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Jimmy Kimmel Inks ABC Contract Extension After Trump-FCC Culture War [View all]
Jimmy Kimmel will remain at ABC for a while longer.
The late night host has signed a one-year extension with the network that will take Jimmy Kimmel Live! through the end of the 2026-27 TV season. Kimmel’s current deal was set to end in May 2026.
The extension, first reported by Bloomberg, comes on the heels of a tumultous few months for Kimmel that saw him briefly suspended in September for comments about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a record audience for his return and ongoing sparring with President Donald Trump.
Kimmel thought that when he was initially suspended by ABC, that his tenure on the network was coming to an end. “I thought that it’s over. I was like, I’m never coming back on the air,” he told Stephen Colbert.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jimmy-kimmel-extends-abc-deal-2026-27-1236445167/
The late night host has signed a one-year extension with the network that will take Jimmy Kimmel Live! through the end of the 2026-27 TV season. Kimmel’s current deal was set to end in May 2026.
The extension, first reported by Bloomberg, comes on the heels of a tumultous few months for Kimmel that saw him briefly suspended in September for comments about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a record audience for his return and ongoing sparring with President Donald Trump.
Kimmel thought that when he was initially suspended by ABC, that his tenure on the network was coming to an end. “I thought that it’s over. I was like, I’m never coming back on the air,” he told Stephen Colbert.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jimmy-kimmel-extends-abc-deal-2026-27-1236445167/
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