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| Created by | Jimmy Kimmel |
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| Directed by | Andy Fisher |
| Presented by | Jimmy Kimmel[a] |
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| Music by | The Cletones |
| Opening theme | "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", sung byRobert Goulet |
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| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 24 |
| No. of episodes | 3,588[2][1] |
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| Running time | 40 minutes[b] |
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| Network | ABC |
| Release | January 26, 2003 (2003-01-26) – present |
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an Americanlate-night talk show, created and hosted byJimmy Kimmel, and broadcast on theAmerican Broadcasting Company (ABC). The nightly hour-long show tapes and is based out of the El Capitan Entertainment Centre (ECEC), formerly theHollywood Masonic Temple inHollywood, Los Angeles, California. It debuted on January 26, 2003, as part of ABC'slead-out programming forSuper Bowl XXXVII. For its first ten years,Jimmy Kimmel Live! aired at 12:05 a.m.ET/PT before moving to 11:35 p.m. on January 8, 2013. Contrary to its title, the show has not regularly aired live since April 23, 2004, when censors were unable to properlybleep censor a barrage of swearing from actorThomas Jane.[4]
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is produced by 12:05 AM Productions, LLC, in association with Kimmelot and20th Television. It holds the title as the longest running late-night talk show on the network, having aired for more than three times as long as eitherThe Dick Cavett Show (1969–1975) orPolitically Incorrect (1997–2002). It is the second longest-running late-night talk show, by host, on any network surpassed only byThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
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AfterPolitically Incorrect was cancelled in 2002, ABC decided to create a talk show followingNightline. Kimmel, who had co-hosted theComedy Central sketch comedy showThe Man Show was in negotiations as host in May 2002 and was publicly announced in November 2002.[5][6][7] The show premiered on January 26, 2003. BecauseNightline traditionally began at 11:35 p.m.ET/PT,Jimmy Kimmel Live! (andPolitically Incorrect before it) originally started after midnight.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is ABC's first attempt at a traditionallate-night talk show since its attempt to reviveThe Dick Cavett Show in the 1980s. ABC had earlier attempted to directly compete withNBC'sTonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in the 1960s and 1970s withThe Les Crane Show, which was more of a serious interview program than light entertainment, as well asThe Joey Bishop Show (1967–1969), featuringRat Pack memberJoey Bishop withRegis Philbin as sidekick.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! was stunted early on by an ABC affiliate body which was fulfilling existingsyndication contracts for post-local newssitcom repeats and entertainment newsmagazines (thus delaying the show making the "Live!" title somewhat of a misnomer) and started behind the ratings ofLate Show with David Letterman,The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,Late Night with Conan O'Brien, andThe Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, but gradually moved up in the ratings into 2004, and became a fairly strong competitor, capturing about half the audience ofThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[8]
Nightline, which premiered in 1979 during theIran hostage crisis, was able to compete with theTonight Show, particularly on days when there were major news events or ongoing crises. The growth and development ofcable news and the emergence of the internet and the24-hour news cycle erodedNightline's originally unique, and later preeminent position as a source for late evening national and international news and its value as acounterprogramming againstTonight and other late-night talk shows. As a result, on January 8, 2013,Nightline switched places on ABC's schedule withJimmy Kimmel Live!. Since then,Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35 p.m. has been able to more directly compete with theTonight Show and CBS'sThe Late Show.[9]
Following the subsequent retirements ofJay Leno in February 2014,David Letterman in May 2015, andJon Stewart in August 2015, Kimmel became the second-longest serving current host in late-night television afterConan O'Brien.[10] O'Brien's show ended in 2021, making Kimmel longest-tenured host.[11] Overall, Kimmel is the third longest-running nightly late-night host on network television afterDavid Letterman andJohnny Carson (Letterman hostedLate Night on NBC from 1982 to 1993 andLate Show on CBS from 1993 to 2015), andJimmy Kimmel Live! is the second longest-running late-night show afterThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, which aired thirty consecutive seasons on NBC from 1962 to 1992.
On April 15, 2009, after the Marchsweeps break,Kimmel began broadcasting in720phigh definition.[12]
Jimmy Kimmel Live increasingly becamepolitical satire, especially in the opening monologues, during the mid-2010s afterDonald Trump ran for President of the United States. Kimmel cited issues close to him regarding theAmerican health care system including his son's congenital heart defect and health insurance.[13][14][15]
On August 15, 2019, ABC and the show were fined $395,000 via a settlement by theFederal Communications Commission (FCC) for misusing theEmergency Alert System (EAS) tone on the October 3, 2018, episode.[16][17]
At the start of 2019, whenHearst Television's newest affiliation agreement for their ABC affiliates kicked in and forced them to give up their ability to delay the program for extended local newscasts or syndicated programming, the show now airs across the network on most stations at 11:35 p.m. ET/10:35 p.m. CT.[18]
In May 2019, Kimmel and ABC agreed to extend his contract to host the show until 2022, which would be the show's twentieth season.[19]
On March 16, 2020, the show suspended production due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. Two weeks later, on March 30, the show resumed production from Kimmel's house,[3] resuming its original 12:05 a.m. timeslot;Nightline returned to 11:35 p.m. On April 13, episodes were reduced to 30 minutes in length.Nightline moved to 12:05 a.m., followed by an encore of the 11:35 p.m. show.[3]
On June 18, 2020, Kimmel announced he was taking a hiatus from the show; a series ofguest hosts filled in with 30-minute episodes until he returned with the new television season after hosting the72nd Primetime Emmy Awards. This has since become a yearly tradition for the show's July and August shows under the more traditional hour format.
On September 21, 2020, Kimmel returned to the show, which also resumed taping from the Hollywood Masonic Temple without a studio audience, the show also resumed its 60-minute format, withNightline returning to 12:35 a.m.[20] In January 2021, pursuant to guidance from theLos Angeles County Department of Public Health due to a local increase in cases, the show briefly returned to its at-home format. The show has since returned to a full audience as restrictions were lifted, with the requirement that attendees have their full vaccinations.[21]
On February 21, 2024, Kimmel hinted that he may not renew his contract for further seasons after his current contract expires in May 2026 in an interview with theLos Angeles Times, stating that "I think this is my final contract, I hate to even say it, because everyone's laughing at me now — each time I think that, and then it turns out to be not the case. I still have a little more than two years left on my contract, and that seems pretty good, that seems like enough."[22][23] However, in December 2025, Kimmel announced that he had extended his contract by one additional year, with it set to expire in May 2027.[24]
On November 11, 2025, Jimmy Kimmel announced via Instagram that friendCleto Escobedo III, who served as the show's bandleader since its inception in 2003, had died that day.[25][26]
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On September 17 2025, during an interview on conservative commentatorBenny Johnson's podcast,FCC chairBrendan Carr warned that action could be taken against ABC for remarks by Kimmel during the monologue of the previous night's episode, in which he stated that the "MAGA gang" was "desperately trying to characterize this kid whomurdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it."[27]
Carr called Kimmel's comments "truly sick" and said his agency "has a strong case for holding Kimmel, ABC and network parentWalt Disney Co. accountable for spreading misinformation", arguing that Kimmel "appeared to be making an intentional effort to mislead the public that Kirk's assassin was a right-wing Trump supporter."[28] Carr continued: "There's actions we can take on licensed broadcasters [that carry Jimmy Kimmel's show] and frankly, I think it's past time that a lot of these licensed broadcasters themselves push back on Comcast and Disney and say, 'Listen...we are not going to run Kimmel anymore until you straighten this out because we [are] running the possibility of fines or license revocations from the FCC.'"[29][30] "When you see stuff like this—I mean, we can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there's going to be additional work for the FCC ahead."[29][30][31]
Nexstar Media Group andSinclair Broadcast Group both announced after the warning that they would pull the show from its ABC affiliates indefinitely in response to Kimmel's comments.[32][33][34] Shortly afterward, ABC announced thatJimmy Kimmel Live! would be suspended indefinitely;[27][35] Nexstar stated that its original decision was made unilaterally and was not influenced by any correspondence with the FCC or other agencies, however, it was pointed out that Nexstar has been seeking FCC approval for the acquisition of fellow television broadcasterTegna Inc.[36][37]
Deadline reported that Kimmel had refused to apologize, but had planned to clarify his comments and specifically call out Trump supporters on that night's episode, and that ABC "hope[d] that it will be able to have Kimmel back on the air 'soon', per sources, but whether Kimmel himself is willing is also unclear."[38]Variety described the suspension coming after "several prominent conservatives have called for any critic of [Kirk's] work to be silenced, no matter how nuanced the argument may be".[39][40]CNN reported that Disney employees and Kimmel's staff received death threats following Carr's remarks and weredoxxed on social media and that the safety of employees and advertisers was a consideration. However, Disney said they were reportedly "hopeful" that Kimmel's show will return.[41]
Numerous figures[42][43][44][45] and organizations called for a boycott of Disney, such asIndivisible[46] and50501,[47] and there was a spike inGoogle searches to cancel Hulu and Disney+, along with an increase of posts onInstagram,TikTok,Twitter, and multipleReddit threads on the topic.[48][49][50] AChange.org petition, which called for people to boycott "ABC's shows and affiliated streaming platforms," gained 60,000 signatures as of September 19.[51]Writers Guild of America West organized a protest outsideWalt Disney Studios located inBurbank, California on September 18.[52][53][54]Writers Guild of America, East also protested outside the headquarters for ABC inNew York City on September 19.[55]
Donald Trump,JD Vance,Dave Portnoy, former Fox News hostMegyn Kelly,The Daily Wire commentatorMatt Walsh, andMAGA supporters backed Kimmel's suspension.[56][49] On September 22, five days after the suspension and the aforementioned outcry, it was announced that Kimmel would return to the show the following night, though the show remained off the air on Nexstar and Sinclair affiliates.[57][58] On September 26, media companies Sinclair Broadcast Group and Nexstar Media Group announced that they would restore the show on their affiliates that evening.[59]
Disney said that the return of the show drew 6.26 million viewers, despite not being aired to 23% of households due to preemptions.[60]
Contrary to its name,Kimmel has not aired live editions regularly since 2004; instead, it is recorded at 4:30 p.m.Pacific Time (7:30 p.m. Eastern) on the day of broadcast outside special episodes.[61] The program switched to taped broadcasts after actorThomas Jane guested andstandards and practices was unable to easilybleep censor a sudden barrage of profanity from Jane to test their limits.[4]
Until 2009, new episodes aired five nights a week, while from 2009 to 2012, the Friday episode was a rebroadcast of a recent episode. Starting with the January 2013 move, the Friday episode was retitledJimmy Kimmel Live! This Week, showing highlights from the entire week of shows. However, the show has since reverted to airing a rebroadcast of a recent episode on Fridays, although current events have caused the show to occasionally air new Friday episodes.
On January 8, 2025, it was announced thatJimmy Kimmel Live! would suspend production due to thethen-ongoing wildfires in theSouthern California region, whereEl Capitan, the filming spot for the show, is located.[62] On January 13, it was announced that the show would resume production at El Capitan effective immediately.[63]
The show'shouse band isThe Cletones. The current members of the band are Cleto Escobedo Jr. on tenor and alto saxophone, Jeff Babko on keyboards, Toshi Yanagi on guitar, Rhonda Smith on bass, and Jonathan Dresel on drums. The band's original bandleader was Escobedo's son, saxophonist Cleto Escobedo III, who was a childhood friend of Kimmel. The band was known as Cleto and the Cletones until Escobedo III's death; it was renamed The Cletones on November 17, 2025.[64] Smith replacedJimmy Earl after his 2022 retirement. Like other talk shows with live bands, The Cletones play the show's opening and closing themes and play into and out of commercial breaks. (They usually play through the entire break for the studio audience.) The show's opening theme was written by Les Pierce,Jonathan Kimmel, and Cleto Escobedo III and sung byRobert Goulet.
The show originally had guest co-hosts each week who would participate in skits and question each night's guests. Parking lot security guardGuillermo Rodriguez became thesidekick of the show after he was caught sleeping in announcerDicky Barrett's car.[65]
The show also featured guest announcers, until comedianAndy Milonakis took over as the show'sannouncer from late 2003 to 2004.[66] He would also appear in comedy bits for the show. Then in 2004,Mighty Mighty Bosstones &The Defiant singerDicky Barrett took over as the show'sannouncer when the Bosstones went on a hiatus. Barrett left the show in 2022 and was replaced by comedianLou Wilson.
Since its inception, stand-up comedian Don Barris has performed as thewarmup comic for the in-studio audience, although he rarely appears on camera; before joining JKL, Barris was the warmup comic forThe Man Show.
Francis "Uncle Frank" Potenza, Kimmel's real-life uncle, served as a security guard for the show, and appeared regularly in bits on-camera with Kimmel and other employees of the show. He was a New York City police officer and a personal security guard forFrank Sinatra. Potenza did not appear regularly from December 2009 through March 2010, due to illness. (In the interim, he did appear on the seventh anniversary show on January 26, 2010.) However, he later returned as a semi-regular. Potenza died on August 23, 2011, at the age of 77.[67]Veatrice Rice was another parking lot security guard who had several of her own segments on the show until her death from cancer on January 21, 2009.
Frequently at the end of the show, Kimmel thanks the guests as usual, but then adds, "Our apologies toMatt Damon, we ran out of time." Damon himself toldParade magazine in 2011 that Kimmel said he first did it at a low moment at the end of a show which had substandard guests. The show's producer liked the joke, and Kimmel continued to do it on subsequent shows for their amusement.[68] During a 2013 appearance on the radio talk showFresh Air, Kimmel further stated that he only chose Damon's name because it was the first A-list actor that popped into his head that "we absolutely would not bump if he was on the show".[69]
On September 12, 2006, Damon appeared on the show. A montage of clips demonstrating the numerous times Kimmel performed the bit was shown and, after a very lengthy introduction by Kimmel, Damon appeared on stage. After a few seconds, Kimmel apologized and stated that the show was out of time. He asked Damon if he could return the next night, to which Damon replied, "Go fuck yourself." An infuriated Damon continued to curse at Kimmel throughout the rolling of the credits, ultimately slapping the desk and walking off the set. In the December 17, 2006, issue ofUSA Weekend, Kimmel acknowledged that the Damon incident was a joke.[70] In the show which aired on June 5, 2007, Kimmel sent his sidekick Guillermo to theOcean's Thirteen premiere to interview Damon, though when he started the interview, he said that they were out of time, at which point Damon assumed that Kimmel sent him. In the August 2, 2007, episode, Kimmel then announced that Guillermo was taking on the role ofJason Bourne, who was played by Damon, forThe Bourne Ultimatum. A clip was shown in which Guillermo was playing Bourne, until Damon showed up and thought that Kimmel was now trying to bump him from his movie. Damon tried to chase Guillermo but Guillermo slapped him and jumped through a wall. In Kimmel's 2010 post-Oscar show, he featured a clip called "The Handsome Men's Club", which ended with Damon telling Kimmel, "We're all out of time," then bursting into evil laughter after Kimmel was ejected from the club for not being handsome enough. However, it turned out to be a dream, as he wakes up next toBen Affleck.[71]
Damon was part of the all-star cast assembled by Kimmel for his 2012 Oscars parody, which was a mock trailer for a non-existent blockbuster calledMovie: The Movie. Damon appears briefly in a full grape suit, only to be informed his scene had been cut from the "film" after which he is shown storming out of the studio (as part of the trailer), cursing at Kimmel. In the mock trailer for the sequel, 'Movie: The Movie 2', Damon appears again as an alien who is munching on a sandwich only to think he is munching something else. He walks out cursing Kimmel again. However, it later shown to just be a toy.
In August 2013, Guillermo crashed a Matt Damon interview, about his upcoming movieElysium, by promoting his own movie called "Estupido", about a stupid man, which poster had an arrow pointing towards Matt Damon.[72] At the end of the interview, Matt removed the poster, revealing on the other side the name of another Guillermo movie called "Ass Face", also with an arrow pointing towards Matt. Matt accuses Guillermo of acting on Kimmel's orders and, facing the camera, starts to say "you...", at which time it cuts to Guillermo's promo which ends with Matt's face turning into an ass.[73]
In February 2014, Damon was invited with the cast ofThe Monuments Men. Damon sat in another seat. A fake fire was activated at the end of the show when Kimmel asked Damon a question.[74]
During Kimmel's 2016 post-Oscar special,Ben Affleck wore a very large coat for his appearance, and Damon emerged from the coat for the interview. However, he was removed from the studio by an enraged Kimmel, who then moved on to interview Affleck. Later, Damon appeared in a sketch about the movie that Affleck stars in,Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, reprising his role as astronautMark Watney.[75]
When Kimmel hosted the89th Academy Awards on February 26, 2017, he renewed his feud with Damon, first in a skit harshly criticizing Damon's filmWe Bought a Zoo, having the announcer introduce him as only the unnamed "guest" ofBen Affleck, and personallyconducting the orchestra to play him off while Damon was talking (before announcing the nominees and award winner).[76]On an appearance onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Damon praised Fallon for his speedy invitation process, which Kimmel poked fun of.[77]
In June 2020, during theCOVID-19 pandemic when Kimmel was hosting the show from his house, Damon emerged from one of Kimmel's bedrooms, revealing to have been there during the whole pandemic and demanded to be on the show, when Kimmel wanted to take a break. Then it was revealed Kimmel's wife had been cheating on him with Damon again. This resulted in Kimmel telling Damon he is not on the show.
On April 1, 2022, with Jimmy Fallon hosting in place of Kimmel for April Fools' Day,[78] Fallon announced Matt Damon as a guest on the show. Instead, Justin Timberlake emerged wearing Boston Red Sox apparel and carrying a Dunkin' Donuts coffee cup, loosely in character as Matt Damon. The interview ended with Timberlake spray painting "I <3 Matt Damon" on the front of Kimmel's desk.
In a segment that aired on January 31, 2008, Kimmel's then long-time girlfriendSarah Silverman appeared on the show and announced, via a music video, that she had been "fucking Matt Damon."[79] Damon took an additional jab at Kimmel's long running gag by telling Kimmel at the end of the video, "Jimmy, we're out of time. Sorry."
On February 24, on Kimmel's third post-Oscar show, he debuted his rebuttal video, announcing that he was doing the same toBen Affleck. Kimmel introduced his star-studded musical by addressing Damon and vowing, "You take something I love from me, I'm gonna take something you love from you."[80] Affleck is Damon's longtime acting and writing collaborator; the two first became prominent as such forGood Will Hunting and later channeled this collaboration intoProject Greenlight.
In addition to Affleck, the video featuredRobin Williams,Don Cheadle,Harrison Ford,Hynden Walch,Cameron Diaz,Christina Applegate,Benji Madden andJoel Madden fromGood Charlotte,Dicky Barrett,Christopher Mintz-Plasse,Lance Bass,Dominic Monaghan,Meat Loaf,Pete Wentz,Joan Jett,Huey Lewis,Perry Farrell,Macy Gray,Rebecca Romijn,Josh Groban,Jessica DiCicco, and unnamed choir singers as recording booth singers, along withBrad Pitt as a delivery man. The video gained widespread media attention, with Kimmel jokingly telling theNew York Times, "Every once in a while, Hollywood rallies itself for a worthy cause."[80] On its end-of-the-decade "best-of" list,Entertainment Weekly put Damon as an action star at No. 60 and the Silverman video on No. 62, writing, "A talk-show host's famous comedian girlfriend confesses in a catchy song that she's shtupping No. 60? Yeah, that'll go viral."[81]
In 2008, the segment won aCreative Arts Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.[82]
For the 10th anniversary episode on January 24, 2013, Damon took over hosting duties; for the occasion, the show was renamedJimmy Kimmel Sucks! The episode began with a sequence of clips showing Kimmel "bumping" Damon, and continued with Damon taking command of the show, while Kimmel was tied to a chair and gagged for the remainder of the episode. Damon then replaced Guillermo withAndy Garcia and bandleader Cleto withSheryl Crow, before bringing inRobin Williams to do the monologue.
The show had numerous guests, includingNicole Kidman,Gary Oldman,Amy Adams,Reese Witherspoon,Demi Moore, andSarah Silverman, along with an on-screen cameo byBen Affleck during Damon's monologue. There were also numerous taped pieces congratulating Damon on hosting, including byJennifer Lopez,Sally Field,John Krasinski,Robert De Niro,Don Cheadle,Oprah Winfrey, and Kimmel's parents. Damon also "revealed" that Kimmel keeps "bumping" Damon out of jealousy: a clip shows Kimmel's unsuccessful attempts to audition for all movie roles that Damon played. At the episode's end, Damon turns the "We ran out of time" joke on Kimmel after asking Kimmel if he had anything to say.[83] The episode was the highest-rated late night show that evening, and ABC elected to rebroadcast it in primetime the following week.[84]
During the2010Tonight Show conflict, Kimmel donned a gray wig and fake chin, performing his entire January 12, 2010, show in character asJay Leno. With his bandleader, Cleto Escobedo, parodying Leno's bandleaderKevin Eubanks, Kimmel started out his monologue with "It's good to be here on ABC. Hey, Cleto, you know what ABC stands for? Always Bump Conan." He also referenced the "People of Earth" letter written byConan O'Brien, noting how O'Brien declined to participate in the "destruction" ofThe Tonight Show, commenting as Leno that "Fortunately, though, I will! I'll burn it down if I have to!"[85] Leno called Kimmel the next morning to discuss the bit, and at the end of the call, Leno suggested he come over and appear on his show. When his booking department called to confirm his appearance on a "10 at 10" segment, Kimmel agreed immediately.[86] When he received the questions for his January 14 appearance—such as "What's your favorite snack junk food?"—he realized Leno intended to neutralize the scathing parody and paint the two as friends.[87]
Kimmel, however, was upfront with wanting to discuss the fiasco at hand, and upon his appearance, attempted to steer the questions that way: when asked about his favorite prank, he responded, "I think the best prank I ever pulled was, I told a guy once, 'Five years from now I'm going to give you my show.' And then when the five years came, I gave it to him and I took it back, almost instantly."[88] Another example came from when Leno asked, "Ever order anything off the TV?" Kimmel replied, "Like when NBC ordered your show off the TV?"[89]
Following similar remarks to more questions, Kimmel closed the segment with this comment: "Listen, Jay. Conan and I have children. All you have to take care of is cars! We have lives to lead here! You've got eight hundred million dollars! For God's sakes, leave our shows alone!"[88] Leno never fought back and accepted the bit as comedy (he ascribed it as Kimmel attempting to score some publicity), but Leno's producer, Debbie Vickers, was furious.[90]
Kimmel discussed the appearance during an interview withMarc Maron for the latter'spodcast in 2012. Kimmel stated that he felt O'Brien was not given a proper chance, but that he was also motivated by his own history with Leno. According to Kimmel, Leno had some years prior been in serious discussions with ABC about the possibility of jumping ship from NBC. During this period, Leno initiated a friendship with Kimmel, wanting to ensure that they would be on good terms if the move was made. (Under that scenario, Leno would have taken Kimmel's time slot and become his lead-in.) However, after Leno made the arrangement to remain at NBC, "those conversations were gone," according to Kimmel. Realizing that Leno's relationship with him had been artificial, Kimmel felt "worked over", reasoning that Leno was using the ABC discussions as a bargaining tactic to try to get his old job back.[91]
The stage where the show is taped has gone through many changes, from the addition of a platform in front of the stage for Kimmel to do his monologue, to various stage backgrounds. In January 2005, the show's original set, at the TV studio in theHollywood Masonic Temple (now known as the El Capitan Entertainment Centre), which had video screens in the background and the band performing on the left side of the stage, was replaced with the current set, which has a city in the background. The band now performs on the right side of the stage.
In the special February 25, 2007, episode ofJimmy Kimmel Live! (the second "After the Academy Awards" show), the second set was slightly tweaked when an illustrated picture of a city, which was seen in the background from January 2005 to February 2007, was replaced with a 3Dcollage of Los Angeles and Hollywood (including the adjacentDolby Theatre (formerly Kodak Theatre) across from the studio where his show is broadcast from). The 3D image, which was first used duringLionel Richie's outdoor stage performances in the September 16, 2006, episode, was created by artists Colin Cheer and Brian Walters.
A brand-new set was unveiled January 8, 2013, coinciding with the show's move to the earlier 11:35 p.m. timeslot. The new set is similar to the previous one, though the desk and chairs are no longer a stationary set element, and are only brought out for the guest interviews. Later, the traditional cityduratrans was replaced with a large floor-to-ceiling curved video display known as the "Wall of America", which most of the time displays the traditional background, but is now also able to be used for video pieces and bits, along with interviews (including ones where Kimmel is not at his desk; an instance of this was an interview through Cisco's Jabber Guest with actressViola Davis after the first-season finale ofHow to Get Away with Murder in February 2015 where she was unable to fly to Los Angeles from the East Coast due to weather issues) which are branded underCisco Systems'stelepresence technology. The desk/chairs component of the set is also not permanently staged unlike most talk shows, being quickly built on-stage only after Kimmel has finished his monologue, skits and bits at center stage, a build-out seen every episode in a 'split' commercial break where Kimmel is seen interacting with the audience during it.
TheJimmy Kimmel Live Concert Series segment comprises a musical performance at the end of the show, which is performed either in a more intimate space on the second floor of the Masonic Temple, or a nearby outdoor stage, along with rare on-location performances, and during the pandemic, remotely performed.Coors Light sponsored most of the show's musical performances from 2004 to 2006. In June 2005, the show partnered withPontiac for its concerts, which were held on the "Pontiac Garage" outdoor stage in Hollywood. The "Pontiac Garage" campaign was createdLeo Burnett Worldwide for the show including TheSuper Bowl XL Roadtrip in aPontiac G6,[92] and the live advertisements to coincide with the launch of thePontiac G8 (a rebadgedHolden VE Commodore).[93] Pontiac was sponsored for 4 years until the sponsor's parent company,General Motors,filed for bankruptcy in 2009 and announced the termination of the brand. Beginning in October 2009,Anheuser-Busch'sBud Light (initially Bud Light Golden Wheat in 2009–10) replaced Pontiac as the segment's sponsor. In January 2013,Sony took over sponsorship. In 2014, AT&T took over sponsorship, then in 2015Samsung replaced AT&T as the segment's sponsor, in 2016Cîroc replaced Samsung as the segment's sponsor and in 2017Mercedes-Benz became the segment's sponsor.
On occasion, a special live edition is broadcast, usually after major events like theAcademy Awards (except in years where Kimmel has hosted the actual ceremony). From the show's debut in 2003 until 2022, about four to seven half-hourbasketball-themed broadcasts under the titleJimmy Kimmel Game Night aired at 8:00 p.m. ET (7:00 p.m. ET on Sundays) as lead-in programming toABC's coverage of theNBA Finals. This was discontinued in 2023 after the NBA moved up its weeknight start times (making the game and pregame show to fully air in primetime), with ABC adding special 30-minute episodes of shows on Sundays;[94][95][96] the Kimmel shows were also made more impractical by awriters' strike entering its second month.
When the show aired at 12:05 ET, the show began with a two-minute segment before the theme song and actual show. Originally a miniature monologue and preview of the guests, the segment expanded to include miniature skits and other ways to plug a product from one of the show's sponsors. (These, better known as "integrated commercials", are rarely repeated.) The cold open device was later adopted byThe Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and it was used byJames Corden for occasional segments forhis version. These segments were dropped when the show moved to 11:35. ForABC's O&O stations and some affiliates, Kimmel does tape a promo introducing the night's guests and bits meant to be bedded into a late segment of theirlocal newscasts.
The show's first opening sequence featured a flyover ofHollywood, followed by Kimmel entering the theater after flipping a switch from the left side. This was later replaced with a stop-motion piece, which showed Kimmel in casual clothes picking up his dry cleaning and stopping at various locations in Hollywood before arriving at the theater. On October 27, 2011, the show introduced a new opening sequence that depicted Kimmel zip-lining through Hollywood until he arrived at the theater. In January 2015, the show premiered a new opening, created byIndustrial Light & Magic. The sequence began with Kimmel turning on the lights of Los Angeles from the Hollywood sign, after which the background quickly changed to several locations in Los Angeles before transforming into the theater, where Kimmel led the camera inside. The opening was later shortened, with the Hollywood sign already lit and the background no longer changing. In 2016, after Kimmel grew out his beard, the sequence was slightly modified to remove Kimmel's presence.
From March to August 2020, while the show was filmed from his home, Kimmel's kids created a unique opening sequence. Starting in late September 2020, upon Kimmel's return to the studio, a picture of the classic 1962 ABC ID, fully recreated for the widescreen format, was used, alongside the animated version in the October 30, 2020 episode. It was later removed in December 2022. It was previously used as a variant with theAmerican flag shown during the transition from 4:3 to 16:9 in the special episode,Intermission Accomplished: A Tribute to Trump. The intro was then simplified to a shot of the stage before Jimmy comes on. Starting in May 2021, with the return of the audience, the simplified intro began showing the show's logo from multiple angles, which now includes the sign being turned on after the "Previously onJimmy Kimmel Live!" segment, starting in September 2023.
However, with every broadcast, the show's announcer,Dicky Barrett, thenLou Wilson starting in 2022, consistently begins by saying, "From Hollywood, it's Jimmy Kimmel Live! Tonight..." and listing the show's guests. At the end of the opening, Barrett presents a different introduction after "And now..." such as "without further ado..." or "I warned you...", concluding with "Here'sJimmy Kimmel!" while elongating the "-el" sound to give the show uniqueness. During Game Night specials, Barrett omits the introduction quips and says "And now, here's Jimmy Kimmel!". Beginning in 2020, Barrett, and later Wilson, with Wilson being shown introducing Kimmel, removed the introduction quips and instead say "And now, Jimmy Kimmel!". However, from September 2020 to May 2021, Barrett would say "And now, Jimmy Kimmel." to give a lighter tone. Originally,Andy Milonakis was the announcer.
For the show's 20th anniversary episode, an evolution of the show's intro was presented, spanning from the 2003 version to the 2021 version and culminating in the current logo. The screen ratio transitioned from 4:3 to 16:9 with the 2011 version. Wilson was not featured after the intro. Beginning in September 2023, a "Previously onJimmy Kimmel Live!" segment, parodying recap segments from various drama shows that have episodes ended in acliffhanger, which showed videos shared on social media, aired before the title sequence. This segment was discontinued in late February 2024. In late January 2025, a new intro premiered, featuring a drone flyover of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel roof, Hollywood Boulevard, and the exterior of the theater, along with other landmarks. The new intro also included performances byCleto and the Cletones and imagery of Academy Awards, Grauman's Chinese Theatre, the Capitol Records building, and Kimmel's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
In March 2012, in honor ofTwitter's sixth anniversary,Jimmy Kimmel Live! featured a segment called "Mean Tweets" with celebrities—includingWill Ferrell,Jason Bateman,Kristen Bell,Roseanne Barr,Anna Faris, andKathy Griffin—reading aloud actual tweets directed toward them by Twitter users while the song "Everybody Hurts" byR.E.M. plays in the background.[122] The segment was extremely popular, with more than 38 million views onYouTube by April 2015.[123]
Additional "Mean Tweets" editions have aired, featuring celebrities includingRobert De Niro,Julia Roberts,Tom Hanks,Adam Sandler,Britney Spears,Sofía Vergara,Jon Hamm,Julia Louis-Dreyfus,Aaron Paul,Benedict Cumberbatch,Cate Blanchett,Matt Damon,Vanessa Hudgens,Tim Robbins,Hugh Grant andBill Murray. The tweets selected for the segment are invariably abusive, vulgar, or rude, often objecting to the celebrity's physical appearance or perceived lack of talent. In many cases, the celebrity is then afforded the opportunity for a brief (albeit scripted) response to the mean tweet. The show has also aired several themed editions of "Mean Tweets", including specialNBA,[124]NFL,[125]college football,[126] and music editions.[127] In March 2015, PresidentBarack Obama, who was a guest star, took part in a "President Obama edition" of "Mean Tweets", during which he read tweets from peoplemocking his jeans and blaming him for the high price of beer. The Obama segment attracted more than 10 million views in one day.[122]
On occasion, Kimmel will introduce a surprise celebrity guest for a live on-stage "Mean Tweet", which was later made into a compilation. Celebrities who appeared on stage includeJeff Bridges,Dwayne Johnson andHalle Berry.
A Thursday-night segment, which features clips of innocuous television shows (such as newscasts) deliberately edited (typically withbleeps in audio andpixelization in images) to make them appear offensive.[128]
Kimmel will give out a challenge to viewers asking them to videotape themselves pulling a prank on a family member or significant other, and then revealing that "Jimmy Kimmel told me to do it". The best clips are then aired on the show.
A correspondent not seen on camera will ask pedestrians onHollywood Boulevard a fake question related to an actual current news event. Most of the people answering the question will usually play along, giving the impression that they believe that the so-called fake event really happened.
Kimmel will send a "correspondent" not seen on camera to ask a set of random pedestrians a question related to a certain theme. Kimmel will then have the audience guess the answer to the question, then will reveal the answer to the audience.
Starting in 2011, everyHalloween, Kimmel asks his viewers to take away their children's Halloween candy, videotape their kids' reactions once they tell their kids that they ate their Halloween candy, and post it onYouTube with the respective hashtag. Once his team has compiled all the YouTube videos, he airs them on his broadcast days later. These segments have attracted criticism for potential promotion ofemotional abuse.[129][130]
This segment, a quiz show between different generations of family members was spun off into its own game show produced by Kimmel andMark Burnett. Originally ordered in 2019,[131] it premiered on July 7, 2022, and is hosted byKelly Ripa.[132]
At the end of some shows, there are comedians doing comedy. This is occasionally seen in place of theJimmy Kimmel Live Concert Series segment. Another end-of-show segment is the rarely seenFuture Talent Showcase.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! airs worldwide on multiple outlets. In Australia,The Comedy Channel began airing the program in September 2009; however, it was replaced in March 2010 by the return ofThe Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[133][134] The Comedy Channel resumed airing the program from September 22, 2015.[135]
In Canada, the show previously aired onBiteTV andCHCH. The show aired onCitytv from 2012 until September 20, 2014. Even after its move to 11:35, Citytv continued to tape delay the show to midnight to maintain its hour-long late nightnewscasts.Jimmy Kimmel Live! began airing onCTV Comedy Channel (formerly The Comedy Network) beginning on September 22, 2014, initially airing in simulcast with ABC.[136] However, in January 2015, the program was yet again tape-delayed to midnight in favor ofThe Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore.[137]Jimmy Kimmel Live! aired on The Comedy Network until the end of August 2017. The following month, the show was added toCMT Canada's schedule, initially airing in simulcast with ABC. The show aired on CMT Canada until August 2018 and has not aired on a Canadian channel since. However, the show is still available to Canadians through imported ABC stations included in standard pay-TV packages. In 2022, the show returns tape delayed to Citytv.[138]
In India,Jimmy Kimmel Live! premiered with its 14th season and has aired on weeknights since at 9:00 pm (IST)STAR World India. The show airs 12 hours after the American broadcast since September 23, 2015.[139]
As of January 30, 2026[update], theJimmy Kimmel Live! YouTube channel shows a cumulative of 15,136,237,221 views,[140] andThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert channel shows a cumulative of 11,064,742,310 views.[141] As of January 2026, the Jimmy Kimmel Live YouTube channel reached over 21.9 million subscribers.[142]
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As of November 2022,Jimmy Kimmel Live! is the 20th most popular show on ABC and 97th overall on TV, watched by a total number of 1,746,000 people (0.56% rating, up +23% from October 23 to October 30, 2022) per episode, as of the average weekly audience measurement for the period ending January 22, 2023, surpassingThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, which was watched by 1,278,000 people for the same period.[143][144]
Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been repeatedly[when?] dominating late-night talk shows among adults aged 18–49. Some ratings examples mentioned below:
During the week of Jan. 16, 2023,Jimmy Kimmel Live! ranked as the No. 1 late-night talk show among adults 18-49 (307,000), beatingNBC'sThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon by 21% (253,000) andCBS'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert by 27% (241,000). In fact,Kimmel posted its largest advantage overThe Tonight Show so far that season among adults 18-49 (+21%).[145]
The Monday broadcast ofKimmel (on 1/16/23) was the No. 1 late-night telecast of the week among adults 18-49 (584,000).[145]
A ratings report for the week of September 26, 2022, showed that when broadcasting fromBrooklyn, New York,Jimmy Kimmel Live! ranked as the No. 1 late-night talk show among adults aged 18–49 (301,000), beatingThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon by 8% (278,000) andThe Late Show Starring Stephen Colbert by 14% (264,000).Kimmel stood as the No. 1 late-night talk show for the second week in a row with adults aged 18–49. Monday's telecast ofJimmy Kimmel Live! was the week's No. 1 late-night telecast among adults aged 18–49 (501,000).Kimmel claimed two of the week's Top 3 late-night telecasts with its Monday (501,000) and Thursday (311,000) broadcasts, respectively.[146]
During the week of June 6, 2022,Jimmy Kimmel Live! ranked as the No. 1 late-night talk show for the two weeks in a row among adults 18-49 (443,000).[147]
For the 2020–21 television season,Jimmy Kimmel Live! beatThe Tonight Show in total viewers.[148]
| Season | Nielsen rank | Nielsen rating[149] | Tied with |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002–03 | 4 | 1.7 | |
| 2003–04 | 5 | 1.6 | Last Call with Carson Daly |
| 2004–05 | 1.5 | ||
| 2005–06 | 1.6 | ||
| 2006–07 | 1.8 | ||
| 2007–08 | 4 | 1.7 | The Late Late Show |
| 2008–09 | 5 | The Daily Show | |
| 2009–10 | 3 | The Late Late Show | |
| 2010–11 | 4 | ||
| 2011–12 | 3 | 1.8 | |
| 2012–13 | 2.5 | ||
| 2013–14 | 2.6 | ||
| 2014–15 | |||
| 2015–16 | |||
| 2017–18 | |||
| 2018–19 |
| Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Outstanding Variety Series | Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Doug DeLuca, Jason Schrift, Erin Irwin, Jennifer Sharron, Ken Crosby, David Craig | Nominated | |
| 2013 | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | Andy Fisher (Episode: "Episode 13-1810") | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series | Gary Greenberg, Molly McNearney,Tony Barbieri, Jonathan Bines,Sal Iacono, Jimmy Kimmel,Rick Rosner, Danny Ricker, Eric Immerman,Jeff Loveness, Josh Halloway, Bess Kalb, Joelle Boucai and Bryan Paulk | Nominated | ||
| 2014 | Outstanding Variety Series | Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Doug DeLuca, Jason Schrift, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Molly McNearney, Tony Romero, Gary Greenberg, Jennifer Sharron, Josh Weintraub, Ken Crosby and Seth Weidner | Nominated | |
| 2015 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Jason Schrift, Doug DeLuca, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Gary Greenberg, Tony Romero, Jennifer Sharron, Ken Crosby, Molly McNearney, Seth Weidner and Josh Weintraub | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | Andy Fisher (Episode: "The (RED) Show") | Nominated | ||
| 2018 | Outstanding Variety Talk Series | Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Jason Schrift, Doug DeLuca, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Jennifer Sharron, Gary Greenberg, Tony Romero, Ken Crosby, Molly McNearney, Seth Weidner and Josh Weintraub | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Doug DeLuca, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Molly McNearney, Jennifer Sharron, Gary Greenberg, Tony Romero, Josh Weintraub, Ken Crosby, Seth Weidner and Danny Ricker | Nominated | ||
| 2020 | Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Doug DeLuca, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Molly McNearney, Jennifer Sharron, Gary Greenberg, Tony Romero, Josh Weintraub, Seth Weidner, Danny Ricker and Ken Crosby | Nominated | ||
| 2021 | Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Doug DeLuca, Jason Schrift, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Molly McNearney, Tony Romero, Gary Greenberg, Jennifer Sharron, Josh Weintraub, Ken Crosby,Seth Weidner, and Josh Halloway | Nominated | ||
| 2022 | Jimmy Kimmel, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Molly McNearney, Jennifer Sharron, Doug DeLuca, Gary Greenberg, Tony Romero, Jason Schrift, Josh Weintraub, Seth Weidner, Danny Ricker, Ken Crosby, Josh Halloway, Patrick Friend, Nancy Fowkes, and Craig Powell | Nominated | ||
| 2023 | Outstanding Talk Series | Jimmy Kimmel, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Molly McNearney, Jennifer Sharron, Doug DeLuca, Gary Greenberg, Tony Romero, Jason Schrift, Josh Weintraub, Seth Weidner, Danny Ricker, Rory Albanese, Ken Crosby, Josh Halloway, Patrick Friend, Nancy Fowkes, and Craig Powell | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Jimmy Kimmel, Erin Irwin, David Craig, Molly McNearney, Jennifer Sharron, Doug DeLuca, Gary Greenberg, Tony Romero, Josh Weintraub, Seth Weidner, Danny Ricker, Rory Albanese, Ken Crosby, Josh Halloway, Patrick Friend, Nancy Fowkes, and Craig Powell | Nominated | ||
| 2025 | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Ervin D. Hurd, Parker Bartlett, Randy Gomez Jr., Greg Grouwinkel, Mark Gonzalez, Garrett Hurt, Ritch Kenney, Kris Wilson, Mike Malone, Marc Hunter and Guy Jones (Episode: "Jay Z Show") | Nominated | [150] |
| 2008 | Outstanding Picture Editing of Clip Packages for Talk, Performance, Award or Reality Competition Programs | James Crowe (Episode: "5th Year Anniversary Show – I'm FuckingMatt Damon") | Won | |
| Jason Bielski (Episode: "After the Academy Awards – I'm FuckingBen Affleck") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Ervin D. Hurd, Parker Bartlett, Randy Gomez Jr., Greg Grouwinkel, Garrett Hurt, Ritch Kenney, Kris Wilson, Gary Taillon and Chris Gray (Episode: "After the Academy Awards") | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | Tony Barbieri,Sal Iacono, Wayne McClammy,Sarah Silverman and Dan Warner (Song: "I'm Fucking Matt Damon") | Won | ||
| 2009 | Outstanding Lighting Direction (Electronic, Multi-Camera) for Variety, Music or Comedy Programming | Christian Hibbard and Matt Ford (Episode: "Episode 09-1182") | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Ervin D. Hurd, Parker Bartlett, Randy Gomez Jr., Marc Hunter, Garrett Hurt, Ritch Kenney, Bernd Reinhardt, Kris Wilson, Roy Walker, Guy Jones and Chris Gray (Episode: "Episode 09-1182") | Nominated | ||
| 2010 | Outstanding Costumes for a Variety, Nonfiction, or Reality Programming | Rodney Munoz (Episode: "Episode 09-1266") | Won | |
| Outstanding Short Form Picture Editing | Kevin McCullough (Episode: "Episode 10-1304 – The Late Night Wars") | Nominated | ||
| Brian Marsh (Episode: "Episode 10-1330 – The Handsome Men's Club") | Nominated | |||
| 2011 | Outstanding Short Form Picture Editing | Brian Marsh (Episode: "After The Academy Awards – The President's Speech") | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series | Christian Hibbard (Episode: "Michel Gondry Directs") | Nominated | ||
| 2013 | Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Ervin D. Hurd, Kris Wilson, Ritch Kenney, Parker Bartlett, Greg Grouwinkel, Randy Gomez, Garrett Hurt, Bernd Reinhardt and Guy Jones (Episode: "Episode 12-1776") | Nominated | |
| 2014 | Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Ervin D. Hurd, Parker Bartlett, Danny Bonilla, Nick Gomez, Randy Gomez, Greg Grouwinkel, Garrett Hurt, Ritch Kenney, Bernd Reinhardt, Kris Wilson and Guy Jones (Episode: "In Austin") | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | James Crowe, Jason Bielski, Brian Marsh, Kevin McCullough and Matt Williams (Episode: "Behind the Scandelabra") | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Ervin D. Hurd, Kris Wilson, Parker Bartlett, Greg Grouwinkel, Nick Gomez, Garrett Hurt, Bernd Reinhardt, Mark Gonzales, James Alario, Kevin Murphy, Carlos Rios, Marc Hunter and Guy Jones (Episode: "In Brooklyn") | Nominated | |
| 2017 | Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics | Jonathan Kimmel &Gary Greenberg ("The Ballad of Claus Jorstad (Devil Stool)") | Nominated | |
| 2018 | Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Ervin D. Hurd, Guy Jones, Randy Gomez Jr., Parker Bartlett, David Plakos, Nick Gomez, Garrett Hurt, Mark Gonzales, Bernd Reinhardt, James Alario and Damien Tuffereau (Episode: "Jimmy Kimmel Live In Brooklyn: Billy Joel And Tracy Morgan") | Nominated | [151] |
| 2020 | Outstanding Lighting Design / Lighting Direction for a Variety Series | Christian Hibbard, William Peets, Kille Knobel and James Worman (Episode: "Jimmy Kimmel Live in Brooklyn – Jason Alexander, Tracy Morgan, John Krasinski, Paul Shaffer and Music from Kanye West") | Nominated | |
| Outstanding Short Form Variety Series | Jimmy Kimmel, Jill Leiderman, Molly McNearney, Tony Romero, Seth Weidner and Danny Ricker ("Jimmy Kimmel's Quarantine Minilogues") | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Ervin D. Hurd Jr., Guy Jones, Parker Bartlett, Greg Grouwinkel, Garrett Hurt, Kris Wilson, Mark Gonzales, Nick Gomez, Bernd Reinhardt, Damien Tuffereau and Steve Garrett (Episode: "Jimmy Kimmel Live in Brooklyn – Jon Stewart, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kelly Ripa and Music from David Byrne") | Nominated | ||
| 2021 | Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series | Ervin D. Hurd Jr., Garrett Hurt, Greg Grouwinkel, Steve Garrett, Bernd Reinhardt, Kris Wilson, Guy Jones | Nominated | |
| 2023 | Outstanding Directing for a Variety Series | Andy Fisher | Nominated | |
| 2024 | Andy Fisher | Nominated | ||
| 2025 | Andy Fisher | Nominated | ||
| Outstanding Production Design for a Variety Series or Reality Program | Nominated |
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