--- description: For 6 more years, to be exact title: Jimmy Fallon Will Stay on the 'The Tonight Show' For a While image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43ab643bcdd4c13f/69885f25524fc01fd6df406c/jimmy-fallon1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jimmy Fallon Will Stay on the _The Tonight Show_ For Another 6 Years by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 13, 2015 6:08 PM CUT  Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on July 20, 2015. Jimmy Fallon on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" on July 20, 2015.Douglas Gorenstein—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images by [James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 13, 2015 6:08 PM CUT Jimmy Fallon isn’t going anywhere. _The Tonight Show_ host is sticking around on NBC for another _six_ years. NBC announced the host’s contract was renewed Thursday, extending his late-night gig to the year 2021. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/13/jimmy-fallon-extends-tonight-show-contract-6-more-years "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3996665/jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-contract/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3996665/jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-contract/"},"headline":"Jimmy Fallon Will Stay on the The Tonight Show For Another 6 Years","datePublished":"2015-08-13T18:08:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:09:46.610Z","description":"NBC renewed the host's contract","url":"https://time.com/3996665/jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-contract/","keywords":["Television","jimmy fallon","The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43ab643bcdd4c13f/69885f25524fc01fd6df406c/jimmy-fallon1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"James Hibberd / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt43ab643bcdd4c13f/69885f25524fc01fd6df406c/jimmy-fallon1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jimmy Fallon on \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" on July 20, 2015.","caption":"Jimmy Fallon on \"The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\" on July 20, 2015.","creditText":"Douglas Gorenstein—NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3996665/jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-contract/","name":"Jimmy Fallon Will Stay on the The Tonight Show For Another 6 Years"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Late-Night Highlight: Jimmy Fallon Opens Up About His Nasty Finger Injury","description":"Jimmy Fallon is finally back on the 'Tonight Show' after suffering a nasty hand injury. And he didn't waste any time giving us all the details.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/b46qnPXl/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-07-14T08:39:52.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/b46qnPXl.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3996665/jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-contract/","duration":"PT1M24S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3996665/jimmy-fallon-tonight-show-contract/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```