Koffee With Karan's Last Season: Salman Khan Opened 14 October, Episode 3 Due 28 October

Koffee With Karan is two episodes into its ninth and final season, streaming on JioHotstar under The Peacock Hub banner. Karan Johar announced the end on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, in a conversation with Variety and a press note. Esquire India reports that new episodes premiere on Wednesdays at 7 pm IST, which gives viewers in India a fixed weekly slot.

The season opened on 14 October with Salman Khan as its first guest. Episode 3 was scheduled for 28 October, and its content is not covered here. Gulf News quotes Johar counting 22 years and 161 episodes before the final season.

Salman Khan Opens the Final Season

The Week reports that the ninth season launched on JioHotstar on 14 October, though Outlook India's summary gives 15 October. In a sneak peek, as PTI reports it, Johar introduced Salman as the season's first guest and said he could think of no better person to open the final season.

Outlook India, publishing on 15 October, described what the episode contained. Johar told Salman that this was the last season of the show, and the conversation returned to a remark Salman had made on an earlier season, which he addressed directly.

Outlook also reported that Karisma Kapoor joined the episode as a surprise guest. Salman joked about their long friendship, which Outlook says surprised her. The episode included a rapid-fire round and messages from industry friends.

Salman spoke about his dislike of paparazzi intrusion and said trolling does not get to him. Those comments come early in a season that Johar has framed as the last.

The 2013 Remark and What Salman Khan Said About It

Johar raised the remark Salman made on season four, which Outlook India dates to 2013 and PTI to 2014. Salman said he made the comment to deflect questions about his dating life. He said he does not like discussing relationships, because the person he is seeing may later marry someone else.

He said he has held the view since he was 15 or 16, and Outlook India links it to a line from his father, Salim Khan, who described private life as a bedroom and public life as a living room. The remark dates to 2013 or 2014, and the answer came more than a decade later, on the show's final run.

Asked whether he ever feels lonely, Salman pointed to his family. He said, “I will have kids at some point in life.”

Johar on Ending a Show First Shot in 2004

The Week reports that Johar announced the end on 30 September in a conversation with Variety, and that he wants to spend the next decade directing more films. It quotes his press note as saying that “some journeys you don't plan to end.”

Gulf News reports that Johar called the video closer to a farewell letter than a press release. In it Johar called this his “very last season” of the show, and a separate press statement followed.

Johar has said the first day he shot the show was 16 August 2004, in a post about pitching it to his producer father, Yash Johar. The Week says his late father questioned whether anyone would pay for the idea.

The show has changed platforms before. The Week reports that in 2022 Johar suggested the show was over, and it was later revealed that it was leaving television to become a streaming exclusive on Disney+ Hotstar. The first season featured pairs such as Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, and Amitabh and Abhishek Bachchan, according to The Week.

Gulf News quotes Johar's video referring to eight seasons before this one, and The Week says the show has aired eight seasons and 161 episodes, which fits this season being the ninth.

Episodes 2 and 3: Schedule and Guests

Episode 2 was scheduled for 21 October at 7 pm IST with Vijay Deverakonda and Rashmika Mandanna as guests, according to Esquire India.

Esquire India's episode 3 page, last updated on 27 October, schedules the episode for 28 October at 7 pm IST. It names Janhvi Kapoor and Varun Dhawan as the featured guests, with Johar as host, and says the episode requires a paid streaming subscription.

The same page's preview expects humour, personal anecdotes and professional talk, and points to jokes in the promo. Those are expectations for the episode, not reported events.

Filmibeat, publishing on 28 October at 16:55 IST, says Arjun Kapoor joins them as a special guest. The article names no source for this. Esquire India mentions Arjun Kapoor among the show's familiar faces but does not place him in episode 3, so his role is unconfirmed.

What episode 3 contained is not covered here.

Johar has said the first day he shot the show was 16 August 2004, and the season he is ending is the ninth.

Where and When New Episodes Stream

The Week reports that the ninth season streams on JioHotstar from 14 October. Esquire India says new episodes are scheduled for Wednesdays at 7 pm IST under The Peacock Hub banner.

Esquire India says episode 3 requires a paid subscription and points readers to the platform's official listing. Filmibeat's episode 3 article describes streaming on JioHotstar in full HD and gives 7 pm without naming a time zone, while Esquire India gives IST.

What Is Confirmed and What Is Not

Outlook India's report of 15 October describes what the first episode contained, so the exchanges in this article are reported as aired.

Episode 2 is reported as having aired, with reaction to it described. Episode 3 is reported as scheduled for 28 October and is not described as aired.

Two details remain open: Arjun Kapoor's role in episode 3, and the date of the finale. For readers, the practical points are the weekly slot, the subscription requirement and these open questions.