Jimmy Kimmel Hints at Possible End to His Late Night Show
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00:00 "Everybody's leaving. Trevor Noah's left. So many folks have left, you know. What about
00:05 Kimmel?"
00:06 "Kimmel's gonna stay for a little while, yeah. I'm sticking it out."
00:11 Looks like Jimmy Kimmel is sticking it out a tiny bit longer, as he hints at a possible
00:15 end of his late-night talk show.
00:17 "Thanks for joining us here. We had a three-day weekend. It was an eventful weekend. Did anyone
00:25 else get sued by George Santos this weekend?"
00:29 The Jimmy Kimmel Live host reflects on the success of the long-running show with the
00:32 Los Angeles Times, explaining, "I'm as surprised as anyone could be in this position. Even
00:37 to have a really good job is a surprise to me."
00:40 "You may be excited, but at home they really couldn't care less, to be honest with you.
00:45 Welcome to Enjoy It While It Lasts, my new talk show."
00:49 Jimmy Kimmel Live debuted on ABC in 2003. Since then, Jimmy's become the longest-serving
00:54 late-night talk show host currently on the air.
00:57 "I mean, think back to the very beginning, where they're like, 'Is this gonna work?
01:00 Come on, what are we doing?'"
01:02 "It is incredible that I'm still on the air. I guess I learned on the job. You know,
01:08 like, if I was a pilot, the whole plane would have crashed."
01:11 But 21 years in, the idea of retiring hit him. Jimmy telling the LA Times, "The thought
01:17 came to him during his Oscars hosting prep. I was very tired, and I had all these scripts
01:21 to go through. I had to revise and rewrite all these pitch ideas for the Oscars, and
01:26 I was literally nodding off onto my computer. In those moments, I think, 'I cannot wait
01:30 until my contract is over.' But then I take the summer off, or I go on strike, and you
01:35 start going, 'Yeah, I miss the fun stuff.'"
01:37 "It's the five of us together for maybe an hour a day."
01:42 "Strike Force 5 is the name of our podcast. Subscribe to it now."
01:47 During the Writers Guild's SAG strikes last year, Jimmy started this Strike Force 5 podcast
01:52 with fellow late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, and Seth Meyers.
01:57 "Are you guys getting stir-crazy? Are you ready to go back to work?"
02:01 It was during that time, Jimmy admitted to the guys he toyed with the idea of hanging
02:05 up his hosting hat.
02:06 "As you know, I was very intent on retiring right around the time where the strike started.
02:14 And now I realize, like, 'Oh yeah, it's kind of nice to work.' I mean, you know, when you
02:19 are working, you think about not working."
02:21 "Are we to take you at your word that you were seriously considering this?"
02:25 "I really was. I think I told you that privately, right?"
02:28 But it looks like the end could be near. As Jimmy tells the LA Times, he thinks this is
02:32 his final contract.
02:34 "Each time I think that, and then it turns out to be not the case. I still have a little
02:38 more than two years left on my contract, and that seems pretty good. That seems like enough."
02:43 "You are the Tom Brady of late."
02:46 "Well, no, I think he..."
02:47 "You have feigned retirement."
02:49 "I am Tom Brady without any rings."
02:51 "Yes, or fingers."
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