Overview
- Saturday’s episode marked the show’s return from a mid-season break with Nicola Coughlan hosting on Sky and NOW, with Foo Fighters billed as the musical guest.
- Jimmy Fallon surprised viewers in the opening monologue by leading Coughlan on a live backstage tour and prompting her to ask Dave Grohl to be her best friend, which he accepted.
- Fallon reappeared in a pre-taped promo spoof for Coughlan’s film The Magic Faraway Tree as a caterer named Keith who raps in a deliberately explicit music video.
- He completed a triple cameo by joining Ania Magliano and Paddy Young on Weekend Update for a “Hand in Hand” bit that joked about U.S.–U.K. culture and chased “ratings” laughs.
- The episode follows a strategy built for shareable clips with next-day streaming on Peacock, even as recent overnight viewership on Sky has trailed the season’s launch and Aimee Lou Wood is set to host next week.