Critics weren’t wowed by last night’s debut of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon—but they were willing to cut Jimmy some slack for his “opening-night nerves.” Still, some noted, the show didn’t make good on its promise to be different.
- “A typically stiff debut that nonetheless displays the host's charm and potential,” says Ray Richmond in the Hollywood Reporter. “Fallon is certainly talented enough to deserve a chance to make a go of it."