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Taylor Swift is on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” tonight, Oct. 6, 2025, making her late-night TV show rounds to promote “Life of a Showgirl” as her fiancé Travis Kelce’s birthday celebration continues on Monday Night Football.

Fallon and Swift will reunite for the first time since 2022, and be joined by The Format, an indie, pop-punk band lead by singer Nate Ruess, formerly of the popular 2000s band fun., and instrumentalist Sam Means.

Swift will then join Seth Meyers on Oct. 8 for his prime-time show, “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” as the 35-year-old music superstar, wrapping a week-long late-night tour that started Oct. 3 with “The Graham Norton Show.”

How to watch Jimmy Fallon live

“The Tonight Show” airs live on NBC. It also streams live on FuboTV, Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV and DIRECTV.

The episode is available to stream the next day on Peacock.

Stream ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’ on Peacock

Peacock offers three subscription options: select for $7.99 a month, premium for $10.99 a month and premium plus for $16.99 a month.

What time does Jimmy Fallon come on?

Taylor Swift and The Format will appear on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” tonight, Monday, Oct. 6, The episode will air at 11:35 p.m. ET.

What time does Jimmy Fallon tape?

Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight Show” tapes before a live studio audience between from 5 p.m. ET and about 6:30 p.m. ET, according to the “Tonight Show” website.

Where does Jimmy Fallon show tape?

“The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” tapes at NBC Studios, specifically Studio 6B at 30 Rockefeller Center, located on Sixth Avenue between 49th and 50th streets in Manhattan, NYC. Lori Comstock is a New Jersey-based journalist with the Mid-Atlantic Connect Team.