Is The Tonight Show on Election Night? Fallon, Meyers and Kimmel on Tuesday, Nov. 3

Quick answer: No. NBC’s Tonight Show page lists Tuesday, Nov. 3 as “Pre-Empted for Election Coverage,” so there is no Jimmy Fallon show that night. Late Night with Seth Meyers is off too, according to LateNighter. Jimmy Kimmel Live and The Daily Show are the two late-night hours still on the schedule.

Checked Monday, Nov. 2, about 10 a.m. ET, on NBC’s show page and against TVmaze. 👉 Fallon is back Wednesday, Nov. 4, with Tracy Morgan and Carrie Coon.

Is The Tonight Show on election night?

Not on NBC. The network’s own page marks the Tuesday slot as pre-empted and gives guests for every other night of the week. TVmaze, which lists an episode for Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, has nothing for Nov. 3.

The usual 11:35 p.m. ET start falls inside NBC News’ coverage window. NBCUniversal’s announcement describes 13 hours of continuous live programming from 5 p.m. ET Tuesday to 6 a.m. ET Wednesday, anchored by Savannah Guthrie, Tom Llamas, Kristen Welker and Hallie Jackson, with Steve Kornacki at the Big Board.

Is Late Night with Seth Meyers on tonight?

No, per LateNighter, as relayed by TV Insider and TheWrap on Oct. 30. NBC’s Late Night page had not posted this week when we looked, so the Meyers part rests on those reports rather than NBC’s own listing. The 12:35 a.m. slot sits inside the same overnight coverage window. Meyers’ next listed guests are Bill Hader and Gabby Windey on Wednesday, according to LateNighter, Interbridge and TVmaze; see is Seth Meyers new tonight for the standing answer.

Which late-night shows are on election night?

What is Jimmy Kimmel doing on election night?

ABC is expected to air a new Kimmel episode in its usual slot, but not live. It is expected to be taped later than normal so the host can react to early East Coast results, and ABC may cut away for breaking news, per TV Insider. TVmaze and the lineup sites list Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor, with Cage the Elephant as the musical guest. ABC’s own page had not posted that night yet, so treat the guests as the lineup sites’ report.

TheWrap’s headline says this is the first election night in 24 years without a live late-night show. TV Insider likewise says none of the nightly shows are scheduled to broadcast live reaction. CBS’s Late Show is no longer in the mix; it ended May 21, as our late-night TV schedule notes.

Where can I watch the election coverage?

On NBC, where most stations join NBC News’ primetime coverage at 6:30 p.m., and on Peacock, which starts live coverage at 5 p.m. ET. NBC’s release adds special editions of TODAY and NBC News NOW on Wednesday. If you skip cable, our no-cable guide covers the streaming side. Local stations set their own listings, so check yours.

What is back after election night?

The Tonight Show returns Wednesday, Nov. 4 with Tracy Morgan, Carrie Coon and chef Anthony Vitolo, then Ethan Hawke and Jennifer Beals on Thursday and Sarah Paulson and Caitlin Clark on Friday, per NBC. Every show is in our Nov. 2–6 lineup, and the Tonight Show page and Kimmel page keep the nightly answer. Friday reruns have their own explainer; earlier nights sit in the late-night archive, and who hosts what in 2026 covers the hosts.

FAQ

Is Fallon new on Tuesday, Nov. 3? No. NBC lists the night as pre-empted for election coverage.

Is Kimmel live on election night? No. It is expected to be a new but not live episode, per TV Insider.

Will Fallon be a rerun instead? NBC’s page lists election coverage in that slot, not a repeat.

Sources

Listings data via TVmaze. Checked against NBC’s Tonight Show page, NBCUniversal’s midterm coverage announcement, TV Insider and TheWrap, both of which cite LateNighter. Plans change on election nights; this page was last checked Monday, Nov. 2, about 10 a.m. ET.

By the Talk Show On Air desk · Updated Nov. 2, 1:02 p.m. ET