Jimmy Kimmel is set to host the Oscars once more. The 90th Oscars will be held on March 4, 2018, in Los Angeles and broadcast live on ABC.
For the last 14 years, Jimmy Kimmel has spent 70 hours a week toiling away on his ABC latenight talk show. He rewrites his own monologues and extensively researches guests. But when his contract expires in the fall of 2019, Kimmel has thought about retiring from the perch that turned him into a household name.
Kimmel will host a primetime special dedicated to The Bachelor on Jan. 2 at 10 p.m., immediately after the Season 21 premiere of the dating show on ABC. The special is titled Jimmy Kimmel Live: Here for the Right Reasons. That same night, in lieu of an original episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live at 11:35 p.m., the latenight series will air as a repeat of the primetime special.
The latenight host will be presiding over the Feb. 26 ceremony for the first time. Kimmel has been a regular awards host, having twice previously hosted the Emmy Awards (including its broadcast in September) and once led ESPN’s ESPY Awards.
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The deal will keep Jimmy Kimmel Live on the air through fall 2019, the network said Tuesday. Kimmel’s show is now in its 14th season, which makes him the longest-running host among the competitors that include NBC’s Jimmy Fallon and CBS’s Stephen Colbert.
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Kimmel, host of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, is a natural choice for ABC, which is airing the Primetime Emmy Awards in September under the wheel system wherein the telecast rotates each year among the Big Four networks. The gig would mark the second time Kimmel has hosted the Emmys; his first round was back in 2012, when ABC last carried them.
“I have too much respect for Dave to do anything that would distract viewers from watching his final show,” ABC latenight host Jimmy Kimmel said yesterday. Jimmy Fallon and Conan O’Brien aren’t following suit. NBC’s The Tonight Show and TBS’s Conan are planning original installments for May 20.
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On his third day as an 11:35 p.m. late night host, Jimmy Kimmel took his biggest step yet to separate himself from the two titans of that time period, David Letterman and Jay Leno. He started pulling away, at least for one night, among the most important audience in latenight.
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Actual TV fan Jimmy Kimmel, who also hosts a late-night talk show, will preside over ABC’s telecast of the Emmy Awards Sunday night.
Don Mischer will serve as executive producer of the 64th annual telecast slotted for Sept. 23, 2012 on ABC.
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After a turbulent year in late-night television, at least at NBC, stability will reign at ABC, where Jimmy Kimmel has agreed to extend his contract for at least two more years.
