Jimmy Kimmel May Say Goodbye to Late Night

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Branson Cork (1:38)

Hey, welcome to the TMZ Podcast. Good morning. I'm Branson Cork.

Tony Smith (1:41)

And I'm Tony Smith.

Branson Cork (1:43)

Wow. We have a variety of stories to talk about today. Yes, we do.

I mean, they're all very different. Very different. Very, very different. So we're going to talk about Jimmy Kimmel, which may come to an end. Are you a fan of Jimmy Kimmel Live?

Tony Smith (1:56)

I'm just a fan of late night shows in general, and just at least the overall vibe. And I really hope there's a whole lot of speculation going on right now, and I really hope it's not entirely true, but we'll get into all the details.

Branson Cork (2:09)

Yeah, and we're being told, and ABC is saying one thing, and we're being told by sources that are actually on set, much different.

Tony Smith (2:17)

So we're trying to figure it out, but we'll get all into those details.

Branson Cork (2:20)

And we're also going to talk about Donald Trump. Gavin Newsom's calling him out over Trump.

SPEAKER_6 (2:23)

Trashing him.

Branson Cork (2:24)

Trashing him over essentially saying that Trump said that he was near ground zero when 9-11 happened, but based on some evidence and an interview that he did in Trump Tower, he was nowhere near.

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Over the years.

Tony Smith (2:37)

Yeah, there's multiple different accounts, and Gavin Newsom's saying, you're lying, Trump.

Branson Cork (2:42)

Right, and then we're going to finish it off and talk about how AI is going to kill all of you guys by the end of 2030

Tony Smith (2:47)

Oh, boy.

Branson Cork (2:48)

We'll get to that. But starting off, Jimmy Kimmel Live! So it's reportedly set to end after next season, is what we're being told, potentially bringing Jimmy Kimmel's more than two-decade run at ABC to a close. So PageFixer first reported this, that Kimmel's current ABC contract is not expected to be renewed when it expires in May, 2027 So have you been watching, Kimmel?

Tony Smith (3:15)

I haven't been watching. I'll say this. I was more of a Colbert fan than I was a Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon or Seth Meyers, any of the late night show hosts.

So when Colbert, I would watch Colbert every day. But Jimmy Kimmel, when all the stuff happened with Trump and over this past summer, I was tuning in a little bit more to him. And he's just a good vibe in my opinion. I think he's fairly funny. I don't think he's as funny as like Colbert or any of the other show late night hosts, but he's really good. And yeah, I just really hope this isn't true. But ABC is denying that the show is actually ending. They're just calling it speculation apparently.

Branson Cork (3:52)

Yeah, speculation. And that's what ABC is saying. But there's people that are on set.

A source close tells TMZ that there has been talk among the staff that Kimmel is working on pitches for other shows and podcasts around town.