I thought it was funny when I heard someone on the radio this morning critique the show by asking if Chevy Chase was sitting at home watching and laughing at Fallon.

There is a lot of potential for this show. Give the guy a break; it was his first night. Have you ever seen a late-night host hit the ground running from night one? No. They all have a somewhat rocky start.

Jimmy and his writers have a lot of potential with this show, and I think after a week or two, when everyone is settled in, it'll be great.

I agree on potential.But as much as I wanted to like it, last night's show was pretty bad. Thanks. Z

The good: the Conan bit, Justin Timberlake, The Roots.

The bad: everything else.

The comedy bits were horrible and having DeNiro as his first guest was a bad idea. Jon Stewart had DeNiro on a while back and actually made it entertaining. That's a skill that Jimmy may not be able to master.

Conan at least had the excuse of never performing before. Jimmy's been in front of the camera for almost a decade so there's no excuse for being that uncomfortable.

Appointing Fallon was the worst mistake ever... he is going to get worse, not better.

Good, I didn't miss anything by continuing to watch THE BEST late night show with Craig Ferguson on CBS.

Dick Cheney would be a funnier host of this show than Jimmy Fallon.

Wow, Cheney. Now that's a cold slap in Fallon's face. (kidding). But it is a chilling image -- Cheney sitting at alatenight desk five nights a week scowling. Thanks. Z

Jimmy Fallon is possibly the most un-funny person in comedy in the modern time. Picking him to host the show is like picking the octomom to write a book about parenthood responsibility.

It was his first show. He was nervous. Timberlake was the saving grace though. So funny. Loved his John Mayer and Michael McDonald impressions.

At least, Timberlake brought some energy to the show. De Niro is a big "get," but he brought the show's energy level into the negative column. I will try to watch again tonight and post. Thanks. Z

I never stay up that late, but was so looking forward to Jimmy Fallon. After the terrible DeNiro interview and even worse skit and Lick it for $10 (what were they thinking). I made myself stay up and watch until my fav Justin Timberlake came out, he was adorable as always. Then I went to bed. I missed Van Morrison, sorry. The show cannot get any worse, please. Fire the writers. I love Tina so I might stay up to see her but can't promise.

Hi Lydia, I think we agreed on every point -- except I stayed for Van Morrison. What did you think of The Roots Band? Thanks. Z

id rather sleep through the horribleness of jay leno to stay awake for jimmy fallon any day. cant wait for conan to take over.

i watched up until the point of when they picked the contestants. then i fell asleep. i will watch again tonight.

on what i did watch though - some of it was funny. the slow news jam was a nice idea. the lick it for $10 was dumb and so was the blonde mothers demographic. rocky start is always a given though. new host, new audience, new ideas. people dont like change when it first happens. give it some time. i agree though that fallon wasnt a good pick, hopefully he can get it together, however its to early to tell.

Thanks. I don't know if he will prove to be a good pick or not, but I do think he had a poor opening night. I'll be back tonight, though, for Tina Fey. Z

I didn't see it, fortunately.

However, I remember how bad all the reviews were for Conan in 1993 and he's getting promoted.

And I still think he isn't funny.

The most important thing to rememeber is that this is one episode out of possibly many for the new late night show. The first was not outstanding, not bad either though. If you were to pick a conan episode at random and reviewed it with as much scrutiny as we are for this frist episode, the conan episode would likely only seem marginally better. Late night shows get better when you get to know the host, and the writers find recurring gags that work well (are funny).

That said the monologue worked - slow jammin the news was good and has to stick around and will likely be hilarious when matched with certain news stories.

Lick it for ten could have easily be made more funny if the joke would have been placed on the third contestant. Set-up: two household items like they started with for the first two contestants; joke: third contestant has to lick something outrageous/stupid/gross like a turtle, some food no one likes or Al Roker.

Fallon will find a more entertaining approach to interviews like deniro, and the sketch missed because the joke was supposed to be that deniro did something as ridiculous as that sketch, not the content of the sketch. (if the content was still ridiculous and more funny, it would have hit).

JT is entertaining, simply put.

Overall, an average start. But I think we are all forgetting that most late night shows are great only sporadically, and never in their prime out of the gates.

Hi Jason, I agree with much of what you say, especially the notion that this is but one show our of many. But I do think humor is flawed when it needs to be explained -- the way you explained some of the sketches and jokes. I hope Fallon has a long run. I'll be back tonight. Thanks. Z

I like Jimmy Fallon - he was great doing Weekend Update with Tina Fey and he's not bad at impersonations, especially with his acoustic guitar.

He's got a bad rap - the 'not funny' thing and known to laugh at himself, he needs a little more self-discipline to bridge this. Watching him clap with the audience was reminiscent of this, last night. What are you clapping for, Jimmy?

Last Night's show seemed to be a ploy in the good, bad, and awful. Perhaps they let the 'lick it' sketch fall flat so future shows will look better.

Max-Em

Hi, thanks you Max-Em. I knew someone could find a rationale for the lick-iot sketch beyond debasing audience members. Thanks. Z

I thought he was a dubious choice from the beginning. Conan came off of writing a lot of great things, but Fallon was progressively worse the longer he was on SNL and his movies were better suited direct to DVD.

He was the definition of phoning it in on a show that aired once a week. His recurring characters all died because he decided his gimmick would be to laugh in every scene and suck the life out of each one.

At the same time, he's had the talent and just not used it well. If he really wants to make this work then maybe the pressure will be the best thing for him. I wish him more luck than Leno at 10pm. I'd just assume see him stay in Vegas.

WOW! Who is surprised. Jimmy wasn't funny/competent on the SNL Newsdesk...Tina Fey carried that bit. Lorne Micahels tried very unsuccessfully before Jimmy with Norm McDonald and Colin Quinn.

Who ever imagined that he had the chops for this?

At least Fallon was smart enough to hire The Roots as the house band. For his own good, he's going to need to book lots of REAL quality guests. The best one this week is Serena Williams on Thursday; unfortunately, she will follow "The Donald." The opening sketch was a tad misleading because SNL's Kristen Wiig is scheduled to appear on Friday, March 13.

Of the seven late-night talk show hosts, Jimmy Kimmel has the best comic delivery, with Conan O'Brien a very close second. If Fallon continues to be a babbler, he will be doomed to fail.

Well, he is funnier than Conan at least.
who is as unfunny as Ben Stiller.

Hi ray, yes, funnier than Conan -- as you suggest, that is not saying much. Thanks. Z

Wouldn't it have been a better show if Justin Timberlake was the host and Fallon the guest?