Kimmel\u2019s reign might be ticking down to its final seconds.
Sources insist \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d will end after next season \u2014 and that his ABC contract simply won\u2019t be renewed. The network is already pushing back, calling the whispers \u201cinaccurate\u201d and \u201cspeculative.\u201d Behind the scenes, politics, cost-cutting and a surprise ratings winner in Rosie O\u2019Donnell are colliding in ways<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After nearly a quarter century of monologues, pranks and bruising political jokes, Jimmy Kimmel suddenly finds his late-night future being debated without him. Insiders say ABC has quietly decided not to extend his year-to-year deal beyond 2027, even as the network publicly dismisses the chatter as premature. The timing is explosive: Rosie O\u2019Donnell just delivered a buzzy, ratings-boosting guest-hosting stint, proving the franchise can survive \u2013 and even spike \u2013 without its longtime star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those close to the show insist this is about money and fatigue, not Donald Trump, despite Kimmel\u2019s bitter clashes with the former president and the on-air quip that helped get him briefly pulled last year. New Disney boss Josh D\u2019Amaro is slashing costs and nudging veterans toward the exits, and Kimmel, now one of TV\u2019s last old-guard hosts, may simply be next. If this really is the end, his final episode in May will feel less like a cancellation and more like a televised farewell to an era.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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