{"id":268621,"date":"2025-11-07T21:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T21:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/268621\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T21:48:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T21:48:09","slug":"the-tonight-show-celebrates-wicked-week-with-cynthia-erivo-and-ariana-grande-appearances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/268621\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Tonight Show\u2019 Celebrates \u2018Wicked\u2019 Week With Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Appearances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/tag\/wicked-for-good\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201cWicked\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u201cWicked\u201d<\/a> is coming back to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/tag\/jimmy-fallon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u201cThe Tonight Show.\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u201cThe Tonight Show.\u201d<\/a> In the week leading up to the upcoming movie \u201cWicked: For Good,\u201d which premieres on Nov. 21, the NBC talk show staple will be a hosting a week of \u201cWicked\u201d themed interviews and special segments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It all starts on Nov. 16 with a special post-Sunday Night Football edition of \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.\u201d That installment, which will air after the Pittsburgh Steelers face off against the Los Angeles Chargers, includes guests Rosal\u00eda and DJ Khaled. It will also introduce a new segment known as \u201cWicked Beat Bit.\u201d The musical moment is a followup to last year when \u201cWicked\u201d stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DJQqWbvwpPg\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:performed a song;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">performed a song<\/a> about their movie. That less-than-a-minute-long clip generated over 228 million views and 20 million interactions across social media, making it one of the most watched \u201cTonight Show\u201d clips of 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Nov. 17, Fallon will then be joined by three-time Oscar nominee Cynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba in both \u201cWicked\u201d and \u201cWicked: For Good.\u201d Ariana Grande, who plays Glinda, will stop by the next day, marking her 12th appearance on \u201cThe Tonight Show.\u201d Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh, who plays Madame Morrible, will then round out the notable guest appearances. Here\u2019s a full breakdown of the week\u2019s guests:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nov. 16: Rosal\u00eda and DJ Khaled<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Earlier this month, Jonathan Bailey also stopped by the show to promote his role as Fiyero in the upcoming movie. Bailey was recently named 2025 People\u2019s Sexiest Man Alive. New episodes of \u201cThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon\u201d air on NBC at 11:35 p.m. ET\/PT and are available to stream on Peacock the next day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/the-tonight-show-wicked-week-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:\u2018The Tonight Show\u2019 Celebrates \u2018Wicked\u2019 Week With Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Appearances;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">\u2018The Tonight Show\u2019 Celebrates \u2018Wicked\u2019 Week With Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande Appearances<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TheWrap;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TheWrap<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWicked\u201d is coming back to \u201cThe Tonight Show.\u201d In the week leading up to the upcoming movie \u201cWicked:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[1550,49,48,99053,75,57981,2210,53269,949,22943,348,123474,123473],"class_list":["post-268621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-ariana-grande","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cynthia-erivo","tag-entertainment","tag-jonathan-bailey","tag-los-angeles-chargers","tag-michelle-yeoh","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-the-tonight-show","tag-tv","tag-upcoming-movie","tag-wicked-beat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}