Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show will return to ABC affiliates belonging to Sinclair and Nexstar after the two major network operators took his programme off-air over his comments in the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination. Kimmel was accused of being "offensive and insensitive" after using his programme, Jimmy Kimmel Live, to accuse Donald Trump and his allies of capitalising on the ... Read more
Jimmy Kimmel turns Brooklyn into a star magnet with Stephen Colbert Spike Lee and Emily Blunt joining his live shows.NH
After a tumultuous few weeks, Jimmy Kimmel is taking his show to the East Coast for a week, where he’ll chat up a guest list that includes a fellow late-night host. “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” which usually broadcasts from a studio in Hollywood, California, will air from the Brooklyn Academy of Music for a week’s worth of shows. Guests will include Stephen Colbert – whose own New York-based late-night show was ... Read more
ABC axes The View and sparks uproar by replacing it with a Charlie Kirk tribute show in a stunning primetime shakeup.NH
After decades of celebrities crying on Jimmy Kimmel and decades of hens clucking on The View, ABC executives have finally had enough. In a stunning announcement Monday, the network declared both shows canceled and unveiled their bold replacement: a daily Charlie Kirk tribute extravaganza titled For God and Ratings: The Charlie Kirk Hour. “Look, America doesn’t want to see Jimmy Kimmel weep over healthcare or ... Read more
Jimmy Kimmel returns to late night but the bigger question is whether comedy itself is running out of time.NH
Champions of free speech will have breathed a sigh of relief when The Walt Disney Company returned Jimmy Kimmel Live! to air on its US broadcast network, ABC, on September 23. Disney claims to have made this decision for the “right reasons” – but it was also driven by reports that creatives and, perhaps more importantly, consumers would abandon it in droves if the late-night US TV host was not ... Read more
Sean Penn stuns The Tonight Show by telling the FCC to suck less as Jimmy Fallon laughs and Jimmy Kimmel readies his comeback.NH
Sean Penn has a message for the FCC, and Jimmy Fallon is listening. Following the news of the return of Jimmy Kimmel Live! after its indefinite suspension by ABC, the 65-year-old actor made an appearance on NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon that same day and offered a few words for the Federal Communications Commission — well, two words to be exact. While speaking ... Read more