Jimmy Kimmel Live! was nearly Jon Stewart Live! During a visit to Ted Danson’sWhere Everybody Knows Your Name podcast, Jimmy Kimmel revealed how he inadvertently swiped the ABC gig from fellow comic Jon Stewart. In the early 2000s, ABC was on the hunt for someone to host a late-night show, …
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Four couples had their first dance to the sound of Lucy Dacus‘ “Best Guess” as she performed the record on Jimmy Kimmel Live. At the end of the song, the singer-songwriter made a seamless transition to the vow portion of her appearance, where she officiated weddings for her on-stage guests. …
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Jimmy Kimmel is officially more popular than Donald Trump. Or, at least, he is according to a new YouGov poll. “I am more popular than the president of the United States,” Kimmel announced proudly during the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! “You remember the guy who keeps saying I …
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Bruce Springsteen stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday night to offer some much-needed words of hope — and also talk about the one time he tried doing karaoke. Near the end of the interview — which was conducted alongside Springsteen biopic star Jeremy Allen White — Kimmel asked Springsteen …
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Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert appeared on each other’s shows last night, using both opportunities to reflect on the recent chaos that has befallen late-night TV. Colbert sat down on Jimmy Kimmel Live, which is taping in Brooklyn this week, for an interview about his show being cancelled and winning …
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Public Enemy appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform a medley of “Don’t Believe the Hype,” “The Hits Just Keep on Comin’,” and “Fight the Power.” As the rap group took the stage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where Jimmy Kimmel is hosting a week of shows, the musicians …
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Sinclair has ended its preemption of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, announcing the show will resume airing on its ABC affiliates Friday night, Sept. 26. In a statement, the company said, “Our objective throughout this process has been to ensure that programming remains accurate and engaging for the widest possible audience. We …
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! will make its return to Nexstar’s ABC affiliate stations, the company announced on Friday, just hours after Sinclair revealed it would also allow the show on its airwaves. “We have had discussions with executives at the Walt Disney Company and appreciate their constructive approach to addressing our …
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The Trump administration’s attempt to silence Jimmy Kimmel appears to have backfired. The host’s broadcast return to late-night television on Tuesday brought in 6.2 million views, four timeshis usual audience, according to data from Nielsen. Meanwhile, Kimmel’s monologue on YouTube has reached 21 million views and counting, making it his …
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Jimmy Kimmel acknowledged the threats made by Donald Trump after his late-night show returned on Tuesday night, describing the president as an “Eighties movie-style bully.” On the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel did a line-by-line takedown of Trump’s Truth Social post, which suggested he planned to sue ABC …
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