What Happens When Glen Powell and A-Rod Share Fallon’s Stage After the NFL? We’re About to Find Out.NH
Jimmy Fallon will be joined by another all-star lineup this Sunday, October 26, as NBC airs its latest post–Sunday Night Football edition of The Tonight Show.
This week’s episode, following the Green Bay Packers–Pittsburgh Steelers game, will feature actor Glen Powell, baseball legend and analyst Alex Rodriguez, and musical guest Florence + The Machine. The broadcast marks the second of four Sunday night specials scheduled this season, with additional postgame shows set for November 16 and December 7.
As with the show’s last Sunday night broadcast, which followed the Chiefs–Giants game on September 21, the episode will air immediately after local news on both coasts.
Tonight Show showrunner Chris Miller has described the collaboration with NBC Sports as a way to reach football audiences directly, noting that Fallon’s team often builds sports-themed sketches and guest segments into these postgame editions.
Fallon has previously hosted multiple Tonight Show episodes in the coveted post–NFL slot, including five Sunday broadcasts in 2019 and two following the Super Bowl in 2018 and 2015.
With Sunday Night Football continuing its 14-season streak as television’s top primetime program, NBC is betting the NFL lead-in will boost Fallon’s late-night ratings—just as Jimmy Kimmel Live! traditionally benefits Monday nights after ABC’s broadcasts of Monday Night Football.
Fallon’s first Sunday night broadcast this season, on September 21, drew a total audience of 2.1 million viewers—more than double The Tonight Show’s Q3 average, per Nielsen Live+3 ratings data. In the advertiser-coveted 18–49 demo, the show grew a whopping 240%—from a Q3 average of 170,000 viewers to 579,000.
