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The Best Seasons of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Every season of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best seasons of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon!

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After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.

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#1

Season 10

132 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2022

6.5/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE49 · Emma Thompson, Guillermo del Toro, Ashley McBryde and John Osborne 7.1
#2

Season 1

191 Episodes

First Aired: Feb 2014

6.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE135 · Tyler Perry, Miles Teller, Lucinda Williams 10.0
#3

Season 7

201 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2019

6.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE7 · Lin-Manuel Miranda, Chris Colfer, The Cast of Freestyle Love Supreme 7.3

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#4

Season 8

197 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2020

6.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE18 · Anthony Mackie, Lily James, Black Thought ft. Portugal. the Man and the Last Artful, Dodgr 7.1
#5

Season 11

181 Episodes

First Aired: Oct 2023

6.3/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE46 · Hugh Grant, Sydney Sweeney, Tate McRae 8.6
#6

Season 4

208 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2016

6.2/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE10 · Nathan Lane, James Marsden, Nikki Glaser 7.1
#7

Season 6

194 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2018

6.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE176 · Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), Lil Rel Howery, Natalie Merchant 7.1
#8

Season 5

190 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2017

6.1/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE36 · John Boyega, Kevin Nealon 7.1
#9

Season 9

194 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2021

6.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE128 · Benedict Cumberbatch, Sydney Sweeney, Father John Misty 8.7
#10

Season 2

263 Episodes

First Aired: Jan 2015

6.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE88 · John Cusack, Chita Rivera, Ricky Martin 7.3
#11

Season 14

16 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2026

6.0/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE1 · Queen Latifah, Dave Franco, Ethan Simmons-Patterson 6.9
#12

Season 12

163 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2024

5.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE120 · Sydney Sweeney, Andrew Rannells & Nick Kroll, Liz Glazer 8.5
#13

Season 3

144 Episodes

First Aired: Jun 2015

5.9/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE96 · Liam Hemsworth, Nick Jonas 7.2
#14

Season 13

155 Episodes

First Aired: Sep 2025

5.4/ 10
Average Rating
Best episodeE36 · Amanda Seyfried, Reba McEntire, Kon Knueppel, Of Monsters and Men 7.5