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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

January 16, 2024

Jimmy Kimmel Live!, sometimes shortened to JKL, is an American late-night political satire talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, broadcast on ABC. The nightly hour-long show is held at 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 a barrage of swearing from actor Thomas Jane.[5]

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Created byJimmy Kimmel
Written by
Directed byAndy Fisher
Presented byJimmy Kimmel[a]
Starring
Narrated by
Theme music composer
  • Cleto Escobedo III
  • Les Pierce
  • Jimmy Kimmel
  • Jonathan Kimmel
Opening theme"Jimmy Kimmel Live!", sung by Robert Goulet
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons21
No. of episodes3,588 (as of January 26, 2023)[2][3]
Production
Executive producers
  • Jimmy Kimmel
  • Daniel Kellison (2003)
  • Duncan Gray (2003–2006)
  • Jill Leiderman (2006–2020)
  • Jason Schrift (2007–2018)
  • Doug DeLuca (2007–present)
  • Sharon Hoffman (2020)
  • Erin Irwin (2021–present)
  • Molly McNearney (2021–present)
  • Jennifer Sharron (2021–present)
Producers
  • Ken Crosby
  • Chris Fraticelli
  • David Craig
  • Tony Romero
Production locations
Running time40 minutes[b]
Production companies
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseJanuary 26, 2003 (2003-01-26) –
present (present)
Related

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).

History edit

The show began on January 26, 2003, replacing Politically Incorrect. ABC had originally intended to give Jon Stewart his own late-night program following 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 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 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 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.[6]

Nightline, which premiered in 1979 during 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 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.[7]

Following the subsequent retirements of Jay Leno in February 2014, David Letterman in May 2015, and Jon Stewart in August 2015, Kimmel became the third-longest serving current host in network late-night television after Conan O'Brien and Bill Maher.[8] O'Brien's show ended in 2021, making Kimmel the second-longest-tenured host after Maher.[9]

On April 14, 2009, after the March sweeps break, Kimmel began broadcasting in 720p high definition.[10]

On August 15, 2019, ABC and the show were fined $395,000 via a settlement by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for misusing the Emergency Alert System (EAS) tone on the October 3, 2018, episode.[11][12]

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.[13]

In May 2019, Kimmel and ABC agreed to extend his contract to host the show until 2022, which would be the show's twentieth season.[14]

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,[4] 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 the 11:35 p.m. show.[4]

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 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.[15] 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 the requirement that attendees have their full vaccinations.[16]

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.[17]

On January 26, 2023, the program celebrated Kimmel becoming the longest-serving late night talk show host at that time.[18] The "Kimmel" team has a loose tally of more than 3,500 monologues, 10,000 stars and five presidents that have been a part of the show over two decades.[19]

In the 20th anniversary show, the guests were the same headliners who were featured on that very first episode on January 26, 2003: George Clooney, Snoop Dogg and Coldplay.[18]

Production edit

Contrary to its name, Kimmel has not aired live editions regularly since 2004; instead, it is shot at 5 p.m. Pacific Time on the day of broadcast.[20] This was in response to when actor Thomas Jane was a guest and censors were unable to properly bleep censor his barrage of swearing.[5]

Until 2009, new episodes aired five nights a week; from 2009 to 2012, the Friday episode was a rebroadcast of a recent episode. Starting with the January 2013 move, the Friday episode had been retitled Jimmy Kimmel Live! This Week, which showed highlights from the entire week of shows. However, the show has since reverted to airing a rebroadcast of a recent episode on Fridays, though current events do allow for new occasional Friday episodes.

Talent edit

The show's house band is Cleto and the Cletones, led by saxophonist Cleto Escobedo III, 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 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 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 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.[citation needed] Since its inception, stand-up comedian Don Barris has performed as 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 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.[21]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 the show until her death from cancer on January 21, 2009.

Kimmel and Matt Damon edit

Main article: Damon-Kimmel Feud

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.[22] During 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".[23]

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 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 was a joke.[24] 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 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 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.[25]

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 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 a stupid man, which poster had an arrow pointing towards Matt Damon.[26] 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.[27]

In February 2014, Damon 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.[28]

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 a sketch about the movie that Affleck stars in, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, reprising his role as astronaut Mark Watney.[29]

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 the orchestra to play him off while Damon was talking (before announcing the nominees and award winner).[30] On an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Damon praised Fallon for his speedy invitation process, which Kimmel poked fun of.[31]

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 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,[32] Fallon announced Matt Damon as a guest on the show. Instead, Justin Timberlake emerged wearing Boston Red Sox apparel and carrying 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.

"I'm fucking Matt Damon" video edit

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."[33] Damon took an additional jab at Kimmel's long running gag by telling Kimmel at 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."[34] Affleck is Damon's longtime acting and writing collaborator; 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 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."[34] 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."[35]

In 2008, the segment won a Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.[36]

Jimmy Kimmel Sucks! edit

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 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: 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.[37] The episode was the highest-rated late night show that evening, and ABC elected to rebroadcast it in primetime the following week.[38]

Jay Leno parody edit

During the 2010 Tonight Show conflict, Kimmel donned 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 the "destruction" of The Tonight Show, commenting as Leno that "Fortunately, though, I will! I'll burn it down if I have to!"[39] 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.[40] 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 the scathing parody and paint the two as friends.[41]

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."[42] Another example came from when Leno asked, "Ever order anything off the TV?" Kimmel replied, "Like when NBC ordered your show off the TV?"[43]

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!"[42] 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, was furious.[44]

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 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 was using the ABC discussions as a bargaining tactic to try to get his old job back.[45]

Sets edit

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 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 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 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 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 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.

Music edit

The Jimmy Kimmel Live Concert Series segment comprises a musical performance at the end of the show, which 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 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,[46] and the live advertisements to coincide with the launch of the Pontiac G8 (a rebadged Holden VE Commodore).[47] Pontiac 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 the segment's sponsor, in 2016 Cîroc replaced Samsung as the segment's sponsor and in 2017 Mercedes-Benz became the segment's sponsor.

Special broadcasts edit

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 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 The Prank Panel on Sundays;[48][49][50] the Kimmel shows were also made more impractical by a writers' strike entering its second month.

Openings edit

Cold open edit

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 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.

Show opening edit

The show's original opening sequence 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.

On October 27, 2011, the show introduced a new opening sequence that shows Kimmel zip-lining through Hollywood until he arrives at the theater.

In January 2015, the show premiered a new opening, created by Industrial Light & Magic. The sequence begins with Kimmel turning on the lights of Los Angeles from the Hollywood sign before the background instantly changes to several locations in Los Angeles before transforming into the theater where Kimmel leads the camera in. It was later shortened with the Hollywood sign was already turned on and the background doesn't change. In 2016, after Kimmel grew out his beard, the sequence was modified slightly to remove Kimmel's presence.

From March to August 2020, during the time the show is filmed from his home, Kimmel's kids created a unique opening sequence.

Starting in late September 2020, upon Kimmel's return to the studio, a picture of the classic 1962 ABC ID, fully recreated to fit the widescreen format, alongside the animated version in the October 30, 2020 episode, was used. It was later removed in December 2022. It was previously used as a variant with the American flag being shown in the transition from 4:3 to 16:9 in the special episode, Intermission Accomplished: A Tribute to Trump. The intro has been simplified with the shot of the stage before Jimmy comes to the stage. Starting from May 2021, upon the audience returning, the simplified intro now shows the show's logo from multiple angles, which now shows the sign being turned on after the "Previously on Jimmy Kimmel Live!" segment starting in September 2023.

However, with every broadcast, the show's announcer, Dicky Barrett, then Lou Wilson starting in 2022, consistently starts off by saying, "From Hollywood, it's Jimmy Kimmel Live! Tonight..." and then listing the show's guests. At the end of the opening, Barrett comes up with a different introduction quip after "And now..." every time such as "without further ado..." or "I warned you..." and finishing with saying "Here's Jimmy Kimmel!" while elongating the "-el" sound just to give the show its own uniqueness. In the Game Night specials, Barrett doesn't do the introduction quips and will say "And now, here's Jimmy Kimmel!". Starting from 2020, Barrett, then Wilson, with the latter being shown as he introduces Kimmel to the stage, the introduction quips were removed and will now say "And now, Jimmy Kimmel!". However, from September 2020 to May 2021, Barrett would say "And now, Jimmy Kimmel." to give a lighter tone to what he normally say.

For the show's 20th anniversary episode, it shows an evolution of the show's intro, which starts from the 2003 version all the way to the 2021 version, ending with the show's current logo. The screen ratio transitioned from 4:3 to 16:9 when it gets to the 2011 version. Wilson, however, was not shown after the intro.

Starting in September 2023, the program starts with a "Previously on Jimmy Kimmel Live!" segment before the title sequence, which shows a video on social media, parodying a recap segment of various drama shows.

Notable segments edit

  • The Harrison Ford vs. Chewbacca Feud. On July 27, 2011, Ford appeared in a pre-show segment in which he is shown arguing in his dressing room with Chewbacca, his former co-star from the original Star Wars trilogy over an unexplained issue apparently related to Chewbacca cheating with Ford's wife.[51] On April 17, 2013, during another appearance on Kimmel, Chewbacca appeared in the audience during a question-and-answer session; Ford reignited the argument regarding Chewie's apparent dalliance with his wife, and the staged segment ended with a furious Ford "storming" out of the studio.[52] Finally, on November 24, 2015, Ford settles his feud with Chewbacca by saving him from suicide, and remembering together the good old times.[53]
  • Feud with Kanye West. The rap musician launched a tirade directed at Kimmel on Twitter after a September 25, 2013, sketch involving two children re-enacting West's recent interview with BBC Radio 1 in which he calls himself the biggest rock star on the planet. Kimmel reveals the following night that West called him to demand an apology shortly before taping.[54] In October 2013, Kimmel had West back on the show and apologized to him.[citation needed]
  • Back to the Future Day. On October 21, 2015, the future date featured in Back to the Future Part II, Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd appeared as Marty McFly and "Doc" Emmett Brown arriving from 1985 in the DeLorean time machine, with Jimmy explaining what life in 2015 was like. Afterwards, Jimmy interviewed Fox as himself.
  • Birth of William Kimmel. Returning to the show on May 1, 2017, after a hiatus, Jimmy, in his monologue, tearfully recounted the open-heart surgery his newborn son, William, had to undergo after it was discovered he had a congenital disease. Furthermore, the host made an impassioned plea to lawmakers in the United States government on both sides to ensure everyone has access to health care, referencing repeated efforts by Republicans in the House of Representatives to repeal the Affordable Care Act (an effort, by coincidence, House Republicans managed to reach later that week, on May 4).[55] To care for his child, Kimmel took the rest of the week off, with guest hosts Will Arnett, Anthony Anderson, Kristen Bell and David Spade filling in.[56] In November 2017 Shaquille O'Neal, Dave Grohl, Channing Tatum and Jennifer Lawrence filled in as guest hosts for Kimmel when his son had his second heart surgery.[57]
  • No Studio Audience. On January 27, 2020, Kimmel elected to tape the show in an empty studio following the death of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, who had appeared on the program 15 times by Kimmel's count. An emotional Kimmel explained that he didn't feel it was appropriate to do a comedy show under the circumstances and instead spent the hour reflecting on Bryant's legacy.[58]
  • Guest Host Pete Buttigieg. On March 12, 2020, former Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg guest-hosted the program.[59] Buttigieg delivered the opening monologue, interviewed actors Patrick Stewart and Tony Hale, and briefly played the keyboard.[60] Segments included a skit in which Buttigieg applied for a new job at Wetzel's Pretzels and a mock game show (hosted by LeVar Burton) in which he tested his knowledge of Star Trek against Stewart. (He lost.) Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, several crew members and Buttigieg's husband Chasten served as the in-studio audience. This marks the first time a politician has hosted an American late night talk show. This was also the final broadcast of the show before it was shot from lockdown.

Mean Tweets edit

In March 2012, in honor of Twitter's sixth anniversary, Jimmy Kimmel Live! featured a segment called "Mean Tweets" with celebrities—including Will Ferrell, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Roseanne Barr, Anna Faris, and Kathy Griffin—reading aloud actual tweets directed toward them by Twitter users while the song "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M. plays in the background.[61] The segment was extremely popular, with more than 38 million views on YouTube by April 2015.[62]

Additional "Mean Tweets" editions have aired, featuring celebrities including Robert De Niro, Julia Roberts, Tom Hanks, Adam Sandler, Britney Spears, Sofía Vergara, Jon Hamm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Aaron Paul, Benedict Cumberbatch, Cate Blanchett, Matt Damon, Tim Robbins, Hugh Grant and Bill Murray. The tweets selected for the segment are invariably abusive, vulgar, or rude, often objecting to the celebrity's physical appearance or perceived lack of talent. In many cases, the celebrity is then afforded the opportunity for a brief (albeit scripted) response to the mean tweet. The show has also aired several themed editions of "Mean Tweets," including special NBA,[63] NFL,[64] college football,[65] and music editions.[66] In March 2015, President Barack Obama, who was a guest star, took part in a "President Obama edition" of "Mean Tweets," during which he read tweets from people mocking his jeans and blaming him for the high price of beer. The Obama segment attracted more than 10 million views in one day.[61]

On occasion, Kimmel will introduce a surprise celebrity guest for a live on-stage "Mean Tweet", which was later made into a compilation. Celebrities who appeared on stage include Jeff Bridges, Dwayne Johnson and Halle Berry.

This Week in Unnecessary Censorship edit

A Thursday-night segment, which features clips of innocuous television shows (such as newscasts) deliberately edited (typically with bleeps) to make them appear offensive.[67]

Jimmy Kimmel YouTube Challenge edit

Kimmel will give out a challenge to viewers asking them to videotape themselves pulling a prank on a family member or significant other, and then revealing that "Jimmy Kimmel told me to do it". The best clips are then aired on the show.

Lie Witness News edit

A correspondent not seen on camera will ask pedestrians on Hollywood Boulevard a fake question related to an actual current news event. Most of the people answering the question will usually play along, giving the impression that they believe that the so-called fake event really happened.

Jimmy Kimmel Pedestrian Question edit

Kimmel will send a "correspondent" not seen on camera to ask a set of random pedestrians a question related to a certain theme. Kimmel will then have the audience guess the answer to the question, then will reveal the answer to the audience.

Halloween candy YouTube segments edit

Starting in 2011, every Halloween, Kimmel asks his viewers to take away their children's Halloween candy, videotape their kids' reactions once they tell their kids that they ate their Halloween candy, and post it on YouTube with the respective hashtag. Once his team has compiled all the YouTube videos, he airs them on his broadcast days later. These segments have attracted criticism for potential promotion of emotional abuse.[68][69]

Generation Gap edit

This segment, a quiz show between different generations of family members was spun off into its own game show produced by Kimmel and Mark Burnett. Originally ordered in 2019,[70] it premiered on July 7, 2022, and is hosted by Kelly Ripa.[71]

Other end-of-show segments edit

At the end of some shows, there are comedians doing comedy. This is occasionally seen in place of the Jimmy Kimmel Live Concert Series segment. Another end-of-show segment is the rarely seen Future Talent Showcase.

Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon switch edit

On April 1, 2022, Kimmel swapped places with Jimmy Fallon as part of an April Fools' Day prank, with Fallon hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Kimmel hosting The Tonight Show.

International broadcasts edit

Jimmy Kimmel Live! airs worldwide on multiple outlets. In Australia, The Comedy Channel began airing the program in September 2009; however, it was replaced in March 2010 by the return of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[72][73] The Comedy Channel resumed airing the program from September 22, 2015.[74]

In Canada, the show previously aired on BiteTV and CHCH. The show aired on Citytv from 2012 until September 20, 2014. Even after its move to 11:35, Citytv continued to tape delay the show to midnight to maintain its hour-long late night newscasts. Jimmy Kimmel Live! began airing on CTV Comedy Channel (formerly The Comedy Network) beginning on September 22, 2014, initially airing in simulcast with ABC.[75] However, in January 2015, the program was yet again tape-delayed to midnight in favor of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.[76] Jimmy Kimmel Live! aired on The Comedy Network until the end of August 2017. The following month, the show was added to CMT Canada's schedule, initially airing in simulcast with ABC. The show aired on CMT Canada until August 2018 and has not aired on a Canadian channel since. However, the show is still available to Canadians through imported ABC stations included in standard pay-TV packages. In 2022, the show returns tape delayed to Citytv.[77]

In India Jimmy Kimmel Live! premiered with its 14th season, and has aired on weeknights since at 9:00 pm (IST) STAR World India. The show airs 12 hours after the U.S. broadcast since September 23, 2015.[78]

YouTube viewers for late night shows edit

As of May 30, 2023, the Jimmy Kimmel Live! YouTube channel shows a cumulative of 13,100,645,796 views,[79] and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert channel shows a cumulative of 9,237,694,014 views.[80]

Ratings among late night talk shows edit

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is currently the 20th most popular show on ABC and 97th overall on TV, watched by a total number of 1,746,000 people (0.56% rating, up +23% from last week) per episode, as of the average weekly audience measurement for the period ending January 22, 2023, surpassing Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon watched by a number of 1,278,000 people for the same period.[81][82]

Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been repeatedly dominating late night talk shows among adults 18-49. Some ratings examples mentioned below:

During the week of Jan. 16, 2023, Jimmy Kimmel Live! ranked as the No. 1 late-night talk show among adults 18-49 (307,000), beating NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" by 21% (253,000) and CBS' "The Late Show Starring Stephen Colbert" by 27% (241,000). In fact, "Kimmel" posted its largest advantage over "The Tonight Show" so far this season in Adults 18-49 (+21%).[83]

The Monday broadcast of "Kimmel" (on 1/16/23) was the No. 1 late-night telecast of the week among adults 18-49 (584,000). Jimmy Kimmel Live! Is Week's No. 1 Late-Night Talker in Adults 18-49, beating NBC's 'Fallon' and CBS' 'Colbert' by more than 20% each. ABC Late-Night Talk Show soars to its strongest week since June. Monday's 'Kimmel' ranks among Season's Top 3 telecasts for any late-night talk show in adults 18-49.[83]

Ratings Report for Week of Sept. 26, 2022 shows that when broadcasting from Brooklyn, New York, Jimmy Kimmel Live! ranked as the No. 1 late-night talk show among Adults 18-49 (301,000), beating NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" by 8% (278,000) and CBS' "The Late Show Starring Stephen Colbert" by 14% (264,000). In fact, ABC's "Kimmel" stood as the No. 1 late-night talk show for the 2nd week in a row with Adults 18-49. Monday's telecast of Jimmy Kimmel Live! was the week's No. 1 late-night telecast among Adults 18-49 (501,000). In fact, ABC's "Kimmel" claimed 2 of the week's Top 3 late-night telecasts with its Monday (501,000) and Thursday (311,000) broadcasts, respectively.[84]

During the week of June 6, 2022, Jimmy Kimmel Live! ranked as the No. 1 late-night talk show for the 2 weeks in a row among adults 18-49 (443,000), dominating NBC's "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon" by 62% (274,000) and CBS' "The Late Show Starring Stephen Colbert" by 74% (254,000).[85]

For the 2020-21 television season, ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! beat NBC's The Tonight Show in total viewers. The ABC show beat the NBC show 1.75M-1.54M across all viewers.[86]

Season Nielsen Rank Nielsen Rating[87] Tied with
2002–03 4 1.7
2003–04 5 1.6 Last Call with Carson Daly
2004–05 1.5
2005–06 1.6
2006–07 1.8
2007–08 4 1.7 The Late Late Show
2008–09 5 The Daily Show
2009–10 3 The Late Late Show
2010–11 4
2011–12 3 1.8
2012–13 2.5
2013–14 2.6
2014–15
2015–16
2017–18
2018–19

Controversies edit

Detroit sports violence edit

During Game 2 of the 2004 NBA Finals in Detroit, Kimmel appeared on ABC's halftime show to make an on-air plug for that night's episode. 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."[citation needed] Kimmel was referring to the violence that erupted in Detroit after the Tigers won the 1984 World Series.[citation needed] Officials at Detroit's ABC affiliate, WXYZ-TV, immediately announced that night's show would not air on the station. Hours later, ABC officials followed suit and pulled that night's show from the entire network. Kimmel issued a tongue-in-cheek apology at first, saying that if "the Lakers win, I plan to overturn my own car."[88] WXYZ's then-news director Andrea Parquet-Taylor rejected the apology, saying that Kimmel "tried to turn it into another bad joke."[88] Kimmel apologized again, saying he failed to take into account the embarrassment many Detroiters still felt about the 1984 violence. The second apology was enough for ABC to reinstate the program the following evening.[88][dead link] Kimmel would later broadcast a series of shows from Detroit in an effort to make amends.[citation needed]

"Kids Table" China comments edit

Further information: Jimmy Kimmel § Controversy

During the October 16, 2013, episode, Kimmel held the "Kids Table" segment to invite several 6–7-year-old children to discuss the U.S. debt problem: "We owe the Chinese a lot of money, 1.3 trillion dollars." A boy immediately suggested to "kill everyone in China." This comment elicited some laughter from the audience and Kimmel laughed it off and commented, "That's an interesting idea." He later asked, "Should we allow the Chinese to live?" The boy stuck to his answer.[89] The show has drawn fire from offended Asian Americans and Chinese citizens. An online poll showed that 90% of the respondents were angered, saddened or guarded about the show.[90] Overseas Chinese communities and domestic Chinese citizens alike have rallied together and created a petition to the White House and a campaign on Facebook[91] boycotting Kimmel's decision to air the comment on his show and asking that the show be investigated for its promotion of genocide and racism against the Chinese. The petition demanded that ABC should "cut the show and issue a formal apology."[92] The petitioner argued that "[t]he kids might not know any better. However, Jimmy Kimmel and ABC's management are adults. They had a choice not to air this racist program, which promotes racial hatred."[93] Meanwhile, not all viewers of the parody found it objectionable. Gu Xiaoming, a professor at the School of Humanities at Fudan University, believed that some were reading too much into comments from a child, and the show reflected Americans' anxiety on the debt crisis to some extent.[94] The clip of this segment has since been removed from Kimmel's YouTube account, but can still be seen when viewing the entire episode.[95] On November 7, 2013, the White House petition had drawn more than 100,000 signatures.[96][97] The White House was expected to review the filing and issue some sort of public response for petitions that gather enough support to pass the 100,000 mark.[98] With respect to the petition, White House spokesman said, "Every petition that crosses the threshold will be reviewed by the appropriate staff and receive a response."[99]

ABC first sent an apology letter to the 80-20 Initiative, an organization promoting equal opportunities for Asian Americans, for allowing the comment "Kill everyone in China" to air. This letter, signed by ABC senior executives, read in part: "We would never purposefully broadcast anything to upset the Chinese community, Asian community, anyone of Chinese descent or any community at large. Our objective is to entertain." This letter also said that ABC had removed the controversial comment from all media platforms and would remove it from future airing.[100][101] The chairman of the 80–20 Initiative, S.B. Woo, lodged the protest with ABC after he found out the segment was actually not live, and he considered this apology not a victory at all and could be more satisfactory for Asian-American communities.[102] During the October 28, 2013, episode of his show, Kimmel addressed this issue, stating that "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."[103][104]

On October 28, 2013, Asian Americans marched through the streets of San Francisco protesting about Kimmel's show and his supposed condoning of genocide. They gathered around ABC headquarters in New York City and demanded a more elaborate apology and that an ABC representative come receive letters of protest.[105][106] On November 1, 2013, Chinese American demonstrators, mainly from Houston, gathered outside ABC's local office building to protest the offensive skit the show aired "kill everyone in China." The crowds shouted slogans like "Shame on ABC," "Boycott ABC," and "Fire Kimmel".[107] However, protesters were still not satisfied with ABC's apology and organized a nationwide protest against ABC on November 9 in 27 cities, including a rally outside ABC's headquarters in Burbank.[108] The 80–20 initiative, however, accepted ABC's November 8 apology and has said it would like to "build bridges" with ABC.[109]

YouTube Gaming edit

During the August 27, 2015, episode, Kimmel made a sketch parody making fun of the YouTube Gaming platform, and the "let's play" culture in general. He received a great deal of criticism from the members of the gaming community on YouTube. At one point, the upload of the sketch was the most disliked video on his channel until November 18, 2021, when YouTube hid the number of dislikes on videos.[110] Kimmel received death threats in the video's comments section, which Kimmel made fun of with two other videos a few days later. The two reaction videos also received negative reception.[111]

Melania Trump accent joke edit

In an April 2018 segment, Kimmel made a joke about First Lady Melania Trump's pronunciation of words while reading to children at an annual White House Easter celebration. The comments offended some viewers who objected to jokes about Trump's Slovenian accent.[112] The comments led to a Twitter feud between Kimmel and pundit Sean Hannity (Hannity called Kimmel a "despicable disgrace" and "ass clown"; Kimmel rejoined that Hannity was the "whole ass circus"). Kimmel made comments about the relationship between Hannity and President Trump.[113][114] Kimmel later said "By lampooning Sean Hannity's deference to the President, I most certainly did not intend to belittle or upset members of the gay community and to those who took offense, I apologize, I will take Sean Hannity at his word that he was genuinely offended by what I believed and still believe to be a harmless and silly aside referencing our First Lady's accent." Kimmel said that his wife and son were the subjects of "vile" death threats as a result of his comments.[113][114]

Awards and nominations edit

Primetime Emmy Awards edit

Year Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2012 Outstanding Variety Series Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Doug DeLuca, Jason Schrift, Erin Irwin, Jennifer Sharron, Ken Crosby, David Craig Nominated
[115]
2013 Nominated
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series Andy Fisher (Episode: "Episode 13-1810") Nominated
Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Gary Greenberg, Molly McNearney, Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines, Sal Iacono, Jimmy Kimmel, Rick Rosner, Danny Ricker, Eric Immerman, Jeff Loveness, Josh Halloway, Bess Kalb, Joelle Boucai and Bryan Paulk Nominated
2014 Outstanding Variety Series Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Doug DeLuca, Jason Schrift, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Molly McNearney, Tony Romero, Gary Greenberg, Jennifer Sharron, Josh Weintraub, Ken Crosby and Seth Weidner Nominated
2015 Outstanding Variety Talk Series Nominated
2016 Nominated
2017 Outstanding Variety Talk Series Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Jason Schrift, Doug DeLuca, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Gary Greenberg, Tony Romero, Jennifer Sharron, Ken Crosby, Molly McNearney, Seth Weidner and Josh Weintraub Nominated
Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series Andy Fisher (Episode: "The (RED) Show") Nominated
2018 Outstanding Variety Talk Series Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Jason Schrift, Doug DeLuca, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Jennifer Sharron, Gary Greenberg, Tony Romero, Ken Crosby, Molly McNearney, Seth Weidner and Josh Weintraub Nominated
[116]
2019 Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Doug DeLuca, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Molly McNearney, Jennifer Sharron, Gary Greenberg, Tony Romero, Josh Weintraub, Ken Crosby, Seth Weidner and Danny Ricker Nominated
2020 Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Doug DeLuca, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Molly McNearney, Jennifer Sharron, Gary Greenberg, Tony Romero, Josh Weintraub, Seth Weidner, Danny Ricker and Ken Crosby Nominated
2021 Nominated
2022 Nominated

Creative Arts Emmy Awards edit

Year Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2007 Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Ervin D. Hurd, Parker Bartlett, Randy Gomez, Jr., Greg Grouwinkel, Mark Gonzalez, Garrett Hurt, Ritch Kenney, Kris Wilson, Mike Malone, Marc Hunter and Guy Jones (Episode: "Jay Z Show") Nominated [115]
2008 Outstanding Picture Editing of Clip Packages for Talk, Performance, Award or Reality Competition Programs James Crowe (Episode: "5th Year Anniversary Show – I'm F***ing Matt Damon") Won
Jason Bielski (Episode: "After the Academy Awards – I'm F***ing Ben Affleck") Nominated
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Ervin D. Hurd, Parker Bartlett, Randy Gomez, Jr., Greg Grouwinkel, Garrett Hurt, Ritch Kenney, Kris Wilson, Gary Taillon and Chris Gray (Episode: "After the Academy Awards") Nominated
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Tony Barbieri, Sal Iacono, Wayne McClammy, Sarah Silverman and Dan Warner (Song: "I'm F***ing Matt Damon") Won
2009 Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) for Variety, Music or Comedy Programming Christian Hibbard and Matt Ford (Episode: "Episode 09-1182") Nominated
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Ervin D. Hurd, Parker Bartlett, Randy Gomez Jr., Marc Hunter, Garrett Hurt, Ritch Kenney, Bernd Reinhardt, Kris Wilson, Roy Walker, Guy Jones and Chris Gray (Episode: "Episode 09-1182") Nominated
2010 Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming Rodney Munoz (Episode: "Episode 09-1266") Won
Outstanding Short Form Picture Editing Kevin McCullough (Episode: "Episode 10-1304 – The Late Night Wars") Nominated
Brian Marsh (Episode: "Episode 10-1330 – The Handsome Men's Club") Nominated
2011 Outstanding Short Form Picture Editing Brian Marsh (Episode: "After The Academy Awards – The President's Speech") Nominated
Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Christian Hibbard (Episode: "Michel Gondry Directs") Nominated
2013 Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Ervin D. Hurd, Kris Wilson, Ritch Kenney, Parker Bartlett, Greg Grouwinkel, Randy Gomez, Garrett Hurt, Bernd Reinhardt and Guy Jones (Episode: "Episode 12-1776") Nominated
2014 Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Ervin D. Hurd, Parker Bartlett, Danny Bonilla, Nick Gomez, Randy Gomez, Greg Grouwinkel, Garrett Hurt, Ritch Kenney, Bernd Reinhardt, Kris Wilson and Guy Jones (Episode: "In Austin") Nominated
Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series James Crowe, Jason Bielski, Brian Marsh, Kevin McCullough and Matt Williams (Episode: "Behind the Scandelabra") Nominated
2016 Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Ervin D. Hurd, Kris Wilson, Parker Bartlett, Greg Grouwinkel, Nick Gomez, Garrett Hurt, Bernd Reinhardt, Mark Gonzales, James Alario, Kevin Murphy, Carlos Rios, Marc Hunter and Guy Jones (Episode: "In Brooklyn") Nominated
2017 Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Jonathan Kimmel & Gary Greenberg ("The Ballad of Claus Jorstad (Devil Stool)") Nominated
2018 Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Ervin D. Hurd, Guy Jones, Randy Gomez, Jr., Parker Bartlett, David Plakos, Nick Gomez, Garrett Hurt, Mark Gonzales, Bernd Reinhardt, James Alario and Damien Tuffereau (Episode: "Jimmy Kimmel Live In Brooklyn: Billy Joel And Tracy Morgan") Nominated [116]
2020 Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Christian Hibbard, William Peets, Kille Knobel and James Worman (Episode: "Jimmy Kimmel Live in Brooklyn – Jason Alexander, Tracy Morgan, John Krasinski, Paul Shaffer and Music from Kanye West") Nominated
Outstanding Short Form Variety Series Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Molly McNearney, Tony Romero, Seth Weidner and Danny Ricker ("Jimmy Kimmel's Quarantine Minilogues") Nominated
Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series Ervin D. Hurd Jr., Guy Jones, Parker Bartlett, Greg Grouwinkel, Garrett Hurt, Kris Wilson, Mark Gonzales, Nick Gomez, Bernd Reinhardt, Damien Tuffereau and Steve Garrett (Episode: "Jimmy Kimmel Live in Brooklyn – Jon Stewart, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kelly Ripa and Music from David Byrne") Nominated

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ The show has been temporarily hosted by other guests; for three episodes in May 2017, four from October to November 2017, four in December 2017, one in December 2019, one in March 2020, and 28 from July to September 2020. Recurring guest hosts include Kristen Bell, Anthony Anderson, David Spade, Billy Eichner, and Kerry Washington.[1]
  2. ^ Most special episodes run for 30 minutes.[1] From April to September 2020, regular episodes were reduced to 30 minutes in length due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Kimmel's hiatus.[4] The third show of 2021 was also reduced to 30 minutes.[1]
  3. ^ Credited as Touchstone Television from 2003 until 2007 and as ABC Studios from 2007 until 2020

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Additional sources edit

  • Carter, Bill (2010). The War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy. New York, NY: Plume. ISBN 978-0452297494.

External links edit

  • Official website  
  • Jimmy Kimmel Live! at IMDb  

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jimmy, kimmel, live, sometimes, shortened, american, late, night, political, satire, talk, show, created, hosted, jimmy, kimmel, broadcast, nightly, hour, long, show, held, hollywood, masonic, temple, hollywood, california, debuted, january, 2003, part, lead, . Jimmy Kimmel Live sometimes shortened to JKL is an American late night political satire talk show created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel broadcast on ABC The nightly hour long show is held at 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 a barrage of swearing from actor Thomas Jane 5 Jimmy Kimmel Live Created byJimmy KimmelWritten byHead writers Steve O Donnell 2003 2008 Gary Greenberg and Molly McNearney 2008 present Directed byAndy FisherPresented byJimmy Kimmel a StarringGuillermo RodriguezSal IaconoCleto and the CletonesNarrated byAndy MilonakisDicky BarrettLou WilsonTheme music composerCleto Escobedo IIILes PierceJimmy KimmelJonathan KimmelOpening theme Jimmy Kimmel Live sung by Robert GouletCountry of originUnited StatesOriginal languageEnglishNo of seasons21No of episodes3 588 as of January 26 2023 2 3 ProductionExecutive producersJimmy KimmelDaniel Kellison 2003 Duncan Gray 2003 2006 Jill Leiderman 2006 2020 Jason Schrift 2007 2018 Doug DeLuca 2007 present Sharon Hoffman 2020 Erin Irwin 2021 present Molly McNearney 2021 present Jennifer Sharron 2021 present ProducersKen CrosbyChris FraticelliDavid CraigTony RomeroProduction locationsHollywood Masonic TempleHollywood California 2003 present Zappos TheaterParadise Nevada 2019 Running time40 minutes b Production companiesJackhole Productions 2003 2020 Kimmelot 2020 present ABC Signature c Original releaseNetworkABCReleaseJanuary 26 2003 2003 01 26 present present RelatedThe Dick Cavett Show Politically Incorrect The Man ShowJimmy 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 Contents 1 History 2 Production 2 1 Talent 2 2 Kimmel and Matt Damon 2 2 1 I m fucking Matt Damon video 2 2 2 Jimmy Kimmel Sucks 2 3 Jay Leno parody 2 4 Sets 2 5 Music 3 Special broadcasts 4 Openings 4 1 Cold open 4 2 Show opening 5 Notable segments 5 1 Mean Tweets 5 2 This Week in Unnecessary Censorship 5 3 Jimmy Kimmel YouTube Challenge 5 4 Lie Witness News 5 5 Jimmy Kimmel Pedestrian Question 5 6 Halloween candy YouTube segments 5 7 Generation Gap 5 8 Other end of show segments 5 9 Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon switch 6 International broadcasts 7 YouTube viewers for late night shows 8 Ratings among late night talk shows 9 Controversies 9 1 Detroit sports violence 9 2 Kids Table China comments 9 3 YouTube Gaming 9 4 Melania Trump accent joke 10 Awards and nominations 10 1 Primetime Emmy Awards 10 2 Creative Arts Emmy Awards 11 See also 12 Notes 13 References 14 Additional sources 15 External linksHistory editThe show began on January 26 2003 replacing Politically Incorrect ABC had originally intended to give Jon Stewart his own late night program following 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 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 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 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 6 Nightline which premiered in 1979 during 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 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 7 Following the subsequent retirements of Jay Leno in February 2014 David Letterman in May 2015 and Jon Stewart in August 2015 Kimmel became the third longest serving current host in network late night television after Conan O Brien and Bill Maher 8 O Brien s show ended in 2021 making Kimmel the second longest tenured host after Maher 9 On April 14 2009 after the March sweeps break Kimmel began broadcasting in 720p high definition 10 On August 15 2019 ABC and the show were fined 395 000 via a settlement by the Federal Communications Commission FCC for misusing the Emergency Alert System EAS tone on the October 3 2018 episode 11 12 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 13 In May 2019 Kimmel and ABC agreed to extend his contract to host the show until 2022 which would be the show s twentieth season 14 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 4 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 the 11 35 p m show 4 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 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 15 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 the requirement that attendees have their full vaccinations 16 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 17 On January 26 2023 the program celebrated Kimmel becoming the longest serving late night talk show host at that time 18 The Kimmel team has a loose tally of more than 3 500 monologues 10 000 stars and five presidents that have been a part of the show over two decades 19 In the 20th anniversary show the guests were the same headliners who were featured on that very first episode on January 26 2003 George Clooney Snoop Dogg and Coldplay 18 Production editContrary to its name Kimmel has not aired live editions regularly since 2004 instead it is shot at 5 p m Pacific Time on the day of broadcast 20 This was in response to when actor Thomas Jane was a guest and censors were unable to properly bleep censor his barrage of swearing 5 Until 2009 new episodes aired five nights a week from 2009 to 2012 the Friday episode was a rebroadcast of a recent episode Starting with the January 2013 move the Friday episode had been retitled Jimmy Kimmel Live This Week which showed highlights from the entire week of shows However the show has since reverted to airing a rebroadcast of a recent episode on Fridays though current events do allow for new occasional Friday episodes Talent edit The show s house band is Cleto and the Cletones led by saxophonist Cleto Escobedo III 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 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 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 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 citation needed Since its inception stand up comedian Don Barris has performed as 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 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 21 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 the show until her death from cancer on January 21 2009 Kimmel and Matt Damon edit Main article Damon Kimmel Feud 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 22 During 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 23 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 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 was a joke 24 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 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 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 25 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 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 a stupid man which poster had an arrow pointing towards Matt Damon 26 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 27 In February 2014 Damon 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 28 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 a sketch about the movie that Affleck stars in Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice reprising his role as astronaut Mark Watney 29 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 the orchestra to play him off while Damon was talking before announcing the nominees and award winner 30 On an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Damon praised Fallon for his speedy invitation process which Kimmel poked fun of 31 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 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 32 Fallon announced Matt Damon as a guest on the show Instead Justin Timberlake emerged wearing Boston Red Sox apparel and carrying a Dunkin Donuts coffee cup loosely in character as Matt Damon The interview ended with Timberlake spray painting I lt 3 Matt Damon on the front of Kimmel s desk I m fucking Matt Damon video edit 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 33 Damon took an additional jab at Kimmel s long running gag by telling Kimmel at 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 34 Affleck is Damon s longtime acting and writing collaborator 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 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 34 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 35 In 2008 the segment won a Creative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics 36 Jimmy Kimmel Sucks edit 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 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 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 37 The episode was the highest rated late night show that evening and ABC elected to rebroadcast it in primetime the following week 38 Jay Leno parody edit During the 2010 Tonight Show conflict Kimmel donned 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 the destruction of The Tonight Show commenting as Leno that Fortunately though I will I ll burn it down if I have to 39 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 40 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 the scathing parody and paint the two as friends 41 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 42 Another example came from when Leno asked Ever order anything off the TV Kimmel replied Like when NBC ordered your show off the TV 43 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 42 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 was furious 44 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 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 was using the ABC discussions as a bargaining tactic to try to get his old job back 45 Sets edit 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 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 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 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 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 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 Music edit The Jimmy Kimmel Live Concert Series segment comprises a musical performance at the end of the show which 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 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 46 and the live advertisements to coincide with the launch of the Pontiac G8 a rebadged Holden VE Commodore 47 Pontiac 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 amp T took over sponsorship then in 2015 Samsung replaced AT amp T as the segment s sponsor in 2016 Ciroc replaced Samsung as the segment s sponsor and in 2017 Mercedes Benz became the segment s sponsor Special broadcasts editOn 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 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 The Prank Panel on Sundays 48 49 50 the Kimmel shows were also made more impractical by a writers strike entering its second month Openings editCold open edit 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 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 amp 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 Show opening edit The show s original opening sequence 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 On October 27 2011 the show introduced a new opening sequence that shows Kimmel zip lining through Hollywood until he arrives at the theater In January 2015 the show premiered a new opening created by Industrial Light amp Magic The sequence begins with Kimmel turning on the lights of Los Angeles from the Hollywood sign before the background instantly changes to several locations in Los Angeles before transforming into the theater where Kimmel leads the camera in It was later shortened with the Hollywood sign was already turned on and the background doesn t change In 2016 after Kimmel grew out his beard the sequence was modified slightly to remove Kimmel s presence From March to August 2020 during the time the show is filmed from his home Kimmel s kids created a unique opening sequence Starting in late September 2020 upon Kimmel s return to the studio a picture of the classic 1962 ABC ID fully recreated to fit the widescreen format alongside the animated version in the October 30 2020 episode was used It was later removed in December 2022 It was previously used as a variant with the American flag being shown in the transition from 4 3 to 16 9 in the special episode Intermission Accomplished A Tribute to Trump The intro has been simplified with the shot of the stage before Jimmy comes to the stage Starting from May 2021 upon the audience returning the simplified intro now shows the show s logo from multiple angles which now shows the sign being turned on after the Previously on Jimmy Kimmel Live segment starting in September 2023 However with every broadcast the show s announcer Dicky Barrett then Lou Wilson starting in 2022 consistently starts off by saying From Hollywood it s Jimmy Kimmel Live Tonight and then listing the show s guests At the end of the opening Barrett comes up with a different introduction quip after And now every time such as without further ado or I warned you and finishing with saying Here s Jimmy Kimmel while elongating the el sound just to give the show its own uniqueness In the Game Night specials Barrett doesn t do the introduction quips and will say And now here s Jimmy Kimmel Starting from 2020 Barrett then Wilson with the latter being shown as he introduces Kimmel to the stage the introduction quips were removed and will now say And now Jimmy Kimmel However from September 2020 to May 2021 Barrett would say And now Jimmy Kimmel to give a lighter tone to what he normally say For the show s 20th anniversary episode it shows an evolution of the show s intro which starts from the 2003 version all the way to the 2021 version ending with the show s current logo The screen ratio transitioned from 4 3 to 16 9 when it gets to the 2011 version Wilson however was not shown after the intro Starting in September 2023 the program starts with a Previously on Jimmy Kimmel Live segment before the title sequence which shows a video on social media parodying a recap segment of various drama shows Notable segments editThe Harrison Ford vs Chewbacca Feud On July 27 2011 Ford appeared in a pre show segment in which he is shown arguing in his dressing room with Chewbacca his former co star from the original Star Wars trilogy over an unexplained issue apparently related to Chewbacca cheating with Ford s wife 51 On April 17 2013 during another appearance on Kimmel Chewbacca appeared in the audience during a question and answer session Ford reignited the argument regarding Chewie s apparent dalliance with his wife and the staged segment ended with a furious Ford storming out of the studio 52 Finally on November 24 2015 Ford settles his feud with Chewbacca by saving him from suicide and remembering together the good old times 53 Feud with Kanye West The rap musician launched a tirade directed at Kimmel on Twitter after a September 25 2013 sketch involving two children re enacting West s recent interview with BBC Radio 1 in which he calls himself the biggest rock star on the planet Kimmel reveals the following night that West called him to demand an apology shortly before taping 54 In October 2013 Kimmel had West back on the show and apologized to him citation needed Back to the Future Day On October 21 2015 the future date featured in Back to the Future Part II Michael J Fox and Christopher Lloyd appeared as Marty McFly and Doc Emmett Brown arriving from 1985 in the DeLorean time machine with Jimmy explaining what life in 2015 was like Afterwards Jimmy interviewed Fox as himself Birth of William Kimmel Returning to the show on May 1 2017 after a hiatus Jimmy in his monologue tearfully recounted the open heart surgery his newborn son William had to undergo after it was discovered he had a congenital disease Furthermore the host made an impassioned plea to lawmakers in the United States government on both sides to ensure everyone has access to health care referencing repeated efforts by Republicans in the House of Representatives to repeal the Affordable Care Act an effort by coincidence House Republicans managed to reach later that week on May 4 55 To care for his child Kimmel took the rest of the week off with guest hosts Will Arnett Anthony Anderson Kristen Bell and David Spade filling in 56 In November 2017 Shaquille O Neal Dave Grohl Channing Tatum and Jennifer Lawrence filled in as guest hosts for Kimmel when his son had his second heart surgery 57 No Studio Audience On January 27 2020 Kimmel elected to tape the show in an empty studio following the death of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant who had appeared on the program 15 times by Kimmel s count An emotional Kimmel explained that he didn t feel it was appropriate to do a comedy show under the circumstances and instead spent the hour reflecting on Bryant s legacy 58 Guest Host Pete Buttigieg On March 12 2020 former Democratic presidential candidate and South Bend Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg guest hosted the program 59 Buttigieg delivered the opening monologue interviewed actors Patrick Stewart and Tony Hale and briefly played the keyboard 60 Segments included a skit in which Buttigieg applied for a new job at Wetzel s Pretzels and a mock game show hosted by LeVar Burton in which he tested his knowledge of Star Trek against Stewart He lost Due to the COVID 19 pandemic several crew members and Buttigieg s husband Chasten served as the in studio audience This marks the first time a politician has hosted an American late night talk show This was also the final broadcast of the show before it was shot from lockdown Mean Tweets edit In March 2012 in honor of Twitter s sixth anniversary Jimmy Kimmel Live featured a segment called Mean Tweets with celebrities including Will Ferrell Jason Bateman Kristen Bell Roseanne Barr Anna Faris and Kathy Griffin reading aloud actual tweets directed toward them by Twitter users while the song Everybody Hurts by R E M plays in the background 61 The segment was extremely popular with more than 38 million views on YouTube by April 2015 62 Additional Mean Tweets editions have aired featuring celebrities including Robert De Niro Julia Roberts Tom Hanks Adam Sandler Britney Spears Sofia Vergara Jon Hamm Julia Louis Dreyfus Aaron Paul Benedict Cumberbatch Cate Blanchett Matt Damon Tim Robbins Hugh Grant and Bill Murray The tweets selected for the segment are invariably abusive vulgar or rude often objecting to the celebrity s physical appearance or perceived lack of talent In many cases the celebrity is then afforded the opportunity for a brief albeit scripted response to the mean tweet The show has also aired several themed editions of Mean Tweets including special NBA 63 NFL 64 college football 65 and music editions 66 In March 2015 President Barack Obama who was a guest star took part in a President Obama edition of Mean Tweets during which he read tweets from people mocking his jeans and blaming him for the high price of beer The Obama segment attracted more than 10 million views in one day 61 On occasion Kimmel will introduce a surprise celebrity guest for a live on stage Mean Tweet which was later made into a compilation Celebrities who appeared on stage include Jeff Bridges Dwayne Johnson and Halle Berry This Week in Unnecessary Censorship edit A Thursday night segment which features clips of innocuous television shows such as newscasts deliberately edited typically with bleeps to make them appear offensive 67 Jimmy Kimmel YouTube Challenge edit Kimmel will give out a challenge to viewers asking them to videotape themselves pulling a prank on a family member or significant other and then revealing that Jimmy Kimmel told me to do it The best clips are then aired on the show Lie Witness News edit A correspondent not seen on camera will ask pedestrians on Hollywood Boulevard a fake question related to an actual current news event Most of the people answering the question will usually play along giving the impression that they believe that the so called fake event really happened Jimmy Kimmel Pedestrian Question edit Kimmel will send a correspondent not seen on camera to ask a set of random pedestrians a question related to a certain theme Kimmel will then have the audience guess the answer to the question then will reveal the answer to the audience Halloween candy YouTube segments edit Starting in 2011 every Halloween Kimmel asks his viewers to take away their children s Halloween candy videotape their kids reactions once they tell their kids that they ate their Halloween candy and post it on YouTube with the respective hashtag Once his team has compiled all the YouTube videos he airs them on his broadcast days later These segments have attracted criticism for potential promotion of emotional abuse 68 69 Generation Gap edit This segment a quiz show between different generations of family members was spun off into its own game show produced by Kimmel and Mark Burnett Originally ordered in 2019 70 it premiered on July 7 2022 and is hosted by Kelly Ripa 71 Other end of show segments edit At the end of some shows there are comedians doing comedy This is occasionally seen in place of the Jimmy Kimmel Live Concert Series segment Another end of show segment is the rarely seen Future Talent Showcase Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon switch edit On April 1 2022 Kimmel swapped places with Jimmy Fallon as part of an April Fools Day prank with Fallon hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live and Kimmel hosting The Tonight Show International broadcasts editJimmy Kimmel Live airs worldwide on multiple outlets In Australia The Comedy Channel began airing the program in September 2009 however it was replaced in March 2010 by the return of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 72 73 The Comedy Channel resumed airing the program from September 22 2015 74 In Canada the show previously aired on BiteTV and CHCH The show aired on Citytv from 2012 until September 20 2014 Even after its move to 11 35 Citytv continued to tape delay the show to midnight to maintain its hour long late night newscasts Jimmy Kimmel Live began airing on CTV Comedy Channel formerly The Comedy Network beginning on September 22 2014 initially airing in simulcast with ABC 75 However in January 2015 the program was yet again tape delayed to midnight in favor of The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore 76 Jimmy Kimmel Live aired on The Comedy Network until the end of August 2017 The following month the show was added to CMT Canada s schedule initially airing in simulcast with ABC The show aired on CMT Canada until August 2018 and has not aired on a Canadian channel since However the show is still available to Canadians through imported ABC stations included in standard pay TV packages In 2022 the show returns tape delayed to Citytv 77 In India Jimmy Kimmel Live premiered with its 14th season and has aired on weeknights since at 9 00 pm IST STAR World India The show airs 12 hours after the U S broadcast since September 23 2015 78 YouTube viewers for late night shows editAs of May 30 2023 update the Jimmy Kimmel Live YouTube channel shows a cumulative of 13 100 645 796 views 79 and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert channel shows a cumulative of 9 237 694 014 views 80 Ratings among late night talk shows editJimmy Kimmel Live is currently the 20th most popular show on ABC and 97th overall on TV watched by a total number of 1 746 000 people 0 56 rating up 23 from last week per episode as of the average weekly audience measurement for the period ending January 22 2023 surpassing Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon watched by a number of 1 278 000 people for the same period 81 82 Jimmy Kimmel Live has been repeatedly dominating late night talk shows among adults 18 49 Some ratings examples mentioned below During the week of Jan 16 2023 Jimmy Kimmel Live ranked as the No 1 late night talk show among adults 18 49 307 000 beating NBC s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon by 21 253 000 and CBS The Late Show Starring Stephen Colbert by 27 241 000 In fact Kimmel posted its largest advantage over The Tonight Show so far this season in Adults 18 49 21 83 The Monday broadcast of Kimmel on 1 16 23 was the No 1 late night telecast of the week among adults 18 49 584 000 Jimmy Kimmel Live Is Week s No 1 Late Night Talker in Adults 18 49 beating NBC s Fallon and CBS Colbert by more than 20 each ABC Late Night Talk Show soars to its strongest week since June Monday s Kimmel ranks among Season s Top 3 telecasts for any late night talk show in adults 18 49 83 Ratings Report for Week of Sept 26 2022 shows that when broadcasting from Brooklyn New York Jimmy Kimmel Live ranked as the No 1 late night talk show among Adults 18 49 301 000 beating NBC s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon by 8 278 000 and CBS The Late Show Starring Stephen Colbert by 14 264 000 In fact ABC s Kimmel stood as the No 1 late night talk show for the 2nd week in a row with Adults 18 49 Monday s telecast of Jimmy Kimmel Live was the week s No 1 late night telecast among Adults 18 49 501 000 In fact ABC s Kimmel claimed 2 of the week s Top 3 late night telecasts with its Monday 501 000 and Thursday 311 000 broadcasts respectively 84 During the week of June 6 2022 Jimmy Kimmel Live ranked as the No 1 late night talk show for the 2 weeks in a row among adults 18 49 443 000 dominating NBC s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon by 62 274 000 and CBS The Late Show Starring Stephen Colbert by 74 254 000 85 For the 2020 21 television season ABC s Jimmy Kimmel Live beat NBC s The Tonight Show in total viewers The ABC show beat the NBC show 1 75M 1 54M across all viewers 86 Season Nielsen Rank Nielsen Rating 87 Tied with2002 03 4 1 72003 04 5 1 6 Last Call with Carson Daly2004 05 1 52005 06 1 62006 07 1 82007 08 4 1 7 The Late Late Show2008 09 5 The Daily Show2009 10 3 The Late Late Show2010 11 42011 12 3 1 82012 13 2 52013 14 2 62014 152015 162017 182018 19Controversies editThis article may lend undue weight to certain ideas incidents or controversies Please help improve it by rewriting it in a balanced fashion that contextualizes different points of view April 2014 Learn how and when to remove this template message Detroit sports violence edit During Game 2 of the 2004 NBA Finals in Detroit Kimmel appeared on ABC s halftime show to make an on air plug for that night s episode 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 citation needed Kimmel was referring to the violence that erupted in Detroit after the Tigers won the 1984 World Series citation needed Officials at Detroit s ABC affiliate WXYZ TV immediately announced that night s show would not air on the station Hours later ABC officials followed suit and pulled that night s show from the entire network Kimmel issued a tongue in cheek apology at first saying that if the Lakers win I plan to overturn my own car 88 WXYZ s then news director Andrea Parquet Taylor rejected the apology saying that Kimmel tried to turn it into another bad joke 88 Kimmel apologized again saying he failed to take into account the embarrassment many Detroiters still felt about the 1984 violence The second apology was enough for ABC to reinstate the program the following evening 88 dead link Kimmel would later broadcast a series of shows from Detroit in an effort to make amends citation needed Kids Table China comments edit Further information Jimmy Kimmel Controversy During the October 16 2013 episode Kimmel held the Kids Table segment to invite several 6 7 year old children to discuss the U S debt problem We owe the Chinese a lot of money 1 3 trillion dollars A boy immediately suggested to kill everyone in China This comment elicited some laughter from the audience and Kimmel laughed it off and commented That s an interesting idea He later asked Should we allow the Chinese to live The boy stuck to his answer 89 The show has drawn fire from offended Asian Americans and Chinese citizens An online poll showed that 90 of the respondents were angered saddened or guarded about the show 90 Overseas Chinese communities and domestic Chinese citizens alike have rallied together and created a petition to the White House and a campaign on Facebook 91 boycotting Kimmel s decision to air the comment on his show and asking that the show be investigated for its promotion of genocide and racism against the Chinese The petition demanded that ABC should cut the show and issue a formal apology 92 The petitioner argued that t he kids might not know any better However Jimmy Kimmel and ABC s management are adults They had a choice not to air this racist program which promotes racial hatred 93 Meanwhile not all viewers of the parody found it objectionable Gu Xiaoming a professor at the School of Humanities at Fudan University believed that some were reading too much into comments from a child and the show reflected Americans anxiety on the debt crisis to some extent 94 The clip of this segment has since been removed from Kimmel s YouTube account but can still be seen when viewing the entire episode 95 On November 7 2013 the White House petition had drawn more than 100 000 signatures 96 97 The White House was expected to review the filing and issue some sort of public response for petitions that gather enough support to pass the 100 000 mark 98 With respect to the petition White House spokesman said Every petition that crosses the threshold will be reviewed by the appropriate staff and receive a response 99 ABC first sent an apology letter to the 80 20 Initiative an organization promoting equal opportunities for Asian Americans for allowing the comment Kill everyone in China to air This letter signed by ABC senior executives read in part We would never purposefully broadcast anything to upset the Chinese community Asian community anyone of Chinese descent or any community at large Our objective is to entertain This letter also said that ABC had removed the controversial comment from all media platforms and would remove it from future airing 100 101 The chairman of the 80 20 Initiative S B Woo lodged the protest with ABC after he found out the segment was actually not live and he considered this apology not a victory at all and could be more satisfactory for Asian American communities 102 During the October 28 2013 episode of his show Kimmel addressed this issue stating that 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 103 104 On October 28 2013 Asian Americans marched through the streets of San Francisco protesting about Kimmel s show and his supposed condoning of genocide They gathered around ABC headquarters in New York City and demanded a more elaborate apology and that an ABC representative come receive letters of protest 105 106 On November 1 2013 Chinese American demonstrators mainly from Houston gathered outside ABC s local office building to protest the offensive skit the show aired kill everyone in China The crowds shouted slogans like Shame on ABC Boycott ABC and Fire Kimmel 107 However protesters were still not satisfied with ABC s apology and organized a nationwide protest against ABC on November 9 in 27 cities including a rally outside ABC s headquarters in Burbank 108 The 80 20 initiative however accepted ABC s November 8 apology and has said it would like to build bridges with ABC 109 YouTube Gaming edit During the August 27 2015 episode Kimmel made a sketch parody making fun of the YouTube Gaming platform and the let s play culture in general He received a great deal of criticism from the members of the gaming community on YouTube At one point the upload of the sketch was the most disliked video on his channel until November 18 2021 when YouTube hid the number of dislikes on videos 110 Kimmel received death threats in the video s comments section which Kimmel made fun of with two other videos a few days later The two reaction videos also received negative reception 111 Melania Trump accent joke edit In an April 2018 segment Kimmel made a joke about First Lady Melania Trump s pronunciation of words while reading to children at an annual White House Easter celebration The comments offended some viewers who objected to jokes about Trump s Slovenian accent 112 The comments led to a Twitter feud between Kimmel and pundit Sean Hannity Hannity called Kimmel a despicable disgrace and ass clown Kimmel rejoined that Hannity was the whole ass circus Kimmel made comments about the relationship between Hannity and President Trump 113 114 Kimmel later said By lampooning Sean Hannity s deference to the President I most certainly did not intend to belittle or upset members of the gay community and to those who took offense I apologize I will take Sean Hannity at his word that he was genuinely offended by what I believed and still believe to be a harmless and silly aside referencing our First Lady s accent Kimmel said that his wife and son were the subjects of vile death threats as a result of his comments 113 114 Awards and nominations editPrimetime Emmy Awards edit Year Category Nominee s Result Ref 2012 Outstanding Variety Series Jimmy Kimmel Jill Leiderman Doug DeLuca Jason Schrift Erin Irwin Jennifer Sharron Ken Crosby David Craig Nominated 115 2013 NominatedOutstanding Directing for a Variety Series Andy Fisher Episode Episode 13 1810 NominatedOutstanding Writing for a Variety Series Gary Greenberg Molly McNearney Tony Barbieri Jonathan Bines Sal Iacono Jimmy Kimmel Rick Rosner Danny Ricker Eric Immerman Jeff Loveness Josh Halloway Bess Kalb Joelle Boucai and Bryan Paulk Nominated2014 Outstanding Variety Series Jimmy Kimmel Jill Leiderman Doug DeLuca Jason Schrift Erin Irwin David Craig Molly McNearney Tony Romero Gary Greenberg Jennifer Sharron Josh Weintraub Ken Crosby and Seth Weidner Nominated2015 Outstanding Variety Talk Series Nominated2016 Nominated2017 Outstanding Variety Talk Series Jimmy Kimmel Jill Leiderman Jason Schrift Doug DeLuca Erin Irwin David Craig Gary Greenberg Tony Romero Jennifer Sharron Ken Crosby Molly McNearney Seth Weidner and Josh Weintraub NominatedOutstanding Directing for a Variety Series Andy Fisher Episode The RED Show Nominated2018 Outstanding Variety Talk Series Jimmy Kimmel Jill Leiderman Jason Schrift Doug DeLuca Erin Irwin David Craig Jennifer Sharron Gary Greenberg Tony Romero Ken Crosby Molly McNearney Seth Weidner and Josh Weintraub Nominated 116 2019 Jimmy Kimmel Jill Leiderman Doug DeLuca Erin Irwin David Craig Molly McNearney Jennifer Sharron Gary Greenberg Tony Romero Josh Weintraub Ken Crosby Seth Weidner and Danny Ricker Nominated2020 Jimmy Kimmel Jill Leiderman Doug DeLuca Erin Irwin David Craig Molly McNearney Jennifer Sharron Gary Greenberg Tony Romero Josh Weintraub Seth Weidner Danny Ricker and Ken Crosby Nominated2021 Nominated2022 NominatedCreative Arts Emmy Awards edit Year Category Nominee s Result Ref 2007 Outstanding Technical Direction Camerawork Video Control for a Series Ervin D Hurd Parker Bartlett Randy Gomez Jr Greg Grouwinkel Mark Gonzalez Garrett Hurt Ritch Kenney Kris Wilson Mike Malone Marc Hunter and Guy Jones Episode Jay Z Show Nominated 115 2008 Outstanding Picture Editing of Clip Packages for Talk Performance Award or Reality Competition Programs James Crowe Episode 5th Year Anniversary Show I m F ing Matt Damon WonJason Bielski Episode After the Academy Awards I m F ing Ben Affleck NominatedOutstanding Technical Direction Camerawork Video Control for a Series Ervin D Hurd Parker Bartlett Randy Gomez Jr Greg Grouwinkel Garrett Hurt Ritch Kenney Kris Wilson Gary Taillon and Chris Gray Episode After the Academy Awards NominatedOutstanding Original Music and Lyrics Tony Barbieri Sal Iacono Wayne McClammy Sarah Silverman and Dan Warner Song I m F ing Matt Damon Won2009 Outstanding Lighting Direction Electronic Multi Camera for Variety Music or Comedy Programming Christian Hibbard and Matt Ford Episode Episode 09 1182 NominatedOutstanding Technical Direction Camerawork Video Control for a Series Ervin D Hurd Parker Bartlett Randy Gomez Jr Marc Hunter Garrett Hurt Ritch Kenney Bernd Reinhardt Kris Wilson Roy Walker Guy Jones and Chris Gray Episode Episode 09 1182 Nominated2010 Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Nonfiction or Reality Programming Rodney Munoz Episode Episode 09 1266 WonOutstanding Short Form Picture Editing Kevin McCullough Episode Episode 10 1304 The Late Night Wars NominatedBrian Marsh Episode Episode 10 1330 The Handsome Men s Club Nominated2011 Outstanding Short Form Picture Editing Brian Marsh Episode After The Academy Awards The President s Speech NominatedOutstanding Lighting Design Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Christian Hibbard Episode Michel Gondry Directs Nominated2013 Outstanding Technical Direction Camerawork Video Control for a Series Ervin D Hurd Kris Wilson Ritch Kenney Parker Bartlett Greg Grouwinkel Randy Gomez Garrett Hurt Bernd Reinhardt and Guy Jones Episode Episode 12 1776 Nominated2014 Outstanding Technical Direction Camerawork Video Control for a Series Ervin D Hurd Parker Bartlett Danny Bonilla Nick Gomez Randy Gomez Greg Grouwinkel Garrett Hurt Ritch Kenney Bernd Reinhardt Kris Wilson and Guy Jones Episode In Austin NominatedOutstanding Multi Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series James Crowe Jason Bielski Brian Marsh Kevin McCullough and Matt Williams Episode Behind the Scandelabra Nominated2016 Outstanding Technical Direction Camerawork Video Control for a Series Ervin D Hurd Kris Wilson Parker Bartlett Greg Grouwinkel Nick Gomez Garrett Hurt Bernd Reinhardt Mark Gonzales James Alario Kevin Murphy Carlos Rios Marc Hunter and Guy Jones Episode In Brooklyn Nominated2017 Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics Jonathan Kimmel amp Gary Greenberg The Ballad of Claus Jorstad Devil Stool Nominated2018 Outstanding Technical Direction Camerawork Video Control for a Series Ervin D Hurd Guy Jones Randy Gomez Jr Parker Bartlett David Plakos Nick Gomez Garrett Hurt Mark Gonzales Bernd Reinhardt James Alario and Damien Tuffereau Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live In Brooklyn Billy Joel And Tracy Morgan Nominated 116 2020 Outstanding Lighting Design Lighting Direction for a Variety Series Christian Hibbard William Peets Kille Knobel and James Worman Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live in Brooklyn Jason Alexander Tracy Morgan John Krasinski Paul Shaffer and Music from Kanye West NominatedOutstanding Short Form Variety Series Jimmy Kimmel Jill Leiderman Molly McNearney Tony Romero Seth Weidner and Danny Ricker Jimmy Kimmel s Quarantine Minilogues NominatedOutstanding Technical Direction Camerawork Video Control for a Series Ervin D Hurd Jr Guy Jones Parker Bartlett Greg Grouwinkel Garrett Hurt Kris Wilson Mark Gonzales Nick Gomez Bernd Reinhardt Damien Tuffereau and Steve Garrett Episode Jimmy Kimmel Live in Brooklyn Jon Stewart Benedict Cumberbatch Kelly Ripa and Music from David Byrne NominatedSee also editList of late night network TV programs List of late night American network TV programsNotes edit The show has been temporarily hosted by other guests for three episodes in May 2017 four from October to November 2017 four in December 2017 one in December 2019 one in March 2020 and 28 from July to September 2020 Recurring guest hosts include Kristen Bell Anthony Anderson David Spade Billy Eichner and Kerry Washington 1 Most special episodes run for 30 minutes 1 From April to September 2020 regular episodes were reduced to 30 minutes in length due to the COVID 19 pandemic and Kimmel s hiatus 4 The third 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