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104-567: James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He has been the host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live! , a late-night talk show , since 2003. Kimmel has hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards three times, in 2012 , 2016 and 2020 , and the Academy Awards four times, in 2017 , 2018 , 2023 , and 2024 . Before hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live! , Kimmel

208-520: A Country format as KECY-FM , and was a sister station to KECY-TV . Later, KECY-FM changed call letters to KCMJ-FM and flipped to a Hot AC format as "KC92.7 FM". Later, the station shifted to soft AC as "Classy 92", which would later shift to All-80s Hits under the affiliation of CBS Radio . For a brief time in February 1994, the station was branded as "Sunny 92.7". KCMJ-FM aired a classic hits format branded as "Arrow 92.7" prior to flipping to

312-636: A counterprogramming against Tonight and other late-night talk shows. As a result, on January 8, 2013, Nightline switched places on ABC's schedule with Jimmy Kimmel Live! . Since then, Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35 p.m. has been able to more directly compete with the Tonight Show and CBS's The Late Show . Following the subsequent retirements of Jay Leno in February 2014, David Letterman in May 2015, and Jon Stewart in August 2015, Kimmel became

416-428: A writers' strike entering its second month. When the show aired at 12:05 ET, the show began with a two-minute segment before the theme song and actual show. Originally a miniature monologue and preview of the guests, the segment expanded to include miniature skits and other ways to plug a product from one of the show's sponsors. (These, better known as "integrated commercials," are rarely repeated.) The cold open device

520-454: A 2013 appearance on the radio talk show Fresh Air , Kimmel further stated that he only chose Damon's name because it was the first A-list actor that popped into his head that "we absolutely would not bump if he was on the show". On September 12, 2006, Damon appeared on the show. A montage of clips demonstrating the numerous times Kimmel performed the bit was shown and, after a very lengthy introduction by Kimmel, Damon appeared on stage. After

624-445: A Dunkin' Donuts coffee cup, loosely in character as Matt Damon. The interview ended with Timberlake spray painting "I <3 Matt Damon" on the front of Kimmel's desk. In a segment that aired on January 31, 2008, Kimmel's then long-time girlfriend Sarah Silverman appeared on the show and announced, via a music video, that she had been " fucking Matt Damon." Damon took an additional jab at Kimmel's long running gag by telling Kimmel at

728-509: A barrage of swearing from actor Thomas Jane . Jimmy Kimmel Live! is produced by Kimmelot in association with ABC Signature . It holds the title as the longest running late-night talk show on the network, having aired for more than three times as long as either The Dick Cavett Show (1969–1975) or Politically Incorrect (1997–2002). The show began on January 26, 2003, replacing Politically Incorrect . ABC had originally intended to give Jon Stewart his own late-night program following

832-473: A childhood friend of Kimmel. The other "Cletones" of the band are Cleto Escobedo Jr., the bandleader's father, on tenor and alto saxophone, Jeff Babko on keyboards, Toshi Yanagi on guitar, Jimmy Earl on bass, and Jonathan Dresel on drums. Like other talk shows with live bands, Cleto and the Cletones play the show's opening and closing themes and play into and out of commercial breaks. (They usually play through

936-407: A clip shows Kimmel's unsuccessful attempts to audition for all movie roles that Damon played. At the episode's end, Damon turns the "We ran out of time" joke on Kimmel after asking Kimmel if he had anything to say. The episode was the highest-rated late night show that evening, and ABC elected to rebroadcast it in primetime the following week. During the 2010 Tonight Show conflict , Kimmel donned

1040-593: A co-head writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live , in October 2009. They were engaged in August 2012 and married in July 2013. Their daughter Jane was born in July 2014, they are both living in Hermosa Beach, California . Their second child, William "Billy" John, was born on April 21, 2017. He was born with a rare congenital heart defect, tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with pulmonary atresia , which was first detected when he had

1144-416: A competition. Thanks Dave. For whatever it's worth, you're my favorite. Kimmel is a practicing Catholic. He has spoken publicly about having narcolepsy . Kimmel married Gina Maddy in 1988; they divorced in 2002. Their daughter Katherine was born in 1991 and their son Kevin was born in 1993. He had a relationship with comedian Sarah Silverman from 2002 to March 2009. Kimmel started dating Molly McNearney,

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1248-516: A congressional healthcare bill, for not living up to the " Jimmy Kimmel test " regarding access for patients with preexisting conditions. The monologue was widely discussed as part of the wider debate about the American healthcare system. In 2020, Kimmel learned that he and Martha Stewart are cousins through a genealogy report on the TV show Finding Your Roots . Kimmel plays the bass clarinet , and

1352-592: A delivery man. The video gained widespread media attention, with Kimmel jokingly telling the New York Times , "Every once in a while, Hollywood rallies itself for a worthy cause." On its end-of-the-decade "best-of" list, Entertainment Weekly put Damon as an action star at No. 60 and the Silverman video on No. 62, writing, "A talk-show host's famous comedian girlfriend confesses in a catchy song that she's shtupping No. 60? Yeah, that'll go viral." In 2008,

1456-512: A few seconds, Kimmel apologized and stated that the show was out of time. He asked Damon if he could return the next night, to which Damon replied, "Go f**k yourself." An infuriated Damon continued to curse at Kimmel throughout the rolling of the credits, ultimately slapping the desk and walking off the set. In the December 17, 2006, issue of USA Weekend , Kimmel acknowledged that the Damon incident

1560-414: A friendship with Kimmel, wanting to ensure that they would be on good terms if the move was made. (Under that scenario, Leno would have taken Kimmel's time slot and become his lead-in.) However, after Leno made the arrangement to remain at NBC, "those conversations were gone," according to Kimmel. Realizing that Leno's relationship with him had been artificial, Kimmel felt "worked over," reasoning that Leno

1664-487: A gray wig and fake chin, performing his entire January 12, 2010, show in character as Jay Leno . With his bandleader, Cleto Escobedo, parodying Leno's bandleader Kevin Eubanks , Kimmel started out his monologue with "It's good to be here on ABC. Hey, Cleto, you know what ABC stands for? Always Bump Conan." He also referenced the "People of Earth" letter written by Conan O'Brien , noting how O'Brien declined to participate in

1768-659: A large lineup of stars, particularly in scenes spoofing the 1985 " We Are the World " video: Brad Pitt , Don Cheadle , Cameron Diaz , Robin Williams , Harrison Ford , Dominic Monaghan , Benji Madden and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte , Lance Bass , Macy Gray , Josh Groban , Huey Lewis , Perry Farrell , Christopher Mintz-Plasse , Pete Wentz , Meat Loaf , Rebecca Romijn , Christina Applegate , Dom Joly , Mike Shinoda , Lauren Conrad , and Joan Jett , among others. After this, Kimmel's sidekick, Guillermo , appeared in

1872-547: A late-night program. Kimmel was born in Brooklyn , New York and grew up in the neighborhood of Mill Basin . He is the eldest of three children of Joan (Iacono) and James John Kimmel, who worked at American Express and was an IBM executive. He was raised Catholic and as a child, was an altar boy . Kimmel's mother is of Italian descent; her grandparents migrated to the United States from Ischia , Naples after

1976-674: A morning stint at KRQQ in Tucson, Arizona , Kimmel landed at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles. He spent five years as "Jimmy The Sports Guy" for the Kevin and Bean morning show. During that time he met and befriended the comedian Adam Carolla . Kimmel initially did not want to do television; he began writing for Fox announcers and promotions and was quickly recruited to do the on-air promotions himself. He declined several offers for television shows from producer Michael Davies , being uninterested in

2080-522: A new segment of the show, "Kids Table", showcased five- and six-year-olds discussing the U.S. government shutdown and U.S. debts. When one of the children suggested "killing all the people in China" as a way of resolving the U.S. debt, Kimmel responded that that was "an interesting idea" and soon jokingly asked a followup: "Should we allow the Chinese to live?" The incident triggered discussions and protests on

2184-485: A part of the show over two decades. In the 20th anniversary show, the guests were the same headliners who were featured on that first episode on January 26, 2003: George Clooney, Snoop Dogg and Coldplay. On February 21, 2024, Kimmel hinted that he may not renew his contract for further seasons after his current contract expires in 2026 in an interview with the Los Angeles Times , stating that "I think this

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2288-466: A piece for Time about his love for Letterman, saying: As I write this, there are only ten shows left before the funniest, most inventive and smartest man who ever wore an Alka Seltzer suit goes fishing for good. None of us who discovered Dave on our own and claimed him as our own will ever be able to satisfactorily explain to the younger people who didn't what he did, what he meant and what he means. I guess it doesn't matter. It's only an exhibition, not

2392-427: A purplish appearance at three hours after birth. He underwent successful surgery at three days of age. The first guests Kimmel had when his show returned following his son's birth were cardiac surgeon Mehmet Oz , who explained the condition, and snowboarder Shaun White , who was born with TOF. Kimmel later cited his son's condition in a monologue criticizing a previous guest, Senator Bill Cassidy , who had co-authored

2496-613: A regular from 2003 until his death in 2011. His cousin Sal Iacono performed Kimmel's former co-hosting duties during the last season of Win Ben Stein's Money and then became a writer and sketch performer on Jimmy Kimmel Live! His Aunt Chippy (Concetta Potenza) is also a featured part of the show. His brother Jonathan works on the show as a director. His sister, Jill, is a comedian. Inspired by David Letterman 's start in radio, Kimmel began working in radio while in high school. He

2600-494: A short-lived revival of NBC's Tonight Starring Jack Paar under the name Jack Paar Tonite , which alternated weeks with Cavett in 1973. While Cavett was the longest-lasting and best remembered of these attempts, none seriously threatened the domination of the Tonight Show . Jimmy Kimmel Live! was stunted early on by an ABC affiliate body which was fulfilling existing syndication contracts for post- local news sitcom repeats and entertainment newsmagazines and thus delaying

2704-414: A sketch about the movie that Affleck stars in, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice , reprising his role as astronaut Mark Watney . When Kimmel hosted the 89th Academy Awards on February 26, 2017, he renewed his feud with Damon, first in a skit harshly criticizing Damon's film We Bought a Zoo , having the announcer introduce him as only the unnamed "guest" of Ben Affleck , and personally conducting

2808-663: A spoof of The Bourne Ultimatum , which starred Damon. He was then chased down by Damon, who was cursing about Kimmel being behind all this. Guillermo also stopped Damon on the red carpet one time and, before he could finish the interview, said, "Sorry, we are out of time." The most recent encounter was titled "The Handsome Men's Club" which featured Kimmel, along with the "Handsome Men", who were: Matthew McConaughey , Rob Lowe , Lenny Kravitz , Patrick Dempsey , Sting , Keith Urban , John Krasinski , Ethan Hawke , Josh Hartnett , Tony Romo , Ted Danson , Taye Diggs , Gilles Marini , and Ben Affleck speaking about being handsome and all

2912-467: A stupid man, which poster had an arrow pointing towards Matt Damon. At the end of the interview, Matt removed the poster, revealing on the other side the name of another Guillermo movie called "Ass Face", also with an arrow pointing towards Matt. Matt accuses Guillermo of acting on Kimmel's orders and, facing the camera, starts to say "you...", at which time it cuts to Guillermo's promo which ends with Matt's face turning into an ass. In February 2014, Damon

3016-672: A world leader or the Pope must actually hold the record. Kimmel has performed in several animated films, often voicing dogs. His voice appeared in Garfield: The Movie and Road Trip , and he portrayed Death's Dog in the Family Guy episode " Mr. Saturday Knight "; Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane later presented Kimmel with a figurine of his character on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kimmel also did voice work for Robot Chicken . Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono has accepted and won

3120-511: A wrestling match with Santino Marella . On January 14, 2010, amid the 2010 Tonight Show host and time slot conflict , Kimmel was the special guest of Jay Leno on The Jay Leno Show ' s "10 at 10" segment. Kimmel derided Leno in front of a live studio audience for taking back the 11:35 pm time slot from Conan O'Brien , and repeatedly insulted Leno. He ended the segment with a plea that Leno "leave our shows alone", as Kimmel and O'Brien had "kids" while Leno only had "cars". Kimmel hosted

3224-414: Is a joke. In February 2008, Kimmel showed a mock music video with a panoply of stars called " I'm Fucking Ben Affleck ", as "revenge" after his then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman and Damon recorded a similar video titled " I'm Fucking Matt Damon ". Silverman's video originally aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and became an "instant YouTube sensation." Kimmel's "revenge" video featured himself, Ben Affleck , and

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3328-580: Is based out of the Hollywood Masonic Temple in Hollywood , California . It debuted on January 26, 2003 as part of ABC's lead-out programming for Super Bowl XXXVII . For its first ten years, Jimmy Kimmel Live! aired at either the midnight or 12:05 a.m. ET / PT before moving to 11:35 p.m. on January 8, 2013. Despite its name, the show has not regularly aired live since 2004, when censors were unable to properly bleep censor

3432-426: Is my final contract, I hate to even say it, because everyone's laughing at me now — each time I think that, and then it turns out to be not the case. I still have a little more than two years left on my contract, and that seems pretty good, that seems like enough." Contrary to its name, Kimmel has not aired live editions regularly since 2004; instead, it is recorded at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time (7:30 p.m. Eastern) on

3536-467: Is performed either in a more intimate space on the second floor of the Masonic Temple, or a nearby outdoor stage, along with rare on-location performances, and since the pandemic, more often remotely performed. the musical performance was perform by numerous musician including Slayer , Cypress Hill , Backstreet Boys , and Happa-tai from Japanese TV show, Warau Inu. Coors Light sponsored most of

3640-472: Is shown storming out of the studio (as part of the trailer), cursing at Kimmel. In the mock trailer for the sequel, 'Movie: The Movie 2', Damon appears again as an alien who is munching on a sandwich only to think he is munching something else. He walks out cursing Kimmel again. However, it later shown to just be a toy. In August 2013, Guillermo crashed a Matt Damon interview, about his upcoming movie Elysium , by promoting his own movie called "Estupido", about

3744-717: The 1883 earthquake . Two of his paternal great-great-grandparents were German immigrants. His family's surname was "Kümmel" (" caraway " in German) several generations back. According to a DNA test, Kimmel is also of partial Albanian descent. The family moved to Las Vegas when he was nine years old. He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School and attended the University of Nevada, Las Vegas for one year before transferring to Arizona State University . He received an honorary degree from UNLV in 2013. Kimmel's uncle, Frank Potenza ("Uncle Frank"), appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! as

3848-489: The 2023 Writers Guild of America strike . Kimmel's biggest influences in comedy are David Letterman and Howard Stern . Kimmel has said of Letterman, "His show was just so weird and different. I'd never seen anything like it. I didn't know anyone who had a sense of humor like that." Kimmel has often joked that the only reason he got into show business was to be friends with Letterman; he has also questioned why anybody would watch his show instead of Letterman's. Kimmel wrote

3952-444: The 64th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 23, 2012, and the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 18, 2016. With the presidential election only weeks away, Kimmel pointed out the role Mark Burnett played in the rise of Trump. Kimmel hosted the 89th edition of the Academy Awards ceremony on February 26, 2017. He returned as host for the 90th edition on March 4, 2018, and the 95th edition on March 12, 2023. He returned for

4056-570: The American Music Awards on ABC five times, in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008. Kimmel guest-hosted Live with Regis and Kelly during the week of October 22–26, 2007, commuting every day between New York and Los Angeles. In the process, he broke the Guinness World Record for the longest distance (22,406 miles (36,059 km)) traveled in one work week. Kimmel himself has questioned the record, suggesting that

4160-546: The Emergency Alert System (EAS) tone on the October 3, 2018, episode. At the start of 2019, when Hearst Television 's newest affiliation agreement for their ABC affiliates kicked in and forced them to give up their ability to delay the program for extended local newscasts or syndicated programming, the show now airs across the network on most stations at 11:35 p.m. ET/10:35 p.m. CT. In May 2019, Kimmel and ABC agreed to extend his contract to host

4264-455: The Iran hostage crisis , was able to compete with the Tonight Show , particularly on days when there were major news events or ongoing crises. The growth and development of cable news and the emergence of the internet and the 24-hour news cycle eroded Nightline ' s originally unique, and later preeminent position as a source for late evening national and international news and its value as

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4368-514: The Los Angeles Rams . Broadcast on translator 103.9 K2308V in 2012 It signed on with a Hot AC format branded as Crush 103.9 but in 2015 the station shifted to Soft AC and identified itself as 103.9 FM and then rebranded as Easy 103.9. Then it would later rebrand as 103.9 The Breeze The Perfect Blend. In November 2015 the station flipped to its current sports format with programing being feed by ESPN Radio KKUU gets little competition in

4472-663: The New York Friars' Club Roast of Hugh Hefner and the Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson . He has appeared on ABC's Dancing with the Stars . In August 2006, ABC announced that Kimmel would be host of their new game show Set for Life . The show debuted on July 20, 2007. On April 6, 2007, Kimmel filled in for Larry King on Larry King Live . That particular broadcast dealt with paparazzi. Kimmel reproached Emily Gould , an editor at Gawker.com , for

4576-523: The warmup comic for the in-studio audience, although he rarely appears on camera; before joining JKL, Barris was the warmup comic for The Man Show . Francis "Uncle Frank" Potenza , Kimmel's real-life uncle, served as a security guard for the show, and appeared regularly in bits on-camera with Kimmel and other employees of the show. He was a New York City police officer and a personal security guard for Frank Sinatra . Potenza did not appear regularly from December 2009 through March 2010, due to illness. (In

4680-527: The "destruction" of The Tonight Show , commenting as Leno that "Fortunately, though, I will! I'll burn it down if I have to!" Leno called Kimmel the next morning to discuss the bit, and at the end of the call, Leno suggested he come over and appear on his show. When his booking department called to confirm his appearance on a "10 at 10" segment, Kimmel agreed immediately. When he received the questions for his January 14 appearance—such as "What's your favorite snack junk food?"—he realized Leno intended to neutralize

4784-420: The 11:35 p.m. show. On June 18, 2020, Kimmel announced he was taking a hiatus from the show; a series of guest hosts filled in with 30-minute episodes until he returned with the new television season after hosting the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards . This has since become a yearly tradition for the show's July and August shows under the more traditional hour format. On September 21, 2020, Kimmel returned to

4888-445: The 1960s and 1970s with The Les Crane Show , which was more of a serious interview program than light entertainment, The Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969), featuring Rat Pack member Joey Bishop with Regis Philbin as sidekick, the original Dick Cavett Show (1969–1975) with Dick Cavett in a show that featured a mixture of cultural, popular entertainment and intellectual figures and was considered more highbrow than Carson and even

4992-517: The January 2013 move, the Friday episode was retitled Jimmy Kimmel Live! This Week, showing highlights from the entire week of shows. However, the show has since reverted to airing a rebroadcast of a recent episode on Fridays, although current events have caused the show to occasionally air new Friday episodes. The show's house band is Cleto and the Cletones , led by saxophonist Cleto Escobedo III,

5096-509: The TV?" Kimmel replied, "Like when NBC ordered your show off the TV?" Following similar remarks to more questions, Kimmel closed the segment with this comment: "Listen, Jay. Conan and I have children. All you have to take care of is cars! We have lives to lead here! You've got eight hundred million dollars! For God's sakes, leave our shows alone!" Leno never fought back and accepted the bit as comedy (he ascribed it as Kimmel attempting to score some publicity), but Leno's producer, Debbie Vickers,

5200-465: The background and the band performing on the left side of the stage, was replaced with the current set, which has a city in the background. The band now performs on the right side of the stage. In the special February 25, 2007, episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! (the second "After the Academy Awards" show), the second set was slightly tweaked when an illustrated picture of a city, which was seen in

5304-539: The background from January 2005 to February 2007, was replaced with a 3D collage of Los Angeles and Hollywood (including the adjacent Dolby Theatre (formerly Kodak Theatre) across from the studio where his show is broadcast from). The 3D image, which was first used during Lionel Richie 's outdoor stage performances in the September 16, 2006, episode, was created by artists Colin Cheer and Brian Walters. A brand-new set

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5408-566: The current rhythmic format as KKUU in May 1998. KKUU has played hits outside the rhythmic contemporary structure, such as Not Over You by Gavin DeGraw , but is a Mediabase rhythmic contemporary reporter while it also reports to the Nielsen BDS rhythmic contemporary indicator panel. Former personalities include Jimmy Kimmel , Kevin Koske, and Mike Bell. It is a radio affiliate for

5512-401: The day of broadcast outside special episodes. The program switched to taped broadcasts after actor Thomas Jane guested and standards and practices was unable to easily bleep censor a sudden barrage of profanity from Jane to test their limits. Until 2009, new episodes aired five nights a week, while from 2009 to 2012, the Friday episode was a rebroadcast of a recent episode. Starting with

5616-414: The end of the video, "Jimmy, we're out of time. Sorry." On February 24, on Kimmel's third post-Oscar show, he debuted his rebuttal video, announcing that he was doing the same to Ben Affleck . Kimmel introduced his star-studded musical by addressing Damon and vowing, "You take something I love from me, I'm gonna take something you love from you." Affleck is Damon's longtime acting and writing collaborator;

5720-399: The entire break for the studio audience.) The show's opening theme was written by Les Pierce, Jonathan Kimmel and Cleto Escobedo III and sung by Robert Goulet . The show originally had guest co-hosts each week who would sit at the desk with Kimmel and participate in skits and questioning each night's guests. The show also featured guest announcers, until comedian Andy Milonakis took over as

5824-470: The feature film Windy City Heat , Festival Prize winner of the Comedia Award for Best Film at the 2004 Montreal Comedy Festival . In January 2003, Kimmel permanently left The Man Show to host his own late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! , on ABC . In April 2007, Stuffmagazine.com named Kimmel the "biggest badass on TV." Kimmel said it was an honor but clearly a mistake. Despite its name,

5928-483: The fourth time to host the 96th edition on March 10, 2024. In June 2018, Kimmel was challenged by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz to a one-on-one basketball game after Kimmel compared Cruz's appearance to that of a blobfish . Kimmel accepted and the game (known as the Blobfish Basketball Classic) was scheduled to take place at Texas Southern University on June 16, with the loser donating $ 5,000 to

6032-454: The interim, he did appear on the seventh anniversary show on January 26, 2010.) However, he later returned as a semi-regular. Potenza died on August 23, 2011, at the age of 77. Guillermo Rodriguez is the parking lot security guard for the show, and frequently serves as a celebrity gossip correspondent in a segment called "Guillermo's Hollywood Round-Up". Veatrice Rice was another parking lot security guard who had several of her own segments on

6136-404: The internet, even from Mainland China . In an October 25 letter to a group called the 80-20 Initiative , which identifies itself as a pan-Asian-American political organization, ABC apologized for the segment, saying "We would never purposefully broadcast anything to upset the Chinese community, Asian community, anyone of Chinese descent or any community at large." More than a hundred people took to

6240-441: The jobs that come with it. At the end of the skit, Kimmel has a door slammed in his face by Damon, who says they have run out of time and laughs sinisterly. Jennifer Garner also makes a surprise appearance. As a tradition, celebrities voted off Dancing with the Stars appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live! , causing Kimmel to describe himself as "the three-headed dog the stars must pass on their way to No-Dancing Hell." In October 2013,

6344-506: The network's long-running news program Nightline , but Kimmel was chosen instead. Because Nightline traditionally began at 11:35 p.m. ET / PT , Jimmy Kimmel Live! (and Politically Incorrect before it) originally started after midnight. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is ABC's first attempt at a traditional late-night talk show since its attempt to revive The Dick Cavett Show in the 1980s. ABC had earlier attempted to directly compete with NBC 's Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in

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6448-516: The next 10 months, the hosts performed several stunts on air, including one that led to an $ 8,000 loss in advertising. In 1990, Kimmel and Voss were fired by KZOK and were fired again a year later at WRBQ-FM in Tampa . Kimmel went on to host his own show at KCMJ in Palm Springs, California , where he recruited as his intern Carson Daly , who had been a family friend since his childhood. After

6552-447: The non-political charity of the winner's choice. Cruz defeated Kimmel 11–9, and over $ 80,000 was raised from the game and donated to the charities. In November 2018, Kimmel launched his second production company, Kimmelot. Kimmel was the host and co-executive producer of a celebrity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire , which premiered for the show's 20th anniversary in 2020. It premiered on April 8, 2020, on ABC. In June 2020, it

6656-485: The orchestra to play him off while Damon was talking (before announcing the nominees and award winner). On an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon , Damon praised Fallon for his speedy invitation process, which Kimmel poked fun of. In June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic when Kimmel was hosting the show from his house, Damon emerged from one of Kimmel's bedrooms, revealing to have been there during

6760-595: The projects, until he was offered a place as the comedic counterpart to Ben Stein on the game show Win Ben Stein's Money , which began airing on Comedy Central in 1997. His quick wit and " everyman " personality were counterpoints to Stein's monotonous vocal style and faux- patrician demeanor. The combination earned the pair an Emmy award for Best Game Show Host. In 1999, during his time on Win Ben Stein's Money , Kimmel co-hosted (with Adam Carolla ) and co-produced (with Daniel Kellison ), Comedy Central's The Man Show . Kimmel left Win Ben Stein's Money in 2001 and

6864-737: The remainder of the episode. Damon then replaced Guillermo with Andy Garcia and bandleader Cleto with Sheryl Crow , before bringing in Robin Williams to do the monologue. The show had numerous guests, including Nicole Kidman , Gary Oldman , Amy Adams , Reese Witherspoon , Demi Moore , and Sarah Silverman , along with an on-screen cameo by Ben Affleck during Damon's monologue. There were also numerous taped pieces congratulating Damon on hosting, including by Jennifer Lopez , Sally Field , John Krasinski , Robert De Niro , Don Cheadle , Oprah Winfrey , and Kimmel's parents. Damon also "revealed" that Kimmel keeps "bumping" Damon out of jealousy:

6968-450: The requirement that attendees have their full vaccinations. On September 20, 2022, ABC announced that Kimmel had signed a three-year contract extension to continue as host and executive producer of the show. On January 26, 2023, the program celebrated Kimmel becoming the longest-serving late night talk show host at that time. The "Kimmel" team has a loose tally of more than 3,500 monologues, 10,000 stars and five presidents that have been

7072-519: The scathing parody and paint the two as friends. Kimmel, however, was upfront with wanting to discuss the fiasco at hand, and upon his appearance, attempted to steer the questions that way: when asked about his favorite prank, he responded, "I think the best prank I ever pulled was, I told a guy once, 'Five years from now I'm going to give you my show.' And then when the five years came, I gave it to him and I took it back, almost instantly." Another example came from when Leno asked, "Ever order anything off

7176-413: The segment won a Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics. For the 10th anniversary episode on January 24, 2013, Damon took over hosting duties; for the occasion, the show was renamed Jimmy Kimmel Sucks! The episode began with a sequence of clips showing Kimmel "bumping" Damon, and continued with Damon taking command of the show, while Kimmel was tied to a chair and gagged for

7280-415: The segment's sponsor, in 2016 Cîroc replaced Samsung as the segment's sponsor and in 2017 Mercedes-Benz became the segment's sponsor. On occasion, a special live edition is broadcast, usually after major events like the Academy Awards (except in years where Kimmel has hosted the actual ceremony). From the show's debut in 2003 until 2022, about four to seven half-hour basketball -themed broadcasts under

7384-403: The set is also not permanently staged unlike most talk shows, being quickly built on-stage only after Kimmel has finished his monologue, skits and bits at center stage, a build-out seen every episode in a 'split' commercial break where Kimmel is seen interacting with the audience during it. The Jimmy Kimmel Live Concert Series segment comprises a musical performance at the end of the show, which

7488-453: The show (and making the "Live!" title somewhat of a misnomer), started behind the ratings of Late Show with David Letterman , The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , Late Night with Conan O'Brien , and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn , but gradually moved up in the ratings into 2004, and became a fairly strong competitor, capturing about half the audience of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Nightline , which premiered in 1979 during

7592-718: The show has not actually aired live since 2004, when censors were unable to properly bleep censor a barrage of swearing from actor Thomas Jane . During the 2004 NBA Finals in Detroit, Kimmel appeared on ABC's halftime show to make an on-air plug for his show. He suggested that if the Detroit Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers , "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down ... and it's not worth it." Officials with Detroit's ABC affiliate, WXYZ-TV , immediately announced that that night's show would not air on

7696-441: The show until 2022, which would be the show's twentieth season. On March 16, 2020, the show suspended production due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Two weeks later, on March 30, the show resumed production from Kimmel's house, resuming its original 12:05 a.m. timeslot; Nightline returned to 11:35 p.m. On April 13, episodes were reduced to 30 minutes in length. Nightline moved to 12:05 a.m., followed by an encore of

7800-459: The show until her death from cancer on January 21, 2009. Frequently at the end of the show, Kimmel thanks the guests as usual, but then adds, "Our apologies to Matt Damon , we ran out of time." Damon himself told Parade magazine in 2011 that Kimmel said he first did it at a low moment at the end of a show which had substandard guests. The show's producer liked the joke, and Kimmel continued to do it on subsequent shows for their amusement. During

7904-462: The show's announcer from late 2003 to 2004. He would also appear in comedy bits for the show. Then in 2004, Mighty Mighty Bosstones & The Defiant (band) singer Dicky Barrett took over as the show's announcer when the Bosstones went on hiatus. The band has since become active again, and performed live on the show in 2009. Since its inception, stand-up comedian Don Barris has performed as

8008-559: The show's musical performances from 2004 to 2006. In June 2005, the show partnered with Pontiac for its concerts, which were held on the "Pontiac Garage" outdoor stage in Hollywood. the "Pontiac Garage" campaign was created Leo Burnett Worldwide for the show including The Super Bowl XL Roadtrip in a Pontiac G6 , and the live advertisements to coincide with the launch of the Pontiac G8 (a rebadged Holden VE Commodore ). Pontiac

8112-606: The show, which also resumed taping from the Hollywood Masonic Temple without a studio audience, the show also resumed its 60-minute format, with Nightline returning to 12:35 a.m. In January 2021, pursuant to guidance from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works due to a local increase in cases, the show briefly returned to its at-home format. The show has since returned to a full audience as restrictions were lifted, with

8216-743: The show. Kimmel also indicated the executives were correct, and he lost approximately half of his audience during that time. In spring 1996, Kimmel appeared as "Jimmy the Fox Guy" in promos on the Fox Network . His other television work included being the on-air football prognosticator for Fox NFL Sunday for four years. He has had numerous appearances on other talk shows, including Live with Regis and Kelly , The Howard Stern Show , The Ellen DeGeneres Show , and Late Show with David Letterman . He has appeared on The Late Show five times, most recently in 2010. Kimmel served as roastmaster for

8320-608: The site's alleged stalking of celebrities. On July 8, 2007, Kimmel managed the National League in the 2007 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game in San Francisco. He played in the game in 2004 and 2006 (in Houston and Pittsburgh, respectively). On July 11, 2007, Kimmel, along with basketball player LeBron James , hosted the 2007 ESPY Awards . The show aired on ESPN on July 15, 2007. Kimmel hosted

8424-517: The station. Hours later, ABC officials pulled that night's show from the entire network. Kimmel later apologized. Kimmel usually ends his show with "My apologies to Matt Damon , we ran out of time." When Matt Damon did actually appear on the show to be interviewed, he walked in and sat down only to be told just a few seconds later by Kimmel, "Unfortunately, we are totally out of time," followed by "my apologies to Matt Damon." Damon appeared angry but both performers have since indicated that their faux-feud

8528-437: The streets in San Francisco on October 28 to protest the show and demand "a more elaborate apology" and that Kimmel be fired. On that day's broadcast, Kimmel addressed the controversy personally, saying: "I thought it was obvious that I didn't agree with that statement, but apparently it wasn't ... So I just wanted to say, I'm sorry, I apologize." Despite the apologies from ABC and Kimmel, protests continued. A White House petition

8632-591: The third-longest serving current host in network late-night television after Conan O'Brien and Bill Maher . O'Brien's show ended in 2021, making Kimmel the second-longest-tenured host after Maher. On April 14, 2009, after the March sweeps break, Kimmel began broadcasting in 720p high definition . On August 15, 2019, ABC and the show were fined $ 395,000 via a settlement by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for misusing

8736-593: The time displays the traditional background, but is now also able to be used for video pieces and bits, along with interviews (including ones where Kimmel is not at his desk; an instance of this was an interview through Cisco's Jabber Guest with actress Viola Davis after the first-season finale of How to Get Away with Murder in February 2015 where she was unable to fly to Los Angeles from the East Coast due to weather issues) which are branded under Cisco Systems 's telepresence technology. The desk/chairs component of

8840-577: The title Jimmy Kimmel Game Night aired at 8:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. ET on Sundays) as lead-in programming to ABC's coverage of the NBA Finals . This was discontinued in 2023 after the NBA moved up its weeknight start times (making the game and pregame show to fully air in primetime), with ABC adding special 30-minute episodes of shows on Sundays; the Kimmel shows were also made more impractical by

8944-593: The title sponsor of the LA Bowl for that year and 2022, a college football bowl game to be played annually in Los Angeles at Inglewood 's SoFi Stadium . The game became officially known as the Jimmy Kimmel LA Bowl. Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! , sometimes shortened to JKL , is an American late-night political satire talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel , and broadcast on ABC . The nightly hour-long show tapes and

9048-633: The two first became prominent as such for Good Will Hunting and later channeled this collaboration into Project Greenlight . In addition to Affleck, the video featured Robin Williams , Don Cheadle , Harrison Ford , Hynden Walch , Cameron Diaz , Christina Applegate , Benji Madden and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte , Dicky Barrett , Christopher Mintz-Plasse , Lance Bass , Dominic Monaghan , Meat Loaf , Pete Wentz , Joan Jett , Huey Lewis , Perry Farrell , Macy Gray , Rebecca Romijn , Josh Groban , Jessica DiCicco , and unnamed choir singers as recording booth singers, along with Brad Pitt as

9152-503: The whole pandemic and demanded to be on the show, when Kimmel wanted to take a break. Then it was revealed Kimmel's wife had been cheating on him with Damon again. This resulted in Kimmel telling Damon he is not on the show. On April 1, 2022, with Jimmy Fallon hosting in place of Kimmel for April Fools' Day, Fallon announced Matt Damon as a guest on the show. Instead, Justin Timberlake emerged wearing Boston Red Sox apparel and carrying

9256-428: Was a fly around of Hollywood before transitioning to Kimmel entering the theater as he flips the switch from the left side. It was later changed to a stop-motion piece which showcased Kimmel in casual gear with his dry cleaning stopping at various places in Hollywood until arriving at the theater. KKUU KKUU has aired five different programming formats since signing on in 1984. The station first signed on airing

9360-532: Was a guest performer at a concert in Costa Mesa, California , on July 20, 2008, featuring The Mighty Mighty Bosstones , performing with the group on the song " The Impression That I Get ". Kimmel co-founded the annual Los Angeles Feast of San Gennaro , a New York City annual tradition, and co-hosted the eighth annual Los Angeles version in 2009. In 2018, he fundraised for Nevada U.S. Senate candidate (and eventual Senator) Jacky Rosen . In 2021, Kimmel became

9464-493: Was a joke. In the show which aired on June 5, 2007, Kimmel sent his sidekick Guillermo to the Ocean's Thirteen premiere to interview Damon, though when he started the interview, he said that they were out of time, at which point Damon assumed that Kimmel sent him. In the August 2, 2007, episode, Kimmel then announced that Guillermo was taking on the role of Jason Bourne , who was played by Damon, for The Bourne Ultimatum . A clip

9568-514: Was announced that Kimmel would return to host the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards on September 20, 2020. In July 2019, Kimmel released his first book, The Serious Goose , an interactive children's picture book featuring his own illustrations that tasks readers with helping to make the serious goose smile. On August 30, 2023, Kimmel began hosting the comedy podcast Strike Force Five with Jimmy Fallon , Seth Meyers , Stephen Colbert , and John Oliver to support their staff members out of work due to

9672-513: Was created to investigate the incident and reached the 100,000 signatures needed to require a response from the White House. The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus denounced the incident and demanded a formal apology from ABC. During a November 2022 appearance on Stitcher 's "Naked Lunch" podcast, Kimmel revealed he told ABC executives, soon after the election of Donald Trump, that if he could not tell Trump jokes, then he would leave

9776-420: Was ejected from the club for not being handsome enough. However, it turned out to be a dream, as he wakes up next to Ben Affleck . Damon was part of the all-star cast assembled by Kimmel for his 2012 Oscars parody, which was a mock trailer for a non-existent blockbuster called Movie: The Movie . Damon appears briefly in a full grape suit, only to be informed his scene had been cut from the "film" after which he

9880-418: Was furious. Kimmel discussed the appearance during an interview with Marc Maron for the latter's podcast in 2012. Kimmel stated that he felt O'Brien was not given a proper chance, but that he was also motivated by his own history with Leno. According to Kimmel, Leno had some years prior been in serious discussions with ABC about the possibility of jumping ship from NBC. During this period, Leno initiated

9984-442: Was invited with the cast of The Monuments Men . Damon sat in another seat. A fake fire was activated at the end of the show when Kimmel asked Damon a question. During Kimmel's 2016 post-Oscar special, Ben Affleck wore a very large coat for his appearance, and Damon emerged from the coat for the interview. However, he was removed from the studio by an enraged Kimmel, who then moved on to interview Affleck. Later, Damon appeared in

10088-431: Was later adopted by The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson , and it also remains in use by James Corden for occasional segments for his version . These segments were dropped when the show moved to 11:35. For ABC's O&O stations and some affiliates, Kimmel does tape a promo introducing the night's guests and bits meant to be bedded into a late segment of their local newscasts . The show's original opening sequence

10192-477: Was replaced by comedian Nancy Pimental , who was eventually replaced by Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono . The Man Show ' s success allowed Kimmel, Carolla, and Kellison to create and produce, under the banner Jackhole Productions , Crank Yankers for Comedy Central (on which Kimmel plays the characters "Elmer Higgins", "Terrence Catheter", "The Nudge", " Karl Malone " and himself) and later The Andy Milonakis Show for MTV2. Kimmel also produced and co-wrote

10296-418: Was shown in which Guillermo was playing Bourne, until Damon showed up and thought that Kimmel was now trying to bump him from his movie. Damon tried to chase Guillermo but Guillermo slapped him and jumped through a wall. In Kimmel's 2010 post-Oscar show, he featured a clip called "The Handsome Men's Club," which ended with Damon telling Kimmel, "We're all out of time," then bursting into evil laughter after Kimmel

10400-433: Was sponsored for 4 years until the sponsor's parent company, General Motors , filed for bankruptcy in 2009 and announced the termination of the brand. Beginning in October 2009, Anheuser-Busch 's Bud Light (initially Bud Light Golden Wheat in 2009–10) replaced Pontiac as the segment's sponsor. In January 2013, Sony took over sponsorship. In 2014, AT&T took over sponsorship, then in 2015 Samsung replaced AT&T as

10504-464: Was the co-host of Comedy Central 's The Man Show and Win Ben Stein's Money . Kimmel has also produced shows including Crank Yankers , Sports Show with Norm Macdonald , and The Andy Milonakis Show . In 2018, Time named him as one of " The World's 100 Most Influential People ". Kimmel has hosted a late-night talk show the longest of all current late night television hosts in the United States, after Conan O'Brien 's retirement from hosting

10608-577: Was the host of a Sunday night interview show on UNLV 's college station, KUNV . While attending Arizona State University , he became a popular caller to the KZZP -FM afternoon show hosted by radio personalities Mike Elliott and Kent Voss in Phoenix, Arizona . In 1989, Kimmel landed his first paying job alongside Voss as morning drive co-host of The Me and Him Show at KZOK-FM in Seattle, Washington. Over

10712-414: Was unveiled January 8, 2013, coinciding with the show's move to the earlier 11:35 p.m. timeslot. The new set is similar to the previous one, though the desk and chairs are no longer a stationary set element, and are only brought out for the guest interviews. Later, the traditional city duratrans was replaced with a large floor-to-ceiling curved video display known as the "Wall of America", which most of

10816-576: Was using the ABC discussions as a bargaining tactic to try to get his old job back. The stage where the show is taped has gone through many changes, from the addition of a platform in front of the stage for Kimmel to do his monologue, to various stage backgrounds. In January 2005, the show's original set, at the TV studio in the Hollywood Masonic Temple (now known as the El Capitan Entertainment Centre), which had video screens in

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