ABC Denies 2027 End for 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' as Season 25 Returns
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Updated · USA TODAY · Sep 8
ABC Denies 2027 End for 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' as Season 25 Returns
3 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Sep 8
Summary
ABC said reports that "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will end after this season are inaccurate and speculative, rebutting a Page Six story published hours before the show's Season 25 premiere.
May 2027 remains the only confirmed timeline: Kimmel, 58, previously renewed his contract through then, and the returning episode is set to feature Andrew Garfield and Joey King.
Six Emmy nominations have kept the show in the spotlight ahead of the Sept. 14 awards, extending a run that began with Kimmel's Jan. 26, 2003 debut.
That longevity has also brought repeated clashes with Donald Trump and ABC's 2025 suspension of the show for nearly a week after Kimmel's monologue about reactions to Charlie Kirk's killing.