Critic's Notebook: 'SNL' Season Premiere Showcases Hillary Clinton, Wastes Miley Cyrus

On the season premiere of 'SNL,' TaranKillam's Donald Trump needed work but Hillary Clinton's Hillary Clinton was terrific. The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon is leading a new paradigm shift toward increased on-air disposability in NBC late night. It hardly matters what happens for the majority of most Tonight Show episodes as long as Jimmy Fallon has a clip or two ready to, as the kids say, "go viral." The show is just a delivery mechanism for a couple of breakout stories going online that night or the next morning.