times|title=Jimmy Fallon and a host of new winners keep Emmy viewership from falling|date=August 30, 2010}}</ref> In 2012, Fallon released his second comedy album, ''[[Blow Your Pants Off]]'', which compiles many of his musical performances on ''Late Night''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bell|first=Josh|title=Jimmy Fallon Blow Your Pants Off album review |url=http://www.thespittake.com/2012/06/12/jimmy-fallon-blow-your-pants-off-warner-brothers/ |publisher=The Spit Take|access-date=April 9, 2013}}</ref> The album won a Grammy in 2013 for [[Best Comedy Album]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.americansongwriter.com/2012/06/cover-story-jimmy-fallon-and-the-rise-of-tebowie|title=Cover Story: Jimmy Fallon And The Rise Of Tebowie|work=American Songwriter|date=October 22, 2019}}</ref> Discussions for Fallon to take over ''The Tonight Show'' began in early 2013.<ref name="NYT1">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/business/media/tonight-show-expected-to-return-to-new-york-with-fallon.html|title=''Tonight'', With New Host, Set to Reclaim Its New York Roots|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 20, 2013 |author=Bill Carter|access-date=February 18, 2014}}</ref>

{{as of|2013|August|}}, Fallon was earning a salary of $11 million a year for his work on ''Late Night''.<ref>Battaglio, Stephen; Schneider, Michael (August 26, 2013). "What They Earn." ''[[TV Guide]]'', pp. 16–20.</ref>