Talk Show Guests This Week (Oct. 26–30, 2026): Dave Grohl, Billy Crystal, Jamie Lee Curtis

The short version: Billy Crystal and Joe Keery open the week on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday, Oct. 26, and Dave Grohl is on Jimmy Kimmel Live that night with Foo Fighters as the musical guest. Late Night with Seth Meyers has Liev Schreiber on Monday and Bowen Yang on Tuesday, per LateNighter and Interbridge. On daytime, John Grisham is on The View on Monday and Jamie Lee Curtis is on The View and The Tonight Show on the same Wednesday.

Two things are different from last week. Kimmel is back with new guests: all five of last week’s nights were tagged repeats, and this week the lineup sites show no repeat tags Monday through Thursday. And Watch What Happens Live is built around Bravo Fan Fest, so its first three nights are titled episodes rather than guest lineups.

Who is on talk shows Monday, Oct. 26?

NBC’s Tonight Show page lists Billy Crystal, Joe Keery and St. Vincent. LateNighter and Interbridge give the same names. Late Night is listed with Liev Schreiber and Morgan Spector by those two sites, and TVmaze matches; NBC’s Late Night page still showed the Oct. 19 week on Saturday morning.

ABC’s Kimmel page names Dave Grohl, Connie Britton and Foo Fighters, with Nayanna Holley sitting in with the Cletones. The View’s official schedule lists author John Grisham for his book The French Illusion. Comedy Central lists The Daily Show as S31 E119 on Oct. 26 and names Jon Stewart as host in its description, with no guests posted. Live with Kelly and Mark shows a Halloween History episode on TVmaze; the show’s own site had no names yet.

Watch What Happens Live is titled “At Bravo Fan Fest: Charmers & Captains” on Monday, per Interbridge and TVmaze. The Drew Barrymore Show’s site still showed the Oct. 19 week, so Drew is TBA.

Who is on Tuesday, Oct. 27?

Parker Posey, Nicholas Galitzine and Dominic Fike are on The Tonight Show, per NBC. Bowen Yang, Bradley Whitford and Jessica Tarlov are listed for Late Night. Owen Wilson and Gabourey Sidibe are on Kimmel, with Foo Fighters again, per the two lineup sites and TVmaze.

The View has Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Ayesha Nurdjaja, whose book is Mediterranean All the Way, per the show’s schedule. TVmaze lists Scott Speedman and Tim Daly on Live. Watch What Happens Live is the “NYC Ya In Charleston” Fan Fest episode.

What happens Wednesday, Oct. 28?

Jamie Lee Curtis and Jamie Campbell Bower are on The Tonight Show, per NBC. The same day, The View lists Curtis as its guest for the series Newlyweds, so she is listed on both shows that day. Sharon Horgan and Justin Hartley are on Late Night, and Kimmel has Gov. Gavin Newsom and Emma Roberts with Foo Fighters.

TVmaze lists Paul Anthony Kelly, O.A.R. and Bob Pflugfelder on Live. Watch What Happens Live is the “Legends, Newbies, & Snowflakes” Fan Fest episode.

Who is on Thursday, Oct. 29?

NBC lists LL Cool J, Mel Robbins, Veronika Slowikowska and Shin Lim on The Tonight Show. The View has LL Cool J too, plus author Sophia Bush for And I Will Tell You Mine, so he appears on both shows that day. Late Night is listed with George Fouracres as the only guest.

Kimmel has Paul Bettany and Christopher Lloyd, with Foo Fighters. TVmaze lists Liev Schreiber and Justin Hartley on Live, and both were on Late Night earlier in the week. Watch What Happens Live has Vicki Gunvalson and Isaac Mizrahi.

What is on Friday, Oct. 30?

The View celebrates Halloween with “Boo Are You Wearing?” and a performance from Broadway’s The Rocky Horror Show, per its schedule. TVmaze titles Live’s episode “It’s Live’s Halloween Shockin’ Eve”.

LateNighter and Interbridge tag Friday’s Late Night as a repeat of the Oct. 20 show with Quinta Brunson, Stephen Graham and Owen Thiele. NBC lists no Friday Tonight Show lineup, and neither lineup site nor TVmaze lists a Friday Kimmel. Last week’s Friday Fallon was a repeat, as covered on the Friday repeats page. Watch What Happens Live has no Friday episode listed.

Talk show guests by show, Oct. 26–30

*NBC’s Late Night page still showed the Oct. 19 week on Saturday, Oct. 24, so the Meyers row comes from LateNighter and Interbridge, and TVmaze matches Monday through Thursday. **Live’s own site showed no guests yet, so that row is TVmaze alone. The Tonight Show row matches NBC, both lineup sites and TVmaze; Kimmel’s Monday line is from ABC and the other nights from the lineup sites and TVmaze; The View row is from the show’s own schedule. “TBA” means no guest was posted as of Saturday, Oct. 24. Tamron Hall and The Jennifer Hudson Show are left out of the table; each has its own weekly page, the Tamron Hall guests page and the Jennifer Hudson guests page.

What time is each show on?

All times are Eastern, and a local station can start a network show later than the East Coast does when sports or news run long. Clocks in the U.S. go back on Sunday, Nov. 1, so Oct. 26–30 is the last full week before that change. For the year-round times, see the late-night schedule and the daytime schedule.

How do you watch all of this without cable?

Which service carries which show depends on the network; the cord-cutting guide sorts them by streamer.

FAQ

Is Jimmy Fallon new on Monday, Oct. 26? NBC’s show page lists Billy Crystal, Joe Keery and St. Vincent, and the lineup sites carry no repeat tag. Last week’s Friday was a repeat, and the Tonight Show page tracks each night.

Is Jimmy Kimmel Live new the week of Oct. 26? ABC lists Monday’s guests as Dave Grohl and Connie Britton, and the two lineup sites list new guests Monday through Thursday with Foo Fighters all four nights. The Kimmel page follows the week night by night.

Is Seth Meyers new the week of Oct. 26? The two lineup sites name new guests for Monday to Thursday, then a rerun of the Oct. 20 show on Friday. Is Seth Meyers new tonight keeps the running answer.

Who is on The View on Friday, Oct. 30? No single guest is named: the show’s schedule lists a Halloween episode and a Rocky Horror Show performance. Is The View on today has the rest of the week.

Who hosts The Daily Show the week of Oct. 26? Comedy Central’s page lists S31 E119 for Monday, Oct. 26 and names Jon Stewart as host. It does not name guests, and the other nights are TBA.

Booking changes land in the late-night and daytime sections as they are confirmed. The previous board is talk show guests for Oct. 19–23, 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 · Bravo — schedule

By the Talk Show On Air desk · Updated Oct. 24, 10:51 a.m. ET