The "Tonight Show" in the era when Jay Reynolds was at the helm is still the well-deserved king of talk shows, and the "Tonight Show" after Jimmy Fallon took over the microphone, the ratings and viewership still occupy the top spot of similar talk shows, but the advantage has disappeared, and many talk shows on other TV stations have the power to fight, which also makes the American talk show market enter the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and the whole pattern has begun to be chaotic.

NBC TV naturally refused to give up the throne of the king of talk shows, and they are also continuing to try hard, and the invitation of Lan Li to appear in the show this time can be regarded as Jimmy's adventure to give it a go, and it is also an important midterm exam for Jimmy by NBC TV, looking forward to the ratings to pick up again.

On the one hand, Lan Li is the most talked about and most popular top actor in Hollywood today, and his appeal and influence have strong energy;

In addition, another point is that Lan Li has shown his ability and charm on countless talk shows, and he can be called the absolute first person on the invitation list of all variety shows now, not only "Jimmy Tonight's Show", other programs have already broken through in order to invite Lan Li.

In other words, if Lan Li appears as a guest, but there is still no way to bring the ratings and discussion of "The Jimmy Tonight Show" back to the top, then NBC TV will most likely seriously consider whether it is time to replace Jimmy Fallon, who only won three months to prove himself.

For Jimmy, this can be regarded as a "make it or not" free hand.

So, Jimmy's nervousness and restraint, Jimmy's dedication and focus, all of this can be explained. Although even if this episode of the show does not succeed, Jimmy's career will not be ruined, but Jimmy hopes that he can burst out of the fear and desire to stand on the edge of the cliff, and only by really breaking the boat can he win more motivation to move forward.

Now that the show has been recorded, it's time to be tested by the audience.

On Friday, June 20, 2014, NBC TV aired the "Tonight Show" Blue Rite-Hall special, which successfully detonated a frenzy of discussion across the Internet.

According to Nielsen statistics, the number of viewers was as high as 8.23 million, and the ratings were 3.4, such excellent results easily swept the entire TV program market, not only topping the ratings of the same period of the night, but also becoming the ratings champion of all TV programs on Friday, and further becoming the ratings champion of all talk shows that week, reproducing the strong dominance of the "Tonight Show" at its peak.

In horizontal comparison, the talk show "David Letterman Late Show", which ranked second in the ratings that week, had only 1.6 ratings. In other words, "Tonight Show" was crowned champion by more than twice as many as his opponents, and such glittering stats were a one-of-a-kind sweep.

In longitudinal comparison, on February 6 at the beginning of this year, the last episode of "The Tonight Show" recorded by Jay Leno was officially broadcast, which surpassed the special episode of "The Tonight Show" on October 14, 2011, when Lan Li Hall appeared for the first time, and became the record holder for the highest ratings and ratings after Jay Leno returned to the show in September 2009.

On the show that day, Jay Leno invited Billy Crystal as the only guest in the audience, and the music guest was Garth-Brooks (Garth-Brooks), both of whom are the top in the Hollywood industry. Plus, there was a slew of surprise guests in attendance to celebrate, including Jack-Black, Kim Kardashian, Jim-Parsons, Sheryl-Crow, Chris Paul, Carol-Burt and Oprah Winfrey, to name a few.

This episode also created a peak since Jay Renault hosted the second phase of "The Tonight Show", with 11 million viewers and a rating of 4.1, drawing a perfect end to Jay Renault's more than 20-year talk show career with a high-profile and brilliant attitude.

Of course, after Jay Renaud's retirement, his life is still colorful, in addition to being a host, he is also a collector of classic cars and sailboats, and then a brilliant comedy screenwriter, he is never short of work, in fact, he also returned as a guest on "The Jimmy Tonight Show".

In just four months, Jimmy Fallon naturally couldn't surpass the peak of that episode in February, and he needed more time to get used to.

But this episode of Lan Li, which appeared as a special guest again, has undoubtedly become the most outstanding program in terms of ratings since February 6.

Lan Li once again proved his title of "Best Guest on a Talk Show", everything from influence to chemistry is still amazing, and there are even calls for NBC TV to apply this episode to the Emmy Awards, maybe Lan Li can get a trophy for Best Guest Actor.

Similarly, Jimmy proved that his style and characteristics fit into the evening schedule, and the spark between him and Lan Li created countless classic moments for this episode. Perhaps, there is no way for him to become a second Jay Renault, but his approachable and witty and humorous style can make him a world of his own.

Jimmy's influence is undoubtedly felt more clearly in the frenzy of social networks than in viewership and viewership figures

The times are advancing, because of the existence of the Internet and smartphones, the viewing habits of the younger generation are changing, which also makes the audience and ratings of all TV shows are declining, and phenomenal works such as "Game of Thrones" and "The Walking Dead" have become more valuable, and in TV programs, "The Ellen Show" has become one of the first programs to keep up with the times and make new attempts.

Alan DeJanis reused his social network presence to connect programs directly with YouTube, Twitter, and other platforms, and later even set up his own "Allen Channel", which really connected TV and the Internet, and then opened up a whole new audience group.

"Oprah Talk Show" and "The Allen Show" are both morning talk shows, but the former ended in 2011, and the latter became the leader of the morning talk show in the new century.

Now, the same goes for "The Jimmy Tonight Show."

Lan Li's special guest in this episode of the show really has too many topics: the opening oolong, the appearance of the dish towel, Cockney's accent, Lan Li's self-explosion, the absurdity of the sitcom, and the discussion of the movie...... Just by listing a list of hot topics, there are already a lot of hot topics, not to mention the interaction between Lan Li and Jimmy, and the new look of Lan Li in the show, all of which is enough to make social networks go crazy.

Listing a series of social network data can intuitively feel the majesty of Lanli:

Twitter, which exploded with 4,000 tweets per second for the first hour of the show, remained at the top of the global trending topic trend for the next 48 hours.

Facebook, the "Jimmy Tonight Show" page exploded five million times in three hours, and people once again felt the super popularity of Facebook for the first time in a long time.

On the photo wall, the official account of "Jimmy Tonight Show" uploaded a photo of Lan Li and Jimmy recording a show, and the likes have exceeded 3 million within 24 hours, creating the history of the official accounts of major talk shows in the United States, and this is even the first photo they have ever had to exceed one million likes.

Google, within 24 hours, the relevant search terms about the blue gift fully dominated the screen, and in the top ten list of global hot topic trends, the topic of "blue gift" occupied eight positions, sweeping all the relevant hot spots on the social networking platform with a devastating attitude.

YouTube, the official account of "Jimmy's Tonight Show" uploaded several video clips, and the number of views within 24 hours has sprinted towards 30 million, and it continues to skyrocket rapidly, especially the clip of Lan Li and Jimmy's performance of the sitcom, and the number of views and likes is far ahead.

"The Jimmy Tonight Show" firmly seized such an opportunity, and it was not Jimmy Fallon's sense of humor that soared into the sky, but in the opening stage, Jimmy's frightened, stunned and panicked expression was made into a meme by enthusiastic netizens, which spread all over the social networking platform.

If you haven't heard of "The Jimmy Tonight Show" at this time, then among the younger generation, you are an outcast of the times.

At least from the perspective of hot spots, "The Jimmy Tonight Show" undoubtedly surpassed the "Jay Renault Farewell Special" on February 6, and became the peak moment of talk shows in the first half of the year, and other talk show hosts sent "congratulatory messages" one after another.

Alan DeJanis, "Hey, Lanley, remember the warm years we spent together last week?"

Jimmy Canmore, "I have a question: So, why didn't Lan Li star on my show?"

Seth Meyers, "Am I the only one who refuses to watch this episode?"

Jay Leno, "Discover the new Blue Rite again." ”

Oprah Winfrey, "I wish I had the opportunity to interview Ranley. ”

Even Justin Timberlake, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Katy Perry and other artists who are extremely active on social networks have also come to join in the fun, pushing this frenzy to a whole new level, and suddenly making people feel the madness of the "Ice Bucket Challenge" two years ago.

But now Warner Bros. is in a state of happiness: the response to "The Jimmy Tonight Show" is too turbulent, and now the major programs are more eager to see Lan Li appear in the show, and the promotion period of the Blue Gift is nearing the end; what is even more terrifying is that the craze of "The Jimmy Tonight Show" seems to be unsurpassable, completely covering up the limelight of "Interstellar", so how many box office figures can such a discussion boom be converted into?

So, is it really good?