NBC’s host of The Tonight Show, Jimmy Fallon, stopped by CNBC’s Squawk on the Street on Tuesday to promote his new On Brand. While there, co-host Carl Quintanilla naturally asked about the state of late night, especially in the aftermath of ABC’s brief suspension of Jimmy Kimmel. Fallon insisted that his show isn't that political and contrary to all evidence, that “we hit both sides equally.”
Quintanilla began by praising his guest, “Jimmy, It’s been a really eventful couple of weeks in late night. I thought you were so eloquent. In the wake of Kimmel's suspension. I am wondering how you're thinking about what you can put in a monologue. What it's like being on an FCC-licensed avenue of broadcasting right now.”
Fallon’s response to Kimmel’s suspension wasn’t to talk about what he actually said, but to play the role of a subservient comedian who only said things that President Trump would want to hear.
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