Talk Show Guests This Week (Sept. 8-11, 2026): Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Gal Gadot and Ted Cruz
Bottom line: the fall season starts Tuesday, not Monday, and it starts loud. Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey, Nicole Kidman, Gal Gadot and Sen. Ted Cruz are all booked between Sept. 8 and Sept. 11, across six shows that were dark a week ago.
Two things shape the week. Labor Day wipes out Monday, and Friday is thin because Fallon, Kimmel, The Daily Show and WWHL no longer make new Friday episodes.
Tuesday, Sept. 8 — everything restarts at once
The View opens Season 30 with just the panel: Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Sara Haines, Alyssa Farah Griffin and Ana Navarro. Live with Kelly and Mark, one day into its own new season, has Lizzo, Kal Penn and Tift Merritt.
At night, Jon Stewart hosts The Daily Show on a Tuesday — unusual for him, and a direct consequence of the holiday. Andy Cohen reopens WWHL with Carole Radziwill and Daisy Toye, Fallon takes Sandra Bullock and Mike D, and Kimmel gets Andrew Garfield and Joey King.
Updated Tuesday: WWHL moves up to 9 p.m. ET, straight after the RHONY Season 16 premiere, rather than its usual 10. The View's premiere is panel-only — no outside guest — and The Daily Show has not announced one either. Full detail in tonight's late-night board and today's daytime board.
Wednesday, Sept. 9 — the busiest night
Fallon books Matthew McConaughey, Alix Earle and country singer Riley Green. Kimmel counters with Mariska Hargitay, Kaia Gerber and the Milk Carton Kids.
Daytime is where the news is: Ted Cruz and Lizzo both sit with The View, an odd pairing on paper and the reason that hour will get clipped everywhere. Gal Gadot and memory coach Jim Kwik take Live, while WWHL fills its couch with Ariana Biermann, Gia Giudice and Ava Dash.
Updated Wednesday: all six Wednesday shows are confirmed. Kimmel adds the Milk Carton Kids in the music slot, and Mariska Hargitay is there as host of Monday's 78th Primetime Emmy Awards — an NBC telecast promoted on ABC. The Daily Show is Michael Kosta hosting Jia Tolentino, not Stewart, whose Tuesday was a holiday makeup rather than the start of a run. WWHL drops back to its usual 10 p.m. ET. Full detail in Wednesday night's board and Wednesday's daytime board.
Thursday, Sept. 10 — Kidman and Gadot
Nicole Kidman visits Fallon with Domhnall Gleeson and Leon Bridges. Gal Gadot moves from Live to Kimmel, which is how a press week usually looks from the inside.
Andrew Garfield does the same trip in reverse, going from Kimmel on Tuesday to The View on Thursday. Sandra Bullock lands on Live the same morning, two days after Fallon. WWHL closes the night with Jennifer Pedranti and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
Updated Thursday: all five Thursday hours are confirmed. Kimmel's full board is Gal Gadot, chef David Chang and MUNA in the music slot; The View books Garfield on his own; Sandra Bullock is on Live alongside Shopping Day with Monica Mangin and Dr. Gail Saltz. Michael Kosta hosts The Daily Show for a second night, with Garfield as the guest — that is Garfield twice in 12 hours, on ABC at 11 a.m. and Comedy Central at 11 p.m. the public listing has WWHL at 9 p.m. ET Thursday rather than 10, so confirm on the Bravo grid. Detail in Thursday night's board and Thursday's daytime board.
Friday, Sept. 11 — daytime only
Sherri Shepherd is on both The View and Live, alongside Maisie Williams on the former and Theo James and Steven Curtis Chapman on the latter. That is the whole board.
Late night is empty on Fridays now. The one Friday show still running is Real Time with Bill Maher, back on HBO that night after a week off.
Updated Thursday: ABC has Friday's Kimmel down as an encore of Tuesday's hour with Andrew Garfield and Joey King, so nothing new arrives at 11:35 either.
Updated Friday: both daytime hours are confirmed. Sherri Shepherd is on The View with Maisie Williams (Practical Magic 2), then on Live with Theo James, chef Eden Grinshpan and Steven Curtis Chapman, a day before Lifetime premieres her 9/11 survivor film Angel in the Rubble. At night, Fallon reruns Aug. 20, Seth Meyers reruns July 21, and Real Time has Terry Bradshaw, Max Brooks and Sarah Longwell. Detail in Friday's daytime board and our explainer on why late night reruns on Fridays. Looking ahead: Stephen Colbert is Kimmel's guest Tuesday, Sept. 15.
Who is doing the rounds this week?
| Guest | Where, and when |
|---|---|
| Gal Gadot | Live (Wed), Kimmel (Thu) |
| Sandra Bullock | Fallon (Tue), Live (Thu) |
| Andrew Garfield | Kimmel (Tue), The View (Thu) |
| Lizzo | Live (Tue), The View (Wed) |
| Sherri Shepherd | The View and Live (Fri) |
| Franky Perez | Kimmel, all three nights |
Five names on that list are booked twice in four days, which is the clearest sign that the fall promotion calendar reopened with the shows. Franky Perez is the outlier — he is listed as Kimmel's music slot every night of the week.
Show by show: when each one airs
| Show | Network | Nights this week | Time (ET) | Next day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live with Kelly and Mark | Syndicated (ABC stations) | Mon-Fri | 9 a.m. in New York | Hulu |
| The View | ABC | Tue-Fri | 11 a.m. | Hulu |
| Watch What Happens Live | Bravo | Tue-Thu | 9 p.m. Tue, 10 p.m. Wed, 9 p.m. Thu | Peacock |
| The Daily Show | Comedy Central | Tue-Thu | 11 p.m. | Paramount+ |
| The Tonight Show | NBC | Tue-Thu | 11:35 p.m. | Peacock |
| Jimmy Kimmel Live | ABC | Tue-Thu | 11:35 p.m. | Hulu |
Central and Mountain viewers subtract an hour from the network shows; Pacific gets the 11:35 pair at 11:35 local. The two cable half hours run a West Coast feed, so their clock times hold coast to coast.
Live is the exception, because a syndicated hour belongs to your station rather than to a network. Nine in the morning is common on ABC affiliates, but a 10 a.m. slot or a post-news slot is just as normal, and the season premiere is a good week to confirm yours.
Which shows are still missing?
Late Night with Seth Meyers is out until Sept. 21, seven weeks after its last new episode. Comics Unleashed and Funny You Should Ask, which now hold CBS's 11:35 and 12:35 slots, resume first-run episodes that same week.
The Drew Barrymore Show starts Season 7 on Sept. 14, so daytime is short one hour until then. Saturday Night Live opens Season 52 on Sept. 26.
How do you watch all of this?
Broadcast first, streaming a day later: Peacock takes Fallon and Meyers, Hulu takes Kimmel, The View and Live, Paramount+ takes The Daily Show, and Bravo's half hour turns up on Peacock. The cord-cutting guide covers which of those actually needs a subscription.
Guests move. Networks swap bookings the day of taping, and this page is rechecked each morning — all five days are now confirmed as listed.
FAQ
Why is there no lineup for Monday, Sept. 7? Labor Day — every late-night show was dark or in repeats, and only Live aired a new hour.
Is anyone new on late night Friday? Not among the weeknight shows. Real Time with Bill Maher returns Friday on HBO.
When is The Daily Show back on Mondays? Sept. 21, when Jon Stewart resumes his usual night.
Are these guests confirmed? Each one above appears in both the public listings and the shows' own announcements. Anything single-sourced is left off.
Night-by-night versions of this run all week in the late-night section and the daytime section, starting with Tuesday night, Monday's repeats and Monday's daytime board. For times and channels, see the 2026 late-night schedule; for the hosts, who hosts what.
Sources · Listings data via TVmaze · LateNighter — lineups by show · LaughingPlace — Live guest list · ABC's Season 30 guest announcement, via Just Jared · TV Insider — Stewart hosts Tuesday · TV Eye — Friday listings
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