Jimmy Fallon's 'Night News Now': 'Late Night' Introduces 'Weekend Update'-Style News Segment (VIDEO)

Perhaps seeing fellow "Saturday Night Live" alum Maya Rudolph heading back to studio 8H to host this weekend made Jimmy Fallon a little nostalgic for his "Weekend Update" days, because on Friday night's "Late Night," he premiered a new news segment that feels oddly familiar.

"Night News Now" is Fallon and the "Late Night" crew's foray into fake news, with Fallon donning a special blazer and delivering news briefs (with an emphasis on the brief) at his desk.

But it's also so much more than that. Cramming the traditional newsdesk bits along with a comic's understanding of "Sports," a "Tick Tock Tech Talk," a "Traffic Chopter" report, a "Dateline"-style video feature about a bad smell in the office AND a roundtable political discussion into just a few minutes is pretty impressive.

We think you'll find it's much sillier than "Weekend Update" and occasionally as deadpan as "The Onion News Network," but it's definitely something different, too. Tell us what you think of this new and hopefully recurring segment in the comments.

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Comments

[OhioGeorge]

02:55 PM on 02/20/2012

Fallon should go back to his day job and sell crappy credit cards. Tired of watching him burrow in the buttocks of guests instead of interviewing them and his 'comedy' is uninspired.

[AndyWright68]

08:13 AM on 02/20/2012

So far 82 people have wasted 4 1/2 minutes each. And those are just the one's who left a comment. Who knows how many hours this lousy video has wasted.

[bjvom]

02:29 PM on 02/19/2012

It was amusing...ONCE!

[pencilpusher]

12:23 PM on 02/19/2012

Just when I thought Jimmy Fallon's show was finally funny, he drops this huge brain dump and forces me back to square one with him.

[X E]

11:59 AM on 02/19/2012

Ok so.... I really do need those 4 minutes and 33 seconds back.... Like, now!
That was a complete waste of my time...

[ebanks84]

11:52 AM on 02/19/2012

That was totally not funny to me at all.

[studioh!]

11:29 AM on 02/19/2012

well, the upside was ron paul.

[Oregonlib]

11:25 AM on 02/19/2012

Wow, suddenly I smell onion. Why is that?

[falconsso]

11:09 AM on 02/19/2012

Just being used as a patsy to garner more mercy votes for his partner in crime.

[bluemonk611]

10:45 AM on 02/19/2012

Unfunny

[mowprincess]

09:42 AM on 02/19/2012

Why did HP play this annoying version?. go to Jimmy's Late Night.. The real clip is awesome..

[Assumed Name]

09:16 AM on 02/19/2012

...well, I enjoyed the video of the MObama/JFallon contest, but I'm not sure what that had to do with the article.

[mollynova]

08:58 AM on 02/19/2012

Where's the video?

[GracieRain]

08:52 AM on 02/19/2012

No video provided for featured story.

[bogey1]

07:39 AM on 02/19/2012

jimmy is working oh so hard at taking jay's place when jay finally retires

[trumbull desi]

08:30 AM on 02/19/2012

Jay who???

[bogey1]

08:36 AM on 02/19/2012

the guy with the tonite show, still

[slocomgp]

09:09 AM on 02/19/2012

Jay can easily be replaced. They could start with someone that is funny.