BREAKING. MTV on DStv adds The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon from 24 September; new episodes to be shown quickly after America.

The American late night talk show, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, is coming to MTV (DStv 130), with episodes which will be shown very quickly and follow closely on the heels of being broadcast in the United States.

Viacom International Media Networks Africa (VIMN Africa) secured the broadcasting rights for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and will start the show with new episodes on 24 September at 18:00 on weekdays.

CNBC Africa (DStv 410) which used to show The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for years, quietly got rid of and dumped the late night talker in February this year. Viewers of the show and fans of Jimmy Fallon will now switch DStv channels and tune to MTV.

The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on MTV in South Africa will show episodes from the new second season just 36 hours after it's shown in the United States on NBC, but from 8 September.

As a lead in to the new regular programming strand, MTV will show "classic" episodes from the first season, also at 18:00 on weekdays, to give African viewers on DStv a feel of the show.

From 8 September until 24 September viewers will be able to watch the big-buzz episodes from the first season with guests like Michelle Obama, Halle Berry and Will Smith who've already dropped by.

CNBC Africa quietly gets rid of The Tonight Show following Jay Leno's exit and its replacement with Jimmy Fallon.

CNBC Africa (DStv 410) which also didn't hype the final  few episodes which had big-name guests, quietly got rid of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on it schedule.

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ended a week later in South Africa in early February when late night comedian Jimmy Fallon took over as the new host of The Tonight Show.

The Tonight Show disappeared from CNBC Africa and will not be back.

The TV channel replaced The Tonight Show timeslot with business programmes.

"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno contract came to an end at the same time  as Jay Leno's retirement from the show. CNBC Africa has decided not to renew this agreement," a CNBC Africa spokesperson tells TV with Thinus.

This leaves the door open for a channel such as Sony Entertainment Television (DStv 127) which previously had The Late Show with David Letterman and currently Arsenio, or M-Net's M-Net Series Reality (DStv 114) specialising in current American talk shows, to pick up the weeknight American talker.

The hipper, younger The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon debuted to record ratings and has maintained its strong viewership the past month.