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Debut Episode

The debut episode received mixed reviews and was considered to have "arrived needing plenty of work."[8] Critics noted that Jimmy Fallon was understandably nervous, but "remains nothing if not personable."[9] Interaction with the show's house band, The Roots was applauded and it was noted that "a bit in which Fallon sang a "slow jam" version of the news succeeded, in large part, thanks to Roots' typically taut playing and singer Tariq 'Black Thought' Trotter's impeccable voice and surprisingly good comic timing."[10] Critics commented that "the late-night role seems on the face of it a good fit" for Jimmy Fallon and that "this is a form that develops in the fullness of time, as chances are taken and limits tested and you learn the things you can learn only in the doing, night after night."[11]