Published 3/11/2009
at L.A. Times - TV News
When his NBC talk show premiered last week, Jimmy Fallon introduced a comedy bit spoofing TV bosses' fixation on attracting certain market demographics. Fallon's show is supposedly going after blond mothers, according to the bit, partly because "they look less sick and sad than their brunet counterparts."
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