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Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
The nightly hour-long show made its debut on January 26, 2003, following Super Bowl XXXVII. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is produced by Jackhole Productions in association with ABC Studios (formerly Touchstone Television).
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is no longer truly "live"; instead, it is taped at 7:00 pm Pacific Time on the day of broadcast (two hours before it reaches air on the East Coast), except in the event of reruns. On rare occasions, though, it airs a special live edition, usually after the Academy Awards ceremonies. On April 14, 2009 after the March sweeps break, the show began broadcasting in 720p HDTV.[1]
It is the only late-night talk show in the United States that doesn't tape in the afternoon,[2] and is the longest running late-night talk show in the network's history, having lasted longer than The Dick Cavett Show (1969-1975) and Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher (1997-2002).
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The show's house band is Cleto and the Cletones, led by saxophonist Cleto Escobedo III, a childhood friend of Kimmel's. The other members in the band are Cleto Escobedo Jr. (the bandleader's father, on tenor and alto saxophone), Jeff Babko (keyboards), Toshi Yanagi (guitar), Jimmy Earl (bass), and Jonathan Dresel (drums). Like other talk shows with live bands, Cleto and the Cletones play the show's opening and closing themes and plays 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 Jonathan Kimmel and Cleto Escobedo III and sung by Robert Goulet.
The show originally featured announcers from the audience, but then comedian Andy Milonakis took over as the show's announcer from 2003 to 2004. He would also appear in comedy bits for the show. Then in 2004, Mighty Mighty Bosstones singer Dicky Barrett took over as the show's announcer when the Bosstones went on hiatus. The band has since become active again, and performed live on the show in 2009.
"Uncle Frank" Potenza, Kimmel's uncle, serves as a security guard for the show (but has not appeared regularly since December 2009, due to illness; he did turn up for the seventh anniversary show on January 26, 2010). Potenza was a New York City police officer and a personal security guard for Frank Sinatra. Guillermo Díaz is the parking lot security guard for the show, and frequently serves as a celebrity gossip correspondent in a segment called "Guillermo's Hollywood Round-Up". Veatrice Rice was another parking lot security guard who had several of her own segments on the show until her death from cancer January 21, 2009.
These are two minute segments before the theme song and actual show. Originally it was for a miniature monologue and to talk about the guests on the show. Over time, this segment has expanded to include miniature skits and other devices to plug a product from one of the show's sponsors (better known as "integrated commercials", which are rarely repeated). The Cold Open device has since been adopted by late night rival The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
On January 30, 2004 the show did its first ever show in Houston, in preparation for Super Bowl XXXVIII.
On April 20, 2004, Quentin Tarantino directed and produced an episode incorporating his signature camera shots, lighting, fashion and music elements.
On December 20, 2004, Jimmy Kimmel Live! reflected on the best moments from 2004 during a special year-in-review show hosted by James Lipton.
On December 22, 2004, Kimmel offered his own witty take on conventional holiday specials in the style of Andy Williams, Perry Como or Bob Hope, featuring a sing-along of "Winter Wonderland" with Mike Tyson, a woodwind duet with Kenny G, color commentary by movie critics Roger Ebert & Richard Roeper, children's stories read by Flavor Flav and special appearances by Green Day, Serena Williams, actress Jolene Blalock and musical guest Chris Isaak.
On November 15, 2005, the entire show is devoted to Destiny's Child. This episode, which was the first to devote an entire episode to a musical guest, was also their final television appearance as a group.
From January 31, 2006 to February 5, 2006, Kimmel took the show on the road for a week as it originated from the Gem Theatre in Detroit (the host city of Super Bowl XL). Jerome Bettis of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Matt Hasselbeck of the Seattle Seahawks were the guests.
On March 5, 2006, Jimmy Kimmel Live! aired the first special post-Academy Awards. But instead of originating from its regular home at the El Capitan Theatre, the show taped at the El Portal Theatre, in neighboring Los Angeles community North Hollywood. The guests were: Jon Stewart, Quentin Tarantino and Johnny Knoxville.
On May 12, 2006, J.J. Abrams guest-directed one episode, with featured guests Dominic Monaghan, J.J. Abrams himself, and musical guests Taking Back Sunday.
On September 13, 2006, a special prime time edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live! aired. This special showed memorable clips from the show's 3 3/4 years on the air.
The second Jimmy Kimmel Live! after the Academy Awards show aired on February 25, 2007. Among the featured guests who appeared in this episode were Dr. Phil, Ellen DeGeneres (host of the 79th Annual Academy awards), and musical guest Gwen Stefani.
In an episode that originally aired on May 15, 2007, Jimmy traveled through Santa Monica, CA in an official city Big Blue Bus. Jimmy Kimmel and his house band picked up unsuspecting passengers along the 15-stop bus route, in addition to his celebrity guests (Paula Abdul, Flavor Flav, and musical guest Feist).
In this episode that aired on May 22, 2007, Jimmy welcomes heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne to kick off his new album, Black Rain. Three of Ozzy's songs were performed: I Don't Wanna Stop, Crazy Train, and Not Going Away.
The show commemorated its fifth anniversary on January 31, 2008 with long time girlfriend Sarah Silverman who "surprised" Kimmel with a "music video" of her and longtime butt of jokes actor Matt Damon (see below). A star-studded clip (originally intended to wish Happy Birthday on November 13, 2007, but pre-empted by the 2007-2008 Writers Guild of America strike) was shown featuring appearances by Regis Philbin, Kelly Ripa, Jon Stewart, Elvis Costello, Shaquille O'Neal, the hosts from The View (except Barbara Walters), The Killers, Andy Dick, Don Rickles, Charles Barkley, Adam Carolla, Mike Piazza, Steve Garvey, Stephen Colbert, Mike Tyson, and finally Tom Cruise. An "Anniversary Special Unnecessary Censorship" was featured showing memorable "censored" moments the show has mocked. The musical guest was a replay of Coldplay's performance on the first show. At five years, the series is ABC's longest running entertainment late-night show in over thirty years.
The third Jimmy Kimmel Live! after the Academy Awards show aired on February 24, 2008. Among the featured guests who appeared in this episode were Ben Affleck (whom with Kimmel made a rebuttal video to the Silverman-Damon video), Jon Stewart (host of the 80th Annual Academy awards), and musical guest Mary J. Blige.
The 1,000th Jimmy Kimmel Live show aired on April 3, 2008. Scheduled guests were Richard Simmons and musical guest Kid Rock, who performed on the Pontiac Garage outdoor stage.
These episodes aired at 8pm ET and preceded the network's 2008 NBA Finals coverage each game night. These special half-hour pre-game shows began airing on June 5, 2008 and continued through June 17, 2008 (the final night of the NBA Finals), when the Boston Celtics won their 17th NBA World Championship by defeating the Los Angeles Lakers, 4 games to 2.
Jimmy Kimmel’s Big Night of Stars, which aired prior to the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards on September 21, 2008 at 7pm ET, featured guests Ryan Seacrest, Tracy Morgan, Salma Hayek and Kobe Bryant.
Jimmy Kimmel's James Bond Edition aired on November 13, 2008, which featured an opening montage of Kimmel as James Bond with guests that included actor Daniel Craig, actress Olga Kurylenko, and musical guest Ben Folds featuring Regina Spektor.
The fourth Jimmy Kimmel Live! after the Academy Awards show aired on February 22, 2009. Among the featured guests who appeared in this episode were Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise, and musical guest Robin Thicke.
These special half-hour episodes began airing on June 4, 2009 and continued through June 14, 2009, when the Los Angeles Lakers won their 15th NBA World Championship by defeating the Orlando Magic in 5 games.
Due to the recent The Tonight Show dispute between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien, Kimmel dressed as Jay (complete with a prosthetic chin) and used his lisp and mannerisms throughout the episode, generally mocking Leno for forcing O'Brien off Tonight to cover up his own failure in prime time. This included telling jokes of the simple punchline nature of Leno's show along with Leno's characteristic phrases "have you heard about this" and "exactly, exactly!", the band playing the same 'rimshot' song after every joke, Kimmel high-fiving the audience members with a comically concentrated face, Cleto the bandleader imitating Kevin Eubanks' laugh and mannerisms and Kimmel performing the popular Leno segment "Headlines" with comically ordinary spelling errors and laughing uncontrollably before reading them in a manner reminiscent of Leno. While interviewing Chevy Chase (briefly dressed as Conan O Brien) he remained in character, once more telling simple punch-liney, Leno-like jokes and laughing to Cleto, up until the very end of the show when he claimed he had "run out of steam" for the impression. Kimmel would, two days later, appear on the "10 at 10" segment of The Jay Leno Show, continuing to make pointed jokes against Leno, to Leno's surprise.
The fifth Jimmy Kimmel Live! after the Academy Awards show aired on March 7, 2010. Among the featured guests who appeared in this episode were Robert Downey, Jr., Christoph Waltz, and musical guest Keith Urban. There was also the premiere of the "Handsome Men's Club" featuring John Krasinski, Matthew McConaughey, Rob Lowe, Patrick Dempsey, Tony Romo and others.
Frequently at the end of the show, Kimmel thanks the guests as usual, but then adds, "Our apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time." Kimmel told TMZ.com that he says this "for no good reason at all," continuing, "A star like Matt Damon would never be scheduled to appear near the end of the show where he can be bumped. Kimmel could also be doing this as an homage to David Letterman, who, in the mid-90s, had a similar recurring joke, briefly apologizing at the end of each show to Norm MacDonald. Letterman, however, only ran with this joke for a month or so."[11] On September 12, 2006, Damon appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! 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 come back tomorrow, to which he replied, "Go fuck yourself." Damon continued to curse at Kimmel throughout the rolling of the credits, ultimately slapping the desk and walking off the set with Kimmel chasing after him. In the December 17, 2006 issue of USA Weekend, Kimmel himself confirmed that the Damon incident was a joke, putting the debate to rest.[12] In the June 5, 2007 episode, Kimmel sent his sidekick Guillermo to the Ocean's Thirteen premiere to interview Matt 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 of Jason Bourne, who was played by Damon, for The 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 Jimmy's 2010 post-Oscar show, he featured a clip called The Handsome Men's Club which ended with Damon telling Jimmy that "We're all out of time" and then bursting with evil laughter after Jimmy is ejected from the club for not being handsome enough. [13]
In a segment that aired on January 31, 2008, Kimmel's then long-time girlfriend Sarah Silverman appeared on the show and announced, via a music video, that she had been "Fucking Matt Damon".[14] 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's "fucking Ben 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."[15] In addition to Affleck, the video featured Robin Williams, Don Cheadle, Harrison Ford, Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Benji Madden with Joel Madden from Good Charlotte, Dicky Barrett, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Lance Bass, Dominic Monaghan, Meat Loaf, Pete Wentz, Joan Jett, Huey Lewis, Perry Farrell, Macy Gray, Rebecca Romijn, Lauren Conrad, Josh Groban, Mike Shinoda with David Farrell from Linkin Park and unnamed choir singers as recording booth singers, along with Brad Pitt as a delivery man. The video gained widespread media attention, with Kimmel jokingly telling the New York Times, "Every once in a while Hollywood rallies itself for a worthy cause."[15] Entertainment Weekly put the Silverman video on its end-of-the-decade, "best-of" list, saying, " A talk-show host's famous comedian girlfriend confesses in a catchy song that she's shtupping No. 60? Yeah, that'll go viral."[16]
In late February 2008, Quick Stop Entertainment premiered a parody video entitled "I'm Fucking Seth Rogen" as a promotion for Zack and Miri Make a Porno.[17]. The Seth Rogen version was unedited The videos have also been parodied in a scene at the end of Disaster Movie; in the original version all the characters sing that they're "dating" each other, but in the uncensored DVD version they all sing they're "fucking" each other.
In July 2008, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced that the "I'm F***ing Matt Damon" had received a Creative Arts Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics, competing against two songs from Flight of the Conchords, one from MADtv, and another from Phineas and Ferb.[18] It won in that category as well as for editing. Silverman, who accepted the award, thanked Damon who, she stated, had little to do with the video's popularity, and Kimmel "who broke my heart—who will have a special place in my heart."
The stage where the show is taped has gone through many changes, from the addition of a platform in front of the stage for Jimmy to do his monologue, to various stage backgrounds. In January 2005, the show's original set at LA's famed El Capitan Theatre, 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 of Jimmy Kimmel Live! (the second "After the Academy Awards" show), the current 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 3D collage of Los Angeles and Hollywood (including the adjacent Kodak Theatre across from the studio where his show is broadcast from). The 3D image, which was first used during Lionel Richie's outdoor stage performances in the September 16, 2006 episode, was created by artists Colin Cheer and Brian Walters.
The Jimmy Kimmel Live Concert Series segment comprises a musical performance at the end of the show, which is performed on either an indoor or outdoor stage, or on location. Coors Light sponsored most of the show's musical performances from 2004-2006. In June 2005, the show partnered with Pontiac for its concerts, which were held on the "Pontiac Garage" outdoor stage in Hollywood, 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's Bud Light Golden Wheat replaced Pontiac as the segment's sponsor.
At the end of some shows, there are comedians doing stand-up comedy. This is occasionally seen in place of the Jimmy Kimmel Live Concert Series segment. Another end-of-show segment is the rarely seen Future Talent Showcase.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! airs worldwide on various outlets.
In Australia, The Comedy Channel began airing the program in September 2009, however announced it would cease airing in March 2010. No reason was given for the dropping of the program, although it did coincide with the return of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.[19]
| Country | TV Network(s) | Weekly Schedule (local time) |
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 Australia |
The Comedy Channel | 12.00am Weeknights[20] |
 Canada |
SUN TV | Simulcast of ABC |
 Israel |
HOT3 | 11.50pm Sunday - Thursday |
 Saudi Arabia |
Orbit Showtime's Super Comedy | 6.00pm Weeknights |
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