The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show that airs weeknights at 11:35 pm Eastern/10:35 pm Central on NBC in the United States. The hour-long show has aired since February 17, 2014 and is hosted by actor, comedian and performer Jimmy Fallon, an alumnus of Saturday Night Live. Hip hop/neo soul band The Roots serve as the show's house band, and Steve Higgins as the show's announcer. A total of 1,760 episodes have aired. Roots drummer Questlove often announces the episode number just before Higgins introduces Fallon. Beginning on Monday, March 23, 2020, Fallon took to filming "At Home Editions" due to the theatrical shutdown in Manhattan caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.