ABC and AMPAS announced today that Jimmy Kimmel will be back to host the Oscars for a fourth time on March 10th.
“After his triumphant return to the Oscars stage last year, we are honored to have Jimmy back to guide us through one of the most beloved celebrations in entertainment. He is such a valuable member of our Disney family, and we could not be more appreciative of him and his entire team,” said Craig Erwich, president of ABC Entertainment, Hulu and Disney Branded Television Streaming Originals. “We are also grateful to have the multitalented Molly back on the producing team, and we have no doubt that this year will be a spectacular night celebrating the biggest films of the year.”
I don’t know if I would want him back. Weird things happen when he does it. First, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced that the wrong movie won Best Picture in 2017. Then, last year, Will Smith slapped Chris Rock? What is going to happen in 2024? Only time will tell.
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Law & Order is getting ready to get back into production, but they are going to do it with one less detective. That is because TV Line reports that Jeffrey Donovan is leaving the series due to creative differences, aka he got a Burn Notice.
Producers are looking for a replacement for this season’s 13 episodes. I am sure there are a lot of New York actors who will jump at the chance. I hope they go with a female like Jill Hennessy.
Donovan is not the first actor to leave the show. His TV partner, Anthony Anderson, opted not to return for the second season of the revival.
Due to the strikes, broadcast television lost half a season. Therefore, not all of the shows will be airing in the first part of 2024. Deadline is reporting that 9-1-1: Lone Star’s 5th season will not debut until the Fall. And this season will only be 12 episodes.
Lone Star is not the only show Fox is moving. New dramas Doc and Rescue: Hi-Surf are also waiting to make their debuts. And I am sure these series will not be alone. CBS already announced that Matlock and Poppa’s House will also be delayed until next season.
Jimmy Kimmel got a wake-up call in the middle of the night this week. It was not on the phone. Instead, it was in person, and that person was Mariah Carey.
The singer wanted him to know that it is Christmastime. So, just like Santa Claus, she came into his house in the middle of the night. But unlike Old Saint Nick, she only gave him one present, and that present was her singing her Christmas Carol, All I Want for Christmas Is You.
Some might say this is a dream come true. But others would say this is a nightmare. And I think that Kimmel would go with the latter.
Would you want Mariah to visit you in your bedroom, singing her holiday tune? I would rather get a visit from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future.
In case you haven’t heard, Max imported Naked Attraction from the United Kingdom. It is a dating show unlike anything you have seen before. Although, you will see everything.
That is because the suitors are only wearing their birthday suits. Yep, they are completely naked, and they are judged on their bodies before their faces.
So how is Jimmy Kimmel’s Aunt Chippy, an old Italian woman from Brooklyn, going to respond to the show? Just as you think. She fucking hated it, and she threatened to do things to her nephew and a producer on his show that are illegal in most states.
I hope Max decides to give us new episodes, just so Aunt Chippy can provide us with her colorful take on it all.
Oh, and The Golden Bachelor, Gerry Turner, told Kimmel why he didn’t choose Aunt Chippy. It had nothing to do with her sleeping through the Rose Ceremony. It is because she is a smoker. So I can’t blame him for passing on her. If she smells more like an ashtray than roses, then she loses.
This was a bad week to be on the phone with Kim Kardashian because she can’t stop hurting the people she “loves.”
First, she hurt her sister, Kourtney Kardashian. And then, she hurt Jimmy Kimmel.
He was trying to tell her he will be back hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live tomorrow at 11:35p on ABC. But all she could do was insult him.
Poor Jimmy. Hopefully, Guillermo made him feel better, and he will be able to have a funny show. After all, it has been a long five months for everyone!
When the WGA went on strike on May 2nd, the late night hosts stopped doing their talk shows on solidarity.
Seth Meyers, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, and John Oliver got together and started the podcast Strike Force Five to raise money for the strikers.
Now that the WGA strike is over, the hosts announced today they are ready to go back to work on Monday.
FLASH!
THEIR MISSION COMPLETE, THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF STRIKE FORCE 5 WILL RETURN TO THEIR NETWORK TELEVISION SHOWS THIS MONDAY 10/2, AND ONE OF THEM TO PREMIUM CABLE ON 10/1.
OF COURSE, IN A GREATER SENSE, THE STRIKE FORCE 5 WILL NEVER END, BECAUSE STRIKE FORCE 5 IS NOT A PLACE, STRIKE FORCE 5 IS NOT A PEOPLE, STRIKE FORCE 5 IS BARELY A PODCAST…NAY, STRIKE FORCE 5 IS AN IDEA. AN IDEA THAT FIVE MEN COULD TALK ON TOP OF EACH OTHER FOR 12 EPISODES, AND MAYBE SOMEBODY WOULD LISTEN. AS WE SAY GOODBYE, WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE SOMEBODIES.
TRULY, YOU WERE THE HEROES. WE WERE MOSTLY THE HEROES, BUT YOU WERE IN THERE, TOO.
WE WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE STRIKE FORCE 5 TEAM, OUR WIVES, OUR SPECIAL GUESTS, AND APOLOGIZE TO CONAN O’BRIEN, WHO AGREED TO DO THE POD, BUT STEPHEN FORGOT TO SEND HIM ANY POSSIBLE DATES, AND THEN THE STRIKE ENDED.
GOODBYE FOR NOW, AND HELLO FOR LATER, BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A FEW MORE EPISODES, UNLESS RYAN REYNOLDS CUTS OFF THE CASH.
THIS IS THE STRIKE FORCE 5 SIGNING OFF AND THE LATE NIGHT 5 SIGNING BACK ON…WHAT WAS THE PASSWORD TO MY WORK COMPUTER AGAIN? BABYSOMOZA?
STEPHEN COLBERT, JIMMY FALLON, JIMMY KIMMEL, SETH MEYERS, JOHN OLIVER
P.S. BOOMPoor Conan. First, Leno, and now the rest of them. He deserves better.
Back to the Five. You know they are super excited to get back and talk about all the GOP news they missed. And so much has gone on in five months.
