Thursday night was must watch late-night TV on ABC. Matt Damon hijacked Jimmy Kimmel Live‘s 11:35 PM time slot and renamed it ‘Jimmy Kimmel Sucks’ — then packed his one-evening-only hosting turn with unexpected comedy and A-list stars. Damon replaced Kimmel’s longtime sidekick Guillermo with Andy Garcia, and Kimmel bandleader Cleto with Sheryl Crow. Guests included Nicole Kidman, Gary Oldman, Amy Adams, Reese Witherspoon, and Demi Moore. Robin Williams and Sarah Silverman made appearances. Even Ben Affleck stopped by. Here’s the teaser:
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Entertaining hour. It seemed to blow up Twitter, so it’ll be interesting to see the ratings.
What great fun. It was terrific. Kudos to the Jimmy Kimmel production team and Matt Damon & friends.
Great fun. Long may Kimmel continue in this 3 horse race. Enjoying the earlier slot.
Now that was fun.
Matt Damon!
I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard on late night TV. He should do this more often and the others should take note
Those incorrigible Gen Xers. God love ‘em.
It was hilarious…..Matt Damon is a natural as a Late Night host! He also had cameo video “Kimmel Sucks” comments from the likes of Oprah, Robert DeNiro and Don Cheadle among many others. I would have missed the show if they didn’t run the very funny Show Promo on the Local So Cal ABC outlet KABC. Very entertaining and job well done by all…..even “squirming Jimmy”!
One of the best stunts I’ve ever seen, glad to see there’s still some creativity left in this biz instead of just “phoning it in” night after night. Leno and Letterman should take note.
Is this gonna be broadcast in the UK. Would love to see it !!!
This was a huge plus for late-night viewing! Matt Damon was terrific! Thanks to Jimmy Kimmel for “stepping aside” and to
all who participated. Is a rebroadcast in our future?