Talk Show Guests This Week (Oct. 19–23, 2026): Chris Pratt, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jenna Ortega

The short version: Chris Pratt and Andy Cohen are on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday, Oct. 19, and Sacha Baron Cohen follows on Tuesday. LateNighter and Interbridge list Jenna Ortega and Ina Garten on Late Night with Seth Meyers Monday and Helen Mirren on Thursday. On daytime, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis are on The View on Friday, and Quinta Brunson opens the week on Live with Kelly and Mark.

Jimmy Kimmel Live is the quiet one. LateNighter and Interbridge tag all five nights as repeats of the Sept. 28–Oct. 2 shows, with Howard Stern and Amy Schumer on Tuesday and Paul McCartney on Friday. The Daily Show is listed for Monday as S31 E115, and no host or guests are posted yet.

Who is on talk shows Monday, Oct. 19?

NBC’s Tonight Show page lists Chris Pratt, Andy Cohen and Joanne McNally. LateNighter and Interbridge both list Jenna Ortega and Ina Garten on Late Night with Seth Meyers, and NBC’s Late Night page had not been updated for the week as of Saturday morning.

The View’s official schedule says only “Day of Hot Topics”, with no guests named. Live has Quinta Brunson and Jackie Tohn, per the show’s site. Drew Barrymore’s site lists Leslie Bibb and Chris Perfetti, with Valerie Bertinelli at the news desk.

ABC’s Kimmel page lists Pete Davidson, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and TV on the Radio, with Morgan James sitting in with the Cletones. Both lineup sites mark that night as a repeat of the Sept. 28 show. Watch What Happens Live has Rainbeau de Roos and Arden Myrin, and TVmaze puts it at 10 p.m. ET.

Who is on Tuesday, Oct. 20?

Sacha Baron Cohen, KJ Apa and Beck are on The Tonight Show, per NBC. Late Night is listed with Quinta Brunson, Stephen Graham and Owen Thiele by LateNighter and Interbridge.

The View marks Sunny Hostin’s birthday with a performance by Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Andy Cohen is there for his book Andy’s Bravo Scrapbook. Live has Connie Britton and Wyclef Jean. Watch What Happens Live is listed with Lisa Vanderpump and Blake Griffin. The two lineup sites tag Kimmel’s Howard Stern, Amy Schumer and Tom Morello as a repeat of the Sept. 29 show.

What happens Wednesday, Oct. 21?

NBC lists Uma Thurman, Josh Charles and Queens of the Stone Age on The Tonight Show. LateNighter and Interbridge leave Uma Thurman off their line, so her name rests on NBC alone. Late Night is listed with Liam Neeson and Kate Berlant.

Stephen A. Smith is on The View for his book Straight Shooter. Andy Cohen shows up again on Live, this time with Giancarlo Esposito, so he turns up on three different shows in the same week. WWHL has Whitney Rose and Britani Bateman. Kimmel is listed as a repeat with Billy Crystal, Mahershala Ali and Audrey Hobert, from the Sept. 30 show.

Who is on Thursday, Oct. 22?

Kristen Bell and Joe Manganiello are on The Tonight Show, per NBC. Helen Mirren and John Turturro are listed for Late Night.

The View has Ice-T and Collin Gosselin, whose book is In the Shadow of Eight. Live is listed with Anna Camp and Jane Leeves. WWHL has Jennifer Pedranti and Heather McMahan. Kimmel is a repeat of the Oct. 1 show with John Oliver and Seth Meyers, per the lineup sites.

What is on Friday, Oct. 23?

NBC lists John Cena, Emma D’Arcy and Sam Smith on The Tonight Show. The View has Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis, who co-wrote the musical Warriors, and Live has Adam Brody and Tea Leoni.

Late Night is listed with Dakota Johnson and Mike Tomlin, tagged by LateNighter as a repeat of the Oct. 1 show. Kimmel is listed with Paul McCartney, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Goose, tagged as a repeat of the Oct. 2 show. Watch What Happens Live is not listed for Friday.

Talk show guests by show, Oct. 19–23

*NBC’s Late Night page still showed the Oct. 12 week on Saturday, Oct. 17, so the Meyers row comes from LateNighter and Interbridge, and TVmaze matches Monday. The Tonight Show, The View and Live rows come from each show’s own site; Kimmel’s Monday line is from ABC and its repeat tags are from the two lineup sites. “TBA” means no guest was posted as of Saturday, Oct. 17. Two syndicated shows are not in the table; their weekly guests are on the Tamron Hall guests page and the Jennifer Hudson guests page.

What time is each show on?

Times above are Eastern. Outside the East Coast, your local station sets the clock, and sports or local news can push a network hour later. The standing times live on our late-night schedule and daytime schedule pages.

How do you watch all of this without cable?

The shows stream on different services depending on the network, and our cord-cutting guide lists which service carries which show.

FAQ

Is Jimmy Fallon new on Monday, Oct. 19? NBC’s show page lists a lineup with Chris Pratt, Andy Cohen and Joanne McNally, and LateNighter does not tag it as a repeat. Last week’s five shows were all repeats, as covered on the Friday repeats page, and the Tonight Show page tracks each night.

Is Jimmy Kimmel Live new the week of Oct. 19? The two lineup sites tag all five nights as repeats of the Sept. 28–Oct. 2 shows, and ABC’s page lists Monday’s guests as Pete Davidson and Mayor Zohran Mamdani. The Kimmel page follows the week night by night.

Is Seth Meyers new the week of Oct. 19? LateNighter and Interbridge list new guests Monday through Thursday and a repeat on Friday. See is Seth Meyers new tonight.

Who is on The View on Friday, Oct. 23? Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis, per the show’s official schedule. Monday lists no guests, and is The View on today has the rest of the week.

Who hosts The Daily Show the week of Oct. 19? Comedy Central’s page lists S31 E115 for Monday, Oct. 19 and does not name a host or guests. TVmaze carries Monday through Thursday with names to be announced.

Changes during the week go into the late-night section and the daytime section. Last week’s board is still up at talk show guests for Oct. 12–16, every week is filed under this week’s lineups, and who hosts what in 2026 covers the desks themselves.

Sources · Listings data via TVmaze · LateNighter — late-night lineups by show · Interbridge — late-night lineups · NBC — The Tonight Show · ABC — Jimmy Kimmel Live · The View — official schedule · Live with Kelly and Mark · The Drew Barrymore Show · Comedy Central — The Daily Show

By the Talk Show On Air desk · Updated Oct. 17, 10:47 a.m. ET