<P> After his critically acclaimed appearances as Trump on Tonight, Fallon was asked to play the role on the December 19, 2015 episode of Saturday Night Live, since Taran Killam (who had been announced as the season's Trump) would be busy playing Ted Cruz . Fallon accepted the offer, but the plan fell through at some point before the show . The role was filled by Darrell Hammond, who played Trump over his fourteen years on SNL . </P> <P> Fallon has also appeared as figures such as Vladimir Putin and Bob Dylan . </P> <P> The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon originates from NBC Studio 6 - B at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City, the original home of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, where it is taped every weekday at 5pm . The studio housed both Carson and his predecessor, Jack Paar, before the franchise's move to Burbank in 1972 . "It is where The Tonight Show started--actually in the studio where we are going to be, that's where Johnny Carson was, there's Broadway, there's Times Square, there's something glamorous about it . That is The Tonight Show," Fallon remarked . NBC spent approximately $5 million renovating Studio 6 - B, where Fallon had been taping Late Night, for The Tonight Show's return to New York City . The upgraded 6 - B contains improved acoustics and a seating capacity of around 240, up from 189, but smaller than the seating capacity of The Late Late Show . The investment also included a new control room and a new lobby to welcome guests . The larger audience also meant NBC could take advantage of a newly enacted New York state tax credit for talk shows that are "filmed before a studio audience of at least 200, as long as they carry a production budget of at least $30 million and have been shot outside New York for at least five seasons ." Fallon's Late Night successor, Seth Meyers, is housed directly above his studio in Studio 8 - G; the combination created logistical challenges for executives, who were concerned about "sound bleed" (as the building was built with steel girders, sound is too easily conducted floor to floor). As a result, The Tonight Show tapes at 5: 00pm, and Meyers' show tapes later in the evening, at 6: 30pm . Additionally, because of The Roots' still active tour schedule, The Tonight Show tapes two shows on Thursday at New York, one for Thursday night's airing, and one for Friday night's airing . However, the show still tapes daily Monday through Wednesday throughout the week . Occasionally, they will tape a show on Friday for Friday night's show, but it is more common that they will tape two shows on Thursday . </P> <P> The show's set was designed by theatrical set designer Eugene Lee, known for his credits on Saturday Night Live, whom Fallon thanked on - air on his first episode . The set "emphasizes stained wood and a mid-century modern style," including "a slate blue couch, a handsome honey - colored wood desk and matching walls ." Behind the desk near the city backdrop is a wood - carved miniature replica of New York City skyscrapers . "I think it's Eugene Lee's masterpiece," said producer Michaels . Fallon's monologue spot is noted by a painted four - leaf clover on the floor . "Fallon's new set is purposefully old - fashioned compared to the college - cafe - in - the - meatpacking - district where he lived on Late Night," said Entertainment Weekly . USA Today called the set more "intimate and theatrical" than the set employed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The New York Times called it more elegant, "but also quite formal and a little impersonal ." The show's logo, its title set against a full moon, is a callback to The Honeymooners, while the title is a throwback to Carson's tenure: Leno and O'Brien both favored a "with," rather than "starring," in their respective titles . </P>

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