NBC is planning a night of football and Fallon next month. The network says that it will air a special Sunday edition of the late night series The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, following NBC's presentation of Sunday Night Football.

NBC will air a special edition of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” after a November edition of “Sunday Night Football.”

Jimmy Fallon is headed back to the gridiron. The late-night host will host a new episode of NBC’s “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” on Sunday, November 17, following the network’s broadcast that evening of a “Sunday Night Football” match-up between the New York Jets and the Indianapolis Colts.

Jimmy Fallon is heading into his post-gridiron phase. The Tonight Show will air a rare Sunday night episodes on November 17 after Sunday Night Football. The late-night show will come on after Anthony Richardson’s Indianapolis Colts take on Aaron Rodgers’ New York Jets at Met Life (following local news).