{"id":3509,"date":"2026-06-15T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/2026\/06\/15\/new-york-knicks-to-be-featured-in-special-episode-of-tonight-show\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T01:00:00","slug":"new-york-knicks-to-be-featured-in-special-episode-of-tonight-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/2026\/06\/15\/new-york-knicks-to-be-featured-in-special-episode-of-tonight-show\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Knicks to Be Featured in Special Episode of \u2018Tonight Show\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\tTwo days after winning the NBA Final<\/a>s<\/a>, <\/a>the New York Knicks<\/a> will be featured in a special episode of The Tonight Show<\/a> Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\tMembers of the winning team will appear on Monday\u2019s episode of the NBC late night show, airing at 11:35 p.m. ET\/PT and streaming the next day on Peacock. <\/p>\n

\tFallon, a Knicks superfan, will welcome NBA Finals<\/a> MVP Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart, OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges to discuss their championship run and most recent season. The episode will also feature appearances by the entire Knicks team and head coach Mike Brown, plus surprise guests. \t<\/p>\n

\t\u201cA booking 53 years in the making,\u201d Fallon said.<\/p>\n

\tIn addition, New York City natives Wu-Tang Clan are scheduled to perform.<\/p>\n

\tNBC said that in a \u201ctribute to the team\u2019s loyal fanbase, the entire studio audience will be comprised of die-hard Knicks fans who were unable to attend the Finals in person, bringing unmatched energy and hometown pride to Studio 6B in 30 Rockefeller Plaza.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe New York team won its first title since 1973 with a 94-90 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Texas on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

\tAmong the stars in attendance<\/a> who were celebrating their win were Spike Lee, Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Ben Stiller.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

NBC said that previously announced guests for Monday\u2019s edition of The Tonight Show<\/em> will be rescheduled. According to NBC\u2019s official listings, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Britt Lower, Rhett & Link and comedian Zarna Garg were scheduled to appear on Monday\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Two days after winning the NBA Finals, the New York Knicks will be featured in a special episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Members of the winning team will appear on Monday\u2019s episode of the NBC late night show, airing at 11:35 p.m. ET\/PT and streaming the next day on Peacock. Fallon, a Knicks superfan, will welcome NBA Finals MVP Jalen Brunson, Karl-Anthony Towns, Josh Hart, OG Anunoby and Mikal Bridges to discuss their championship run and most recent season. The episode will also feature appearances by the entire Knicks team and head coach Mike Brown, plus surprise guests. \u201cA booking 53 years in the making,\u201d Fallon said. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2,734,1702,1703,941,2012,85,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hollywood","category-jimmy-fallon","category-nba-finals","category-new-york-knicks","category-the-tonight-show","category-tonight-show-starring-jimmy-fallon","category-tv","category-tv-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsmag.live\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}