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jimmy kimmel has admitted that in the early years of hosting his late-night talk show, he “prayed” it ABC will swoop in and cancel it,
comedian, 57, has come forward Jimmy Kimmel Live! Since 2003. He has since become one of late night television’s trusted stalwarts, recently returning from a one-week suspension. Comments on the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk,
However, this was not always the case. sit for wednesday ted danson’s where everyone knows your name podcastKimmel confessed that when he first landed the gig, he felt lost.
“I didn’t know what I was doing,” he said. “And I’ll pray that they cancel the show sometimes.”
Kimmel said: “I didn’t want to quit because I didn’t want to let down all the people who worked for me, but I couldn’t do it. I was just – I couldn’t do this anymore.”
Opening up about the specific struggles he faced, the Emmy-winning host said that in the beginning, it was difficult for him to find guests. “It was just like there were times when we didn’t have guests,” he recalled.
He revealed, “We would go live at 12:05 at midnight. Sometimes it would be 5:30 in the afternoon and we didn’t have guests for that night’s show, and I would just have to pick up the phone and call my friends.” “That’s not how you go to a show. You can’t work that way.”
Kimmel shared that he would often call his close friends and then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman to appear on the show. “I’ve asked her over a lot of times and I love her,” he said, adding that her list of friends includes Adam Carolla, David Alan Grier, Anthony Anderson and Kathy Griffin.
“God bless them, because I needed them,” he said. “And they were always ready to come at a moment’s notice.”
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Eventually things worked out. “It stabilized and we figured out how to do it,” he said, recalling how he began using “running bits” and other elements to help “keep it in place.” [him] float.”
Kimmel’s surprise admission came shortly after his show was reinstated abc After a brief suspension.
Last month, the network made a controversial decision Jimmy Kimmel Live! The broadcast was shut down indefinitely due to Kimmel’s comments. Kirk’s fatal shooting.
His September suspension caused a wave celebrity outragePoliticians and others who believed that stopping the show was a violation of freedom of speech protections. Some went so far as to boycott Disney’s streaming services Hulu and Disney+, which is the parent company of ABC.
According to recent data from subscription analytics firm Antenna, Hulu subscription cancellation rate It increased to 10 percent in September, which was 5 percent in August. Similarly, Disney subscription cancellation rates increased from 4 percent to 8 percent.
Within a week of his suspension, Disney announced Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be returning “After having a thoughtful conversation with Jimmy.” The entertainment company explained that it decided to suspend the show “to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country.”
Kimmel’s first night ratings skyrocketed. According to data from audience measurement firm Nielsen, the episode was viewed over 6.3 million times on television. This is triple their normal TV viewership, despite an estimated 23 percent of households not being able to watch TV on their local ABC stations. Boycott of Kimmel’s show by station owners Nexstar and Sinclair That has since ended.