NBC’s hair on fire? Fallon not being Trump tougher

Jimmy Fallon needs to muss with more than President Trump’s hair, NBC thinks, or lose the ratings war to CBS and Stephen Colbert.

That’s the gist of a gossipy Page Six report in the New York Post, where the “Tonight Show” host is depicted as freaking out over trailing “The Late Show.”

“[Fallon] is feeling the pressure,” an unnamed source told Page Six. “I mean, Stephen Colbert is now beating him in a big way and he has to change his format to keep up because he’s losing viewers.

“They had to figure out a way to get Trump [into his routine] because he’s too weak on Trump, and viewers are going elsewhere. [He’s been] uncomfortable talking about politics, and that’s not what the people want.”

CBS has boasted about its Colbert winning the ratings race for a fifth straight week in overall viewers, “growing 29 percent from the same time last year,” the paper said.

But a “Tonight Show” source told the paper: “Fallon continues to enjoy a lead over Colbert in the 18 to 49 [demographic], which is more important in the industry than the overall viewership.”