There are two ways to look at Jimmy Fallon’s experiment this week, in which the NBC host watches his show at the same time as his East Coast audience and streams the experience live on his show’s blog while interacting with fans via multiple online platforms: 1) This is just like watching Late Night with a bunch of your bored friends who would rather stare at their laptops than have a conversation with you — or 2) This is kind of cool that a late night host wants to interact with his viewers. Although I was torn when I first tuned into the stream last night, I started to enjoy last night’s online viewing party as the ultimate “shared experience,” for good and for bad.
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Jimmy Fallon Connects with Fans During Late Night Sensory Overloaded Viewing Party