The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon has a late-night first this week (Jan. 12–16)

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The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 13 | NBC/GettyImages

There’s a late-night first on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this week, which we knew about from the start of the month. Now we have the full schedule to get ready for an exciting week, starting Monday, Jan. 12.

Like with other late-night shows, Friday is still to be confirmed. This often means a night with a rerun of an episode, but it could be unconfirmed for now, as the show is trying to get a guest or two on the series. However, Fridays have become the night of reruns for the late-night shows.

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Laura Dern, Mindy Cohn, Julia Duffy and Kristen Wiig in "Palm Royale" on Apple TV

Monday, January 12

The week starts with Kristen Wiig discussing Palm Royale, after an exciting season finale. She’ll be able to break down all the details, and what to look forward to in the future.

Then, it’s all about the new Ryan Murphy series The Beauty. Ashton Kutcher is on the show to talk about the cost of physical perfection. After that, it’s a late-night first. Arden Cho and Ahn Hyo-seop will make their late-night debut to talk about voicing the leads on KPop Demon Hunters, before we get a performance by Ty Myers.

Tuesday, January 13

After that, it’s over to Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who will be on The Tonight Show to talk about their new movie The Rip. This is based on a true story, so the two will talk about that.

Are you watching the third season of Tell Me Lies? Grace Van Pattern will appear on the talk show to talk about the season so far, and then Madison Beer will perform.

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Wednesday, January 14

Hump Day is over to Laura Dern, who continues the circuit to talk about Is This Thing On?. The movie explores the end of a 20-year marriage, and Dern and others have been on various talk shows about it to publicize it.

Tyeana Taylor will then make another late-night appearance, as she continues the awards push for One Battle After Another. She will also discuss her role on The Rip and perform with Lucy Day. After that, Emily Bader and Tom Blyth will come onto the series to talk about People We Meet on Vacation.

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Thursday, January 15

To end the night, Jason Momoa appears on the show to talk about his new action comedy, The Wrecking Crew. Then it’s over to another late-night show, as Marcello Hernández from Saturday Night Live appears to discuss his stand-up special, American Boy.

Linus Sebastian will end the night, discussing all things YouTube. For those who don’t know about him, he covers technology on his YouTube channels, and it makes sense for the tech-forward late-night host to get him onto the show.

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon airs weeknights at 11:35/10:35c on NBC.

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