By Elizabeth Wagmeister, NCS
New York (NCS) — Jimmy Kimmel has renewed his contract with Disney-owned ABC to continue internet hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” for another year.
A supply acquainted with the deal instructed NCS that Kimmel has signed a one-year extension to take his late-night present by May 2027.
NCS has reached out to ABC for remark.
Kimmel was caught in the course of the nation’s political divide earlier this year, when ABC executives quickly yanked his exhibit the air within the fall after his comments during a monologue about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.
But NCS had reported that Disney was all the time “hopeful” to deliver to point out again, citing Kimmel’s shut relationship with many key executives at the corporate.
Kimmel, who at instances has been a lightning rod for ABC given his unfiltered stance on President Donald Trump, has a beloved status within the trade as the only real late-night comic to host a present in Los Angeles, the place he’s pleasant with many movie star company who ceaselessly go to his present. When his present was quickly pulled, Hollywood rallied round Kimmel and boycotted Disney.
Kimmel’s present contract is up at the top of the season working him by May 2026. For years, Kimmel has contended with whether or not to continue his present, making public feedback over time about when he may name it quits.
Kimmel is marquee expertise for Disney, with a decades-long relationship because the face of ABC. Aside from internet hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” he has additionally hosted the Oscars quite a few instances and not too long ago received an Emmy for internet hosting the community’s “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?”
This story has been up to date with further context and developments.
NCS’s Ramishah Maruf contributed to this story.
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