Jimmy Fallon’s “The Tonight Show” premiere on NBC brought in an estimated 11.3 million viewers Monday night, which made him the number one choice for unemployed Americans who stay up all night watching television because they don’t have to get up for work in the morning. According to Randy Wilkins, a 38-year-old unemployed telemarketer in Little Rock, Arkansas, who has watched over 6,000 hours of late night programming since being laid off from Direct TV in 2005, Jimmy Fallon is by the far the closest thing late night television has to Johnny Carson.

“Fallon blows away his competition,” Wilkins told Hollywood & Swine. And that includes Letterman, Kimmel, Conan, Arsenio, ‘Colbert Report,’ reruns of ‘Family Guy,’ and that infomercial for Boflex. Most of my friends don’t follow what goes on in late night television as closely as I do. That’s probably because they’re not as entertainment savvy I as am and they all have jobs that force them to go to bed at a reasonable hour.”

Wilkins, who has read Bill Carter’s books, “The Late Shift,” and “The War for Late Night,” each more than forty times, believes what gives Fallon the long term edge over his late night competition is his ability to bring the best out of his guests.

“Just take a look at Will Smith’s appearance on Monday night’s premiere,” Wilkins said. “That was the best performance that guy has given since 2006’s ‘Pursuit of Happyness.’ ”