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Michelle Obama Set For Jimmy Kimmel Debut Next Week; Attends NYC Fundraiser With Presidential Actors

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Wednesday October 17, 2012 @ 9:51am PDTTags: Jimmy Kimmel Live, Michelle Obama

UPDATE: 5:20 PM: The First Lady is at a fundraiser this evening at New York’s ornate 583 Park Avenue with actors who have played the President or First Lady on the big or small screen, according to White House Pool Reports. Michelle Obama spoke to about 350 guests.  “Several famous actors watched from an upstairs balcony: Chris Rock, James Earl Jones, Blair Underwood, Cynthia Nixon, Sam Waterson, Cherry Jones, Geena Davis, and Jeffery Wright Mike Nichols stood and watched from behind the last row of chairs,” said the pool

PREVIOUSLY, 11:30 AM: The First Lady will make her first appearance on ABC’s late-night show on Thursday. The Jimmy Kimmel Live visit comes the same day Michelle Obama will attend a campaign fundraiser at Will Smith’s house in LA. Tickets for that event range from $2,500-$40,000. The appearance with Kimmel, who hosted this year’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner, also comes a week after she appears on Live With Kelly and Michael, which is being taped today in NYC. The First Lady has been a bit of ratings magnet of late: Her appearance with President Obama on The View last month  pulled in the show’s highest ratings in months. Her appearance with Olympian Gabby Douglas on The Tonight Show in August gave Leno’s show a six-month ratings high.

Related: Obama Back On ‘The Daily Show’ On Oct. 18

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ABC Shuffles Late Night: ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ To 11:35 PM, ‘Nightline’ To 12:35 AM

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 21, 2012 @ 10:00am PDTTags: ABC, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Nightline
Nellie Andreeva

Jimmy Kimmel’s star at ABC continues to rise. After a decade of slow build in awareness and ratings and on the heels of landing its first best series Emmy nomination, Jimmy Kimmel Live will move to the prime … Read More »

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EMMYS: Jimmy Kimmel On A Hot Streak With First Nomination

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday July 19, 2012 @ 8:51am PDTTags: Emmys, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Jimmy Kimmel only found out yesterday afternoon that he’d have to get out of bed at an ungodly hour this morning to announce the Primetime Emmy nominations along with Kerry Washington of ABC’s Scandal, subbing for stranded Parks And Recreation co-star Nick Offerman. Jimmy Kimmel EmmysBut Kimmel’s predawn trip to the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood — appropriately enough, in his pajamas — turned out to be well worth his while: His ABC late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live received its first nomination in the Outstanding Variety Series category on its 10th try. As Washington read the best variety series nominees, Kimmel appeared surprised. “Should I give a speech now or what?” he asked.

The speech can wait until September 23, when Kimmel will be hosting the Emmys live on ABC from the Nokia Theatre at LA Live. The man is clearly on a hot streak, even if he dressed for nominations announcement duty in something he described as being from “the husky baby collection.” After years of flying mostly under the radar with his late-night show known mostly for its viral celebrity-driven videos (it won the Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics category in 2008 for the “I’m F**king Matt Damon” ditty), JKL seems to be hitting its stride, posting significant ratings growth this past season and getting boosts from Kimmel’s post-Oscars and pre-NBA Finals stints. Read More »

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Jimmy Kimmel Bests Leno & Letterman

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Thursday May 17, 2012 @ 9:24am PDTTags: Jimmy Kimmel Live, Ratings, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Jimmy Kimmel RatingsIt was a very good week for Jimmy Kimmel. Last Thursday, Jimmy Kimmel Live! had its first in-season victory over The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. Even though he doesn’t come on until midnight, the ABC host beat his NBC rival by 4% in adults 18-49 on May 10. The fact that Kimmel’s Nightline lead-in had its highest rating for the week as well helped. Kimmel also beat out David Letterman at CBS in adults 18-34: Jimmy Kimmel Live! topped Late Show With David Letterman on May 7 (+5%), May 9 (+60%), and May 11 (+20%). The May 11 show, a Friday, was a Kimmel repeat vs. a new Letterman. Read More »

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Jimmy Kimmel Sets 7th Post-Oscars Show

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday February 6, 2012 @ 5:25pm PSTTags: Academy Awards, Billy Crystal, Jimmy Kimmel Live

Oscars host Billy Crystal, Meryl Streep, George Clooney, Tom Hanks and many others will join Jimmy Kimmel Live: After The Academy Awards live on ABC from the El Capitan Theatre on Sunday February 26th. Helen Mirren, Charlize Theron, Don Cheadle and Cold Play will also be on hand for the … Read More »

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Video: Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘Facebook Police’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday January 26, 2012 @ 8:56pm PSTTags: Jimmy Kimmel Live

Jimmy Kimmel Live put together this demonstration of Facebook’s pending changes in profile and update policies that are more than a little annoying.

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VIDEO: Ellen Vs. Kimmel In ‘Nice-Off’

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Thursday November 3, 2011 @ 10:25am PDTTags: Ellen DeGeneres, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel Live

Derek Zoolander and Hansel have nothing on Ellen DeGeneres and Jimmy Kimmel, who settled once and for all who is the sweethearty-est during last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! DeGeneres was a guest promoting her new book. Warning: It gets ugly nice.

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Jimmy Kimmel To Host White House Correspondents Dinner

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 1, 2011 @ 3:00am PDTTags: Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel Live
Nellie Andreeva

Jimmy Kimmel famously skewers the president of ABC every year at the network’s upfront presentation. Now he will get to do it to the president of the United States. The host of ABC’s late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live! has … Read More »

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R.I.P. Frank Potenza

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday August 23, 2011 @ 4:40pm PDTTags: Jimmy Kimmel Live

Frank Potenza, a former New York City police officer and security guard who found a second career as a regular on his nephew Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show, died early this morning. He was 77. Potenza, a Korean War veteran, joined ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2003 as guard and … Read More »

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VIDEO: Harrison Ford & Chewbacca Square Off On ‘Jimmy Kimmel’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday July 27, 2011 @ 11:49pm PDTTags: Cowboys & Aliens, Harrison Ford, Jimmy Kimmel Live
Nellie Andreeva

Harrison Ford, on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote his new movie Cowboys & Aliens, bumped into an old Star Wars friend. Judging by the decades worth of bottled-up rage, Solo probably regrets refusing an order to kill the Wookiee back in the day. Tonight’s episode of Kimmel was directed … Read More »

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ABC NEWS: Jon Favreau To Direct ‘JKL’, James Franco To Return To ‘Gen Hospital’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday July 25, 2011 @ 3:55pm PDTTags: Cowboys & Aliens, General Hospital, James Franco, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jon Favreau
Nellie Andreeva

Cowboys & Aliens director Jon Favreau‘s promotional push for the sci-fi Western continues with a directing gig on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! Favreau, who spent the weekend at Comic-Con, will helm the Wednesday episode as part of a Cowboys & Aliens-themed week of JKL featuring interviews with stars Daniel Craig, … Read More »

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Jimmy Kimmel Bids Goodbye To Oprah

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday May 25, 2011 @ 7:06am PDTTags: Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Oprah Winfrey
Nellie Andreeva

Here is Jimmy Kimmel, joined by the group Boyz II Men, as they sing a tribute to the departing daytime talk show host: It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye (to Oprah Winfrey).

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Christoph Waltz As ‘American Idol’ Judge?

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Friday April 22, 2011 @ 12:44pm PDTTags: American Idol, Christoph Waltz, Jimmy Kimmel Live

I had no idea Oscar winner Christoph Waltz could do comedy so well. This Jimmy Kimmel Live! video goes on too long, but it’s funny.

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UPDATE: What Jimmy Kimmel Cut From Charlie Sheen’s Late Night TV Walk-On

By NIKKI FINKE, Editor in Chief | Tuesday March 22, 2011 @ 11:29am PDTTags: ABC, Charlie Sheen, Jimmy Kimmel Live

TUESDAY UPDATE: Just one problem when late night TV tries to exploit Charlie Sheen for ratings: he’s a loose cannon. (Like, duh.) Turns out the Jimmy Kimmel show cut Charlie’s last line when he said, “That whore Sarah Silverman left this at my house” and slammed a toothbrush on Jimmy’s desk. I’m told Kimmel “felt it was insulting” to his ex-girlfriend. (Like, duh). Read More »

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Jimmy Kimmel’s Post-Oscars Skit With Lindsay Lohan And Scarlett Johansson

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 28, 2011 @ 12:31am PSTTags: 83rd Academy Awards, Academy Awards, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Julie Roberts, Lindsay Lohan, Movies, Oscars, Ron Howard, Tom Hanks, TV
Nellie Andreeva

Lindsay Lohan made her post-rehab acting debut in a skit during  Jimmy Kimmel Live! After the Academy Awards show that followed the Oscar ceremony on ABC. The segment, Hottie Body Humpilates, was a mock workout video infomercial featuring a bevy of hot actresses, including Scarlett Johansson, Sofia Vergara, Minka Kelly, … Read More »

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ABC Moves ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ To Midnight, Shortens ‘Nightline’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday January 20, 2011 @ 2:23pm PSTTags: ABC, ABC News Ben Sherwood, ABC Nightline, ABC Scheduling, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel ABC Deal, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night TV, TV
Nellie Andreeva

ABC has confirmed long-running speculation that as part of Jimmy Kimmel’s new two-year deal with ABC, the comedian had asked for his latenight talk show on the network to be moved up from 12:05 AM to midnight. The change … Read More »

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Conan Issues Apology Over Rudolph Snafu

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday December 23, 2010 @ 4:54pm PSTTags: Conan O'Brien TBS, Conan O'Brien Video, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night TV, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Conan, Sarah Palin Rudolph, TV, Video
Nellie Andreeva

Last night, we were the first to point out the striking similarities between a video on Conan last night about Sarah Palin shooting Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and a similar skit on Jimmy Kimmel Live 2 weeks ago. Now, Conan O’Brien has issued a video apology to the folks … Read More »

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Jimmy Kimmel Signs New Two-Year Deal With ABC For ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday December 13, 2010 @ 2:27pm PSTTags: ABC, Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Kimmel ABC Deal, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Late Night TV, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: Jimmy Kimmel has signed a new two-year extension with ABC to continue as the host/executive producer of the network’s late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which will continue to air at 12:05 AM for the time being. The new deal … Read More »

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LATE NIGHT RATE RACE: Leno Takes Weekly Lead Over Letterman While Conan Stabilizes

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday November 11, 2010 @ 1:58pm PSTTags: ABC Nightline, Conan Ratings, David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Call with Carson Daly, Late Night Rat Race, Late Night Ratings, Late Night TV, Late Show with David Letterman, Late Show with David Letterman Ratings, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Ratings, TV, TV Ratings
Nellie Andreeva

After David Letterman in the last week of October posted his first demo win over Leno since Leno’s return to The Tonight Show, Leno bounced back to reclaim the lead in both 18-49 and total viewers for the first week of November. This marks Leno’s first solo first-place finish at the top of the 18-49 rankings in 5 weeks, as Leno and Letterman were tied for 3 weeks before Letterman won outright the week before last. In 18-49, Leno averaged a 1.0 rating vs. a 0.9 for Letterman. The same week last year, Letterman and The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien were tied at 0.9. (In 18-49 viewers, Leno’s average was 1.26 million vs. 1.21 million for Conan last fall; Letterman’s was 1.20 million vs. 1.22 million last year.) The two may switch places again this week as Letterman dominated Leno on Monday night. Among total viewers, Leno averaged 3.9 million for the week, up from 2.3 million for Conan last fall; Letterman drew 3.7 million vs. 3.9 million last year. As for the third airing of Conan’s new latenight show on TBS, his ratings drops were far more moderate than the 33-42% between the premiere and night 2. Last night, Conan drew 2.7 million viewers, down only 3% from the night before. His 18-49 audience was 1.9 million, down 13%. In 18-34,he averaged  1.15 million, down 19%. Here are the averages for the broadcast latenight shows during the week of Nov. 1-5: Read More »

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