Earlier this week, there were reports that this would be Jimmy Kimmel Live’s last season. And ABC denied it. However, it could be true because the late night host and the network are in talks for another season.
Unlike in past years, one condition could make renewing the talk show for another season more difficult. According to Puck, the show will have to cut costs by as much as 20%.
Where those costs will come from is up to the show. It could be his reported $15 million-a-year salary, the number of episodes shot, staff, or special shows like going back to Brooklyn, for example.
The requirement is not shocking because broadcast is not making the money it has in the past, and several shows, including The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers, have already made cuts.
Personally, I think Kimmel and his wife, who is an executive producer, should take pay cuts. But that is their call.
If Kimmel doesn’t take the pay cut, ABC might be without a late night show like CBS. While that is good for NBC, it is bad for the industry and Los Angeles.
As much as Trump would like to take credit for all of this, he does not play a part in the talks.
Jimmy Kimmel is beginning his 24th season tonight, but is it his last? After years of him threatening it, and the current president wanting it, could that be the case? According to Page Six, yes, it is.
A source told the paper, “His contract is not getting extended.”
However, an ABC spokesperson says, “[This] information is inaccurate — any reports about the future of the show at this point are purely speculative.”
I think he will continue on unless Donald Trump dies. Because if that happens, I think the thrill will be over for him.
But there is one more factor that might play into his decision. He might stay for his 25th season and exit after that.
Before he hits that milestone, he celebrates his 4,000th episode tonight.
Rosie O’Donnell is filling in for Jimmy Kimmel, who has gone fishing for the summer. However, his partner, Guillermo Rodriguez, is still working on that show.
Actually, not only does he have a night job on Jimmy Kimmel Live, but he is also working a day job on Dancing with the Stars.
Now that pregnant Witney Carson has revealed she is dancing with him this season, the two can start rehearsing for the competition.
Yesterday, everyone’s favorite (and only) late night sidekick talked to O’Donnell about how tiring rehearsing has been for him. He even showed off some of what he has learned.
He made it seem like he was excited for the opportunity. However, what he told the producers of JKL was a different story. He sent them a message telling them he wished for another pandemic.
What? Why? “So they can close everything from September and October, so that they can cancel Dancing with the Stars,” he said. “I don’t want anybody to get sick. I just want to close everything so no competition.”
At least he’s honest. If he thinks it is bad now, wait until the show starts filming and he has to learn a dance in a week, instead of a month.
He already has my vote to keep him on as long as possible, and I know I am not the only one. He got several celebrities who were at D23 this weekend to sign a contract that they would do the same.
Watch the video all the way through to hear him do his best Boston accent with Denis Leary.
CBS cancelled Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show, and with that, they decided to back away from late night as a whole. So, they let Byron Allen buy the two-hour block for his shows, Comics Unleashed and Funny You Should Ask.
However, ratings for his shows are not funny. According to Late Nighter, during the week of June 8th, Jimmy Kimmel Live had 3.07 million viewers. While the two daily episodes of Comics Unleashed averaged around 650,000 viewers.
Translation: Kimmel was watched by almost five times more viewers than Allen.
Therefore, it is a failure not only for Allen but also for the CBS affiliates, who are losing viewers to their 11 O’clock news because barely anyone is tuning in to the show that follows their news broadcasts.
When it comes to Funny You Should Ask, Late Night with Seth Meyers is getting double the audience.
Once again proving that everything donald trump touches turns into shit. And what he doesn’t touch, thrives. Well, unless it is algae because that thrives under him, as does our national debt.
Jimmy Kimmel is taking a months-long break, and donald trump has nothing to do with it this time.
While he is off, his archnemesis, Matt Damon, has a low-budget film coming out next month, and the Oscar winner wanted to promote The Odyssey on Jimmy Kimmel Live before Kimmel went fishing.
So, Matt Damon showed up in a wooden Trojan Horse and made sure that the host made time for him. And Kimmel had no choice but to accept his gift and have the actor on his show, much like the plot of the film.
Did Damon sign on to the epic film just so that he could recreate that moment? Of course not. Instead, he said, “I did the movie, so I could say that, ‘The horse is a Trojan, which is something your dad should have used on his little wiener, instead of having you.'”
Kimmel then defended the size of his dad’s penis, only to have Damon respond with, “Your mom said mine’s bigger.”
And with that, it was time for the two of them to settle it once and for all. How? By having a sword fight with pool noodles.
Who was victorious at the end of the battle? Jimmy Kimmel’s mom because she’s fucking Matt Damon!!!
