Jimmy Fallon (who had hosted "The Tonight Show"s follow-up show, "Late Night", since 2009) assumed "The Tonight Show" hosting role on February 17, 2014, with his initial guests being Will Smith and the rock band U2, plus an assortment of celebrity cameos, including an appearance by one of Fallon's direct broadcast competitors, Stephen Colbert (who would later replace David Letterman on the competing "The Late Show" in 2015), and another by former permanent guest host Joan Rivers, making her first appearance on "Tonight" since cutting ties with Carson in 1986. The show's opening sequence was directed by filmmaker Spike Lee.