Jimmy Kimmel

James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host, comedian, writer, actor, and producer. He is the host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show that premiered on ABC on January 26, 2003, at Hollywood Masonic Temple in Hollywood, California; and on April 1, 2019, at a secondary home, the Zappos Theater on the Las Vegas Strip. Kimmel hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012 and 2016, and the Academy Awards in 2017 and 2018.

Jimmy Kimmel
Kimmel at Citi Field in 2015
Birth nameJames Christian Kimmel
Born (1967-11-13) November 13, 1967[1][2]
New York City, U.S.[3]
Medium
  • Television
  • film
  • radio
Years active1989–present
Genres
Subject(s)
  • American culture
  • American politics
  • everyday life
  • pop culture
  • current events
  • gender differences
  • human behavior
  • human sexuality
Spouse
    Gina Maddy
    ​
    (
    m. 1988; div. 2002)
      Molly McNearney
      (
      m. 2013)
      Partner(s)Sarah Silverman (2002–2009)
      Children4
      Relative(s)

      Before hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live!, he was known as the co-host of Comedy Central's The Man Show and Win Ben Stein's Money. Kimmel has also produced such shows as Crank Yankers, Sports Show with Norm Macdonald, and The Andy Milonakis Show. In 2018, Time named him as one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People".[4]

      Early life and family

      Kimmel was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in the neighborhood of Mill Basin[3] as the eldest of three children of Joan Iacono and James John Kimmel, who worked at American Express and was an IBM executive.[5][6][7]

      He was raised Catholic and, as a child, was an altar server.[8][9] Kimmel's mother is of Italian ancestry from Ischia, Naples, whose family migrated to the United States following the 1883 earthquake,[10][11] while two of his paternal great-great-grandparents were German immigrants. His family's surname was "Kümmel" ("caraway" in German) several generations back.[12][13][14][15]

      The family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, when he was nine years old.[5] He graduated from Ed W. Clark High School,[16] and then attended University of Nevada, Las Vegas for one year before transferring to Arizona State University. He received an honorary degree from UNLV in 2013.[17]

      Kimmel's uncle, Frank Potenza ("Uncle Frank"), appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! as a regular from 2003 until his death in 2011.[18] His cousin, Sal Iacono, performed Kimmel's former co-hosting duties during the last season of Win Ben Stein's Money and then became a writer and sketch performer on Jimmy Kimmel Live![19] His Aunt Chippy (Concetta Potenza) is also a featured part of the show. His brother, Jonathan, works on the show as a director. His sister, Jill, is a comedian. He has a son, Kevin (born 1993), who works on the show as a production assistant. He has a daughter, Katie (born 1991), who is a ceramics artist. He also has a daughter named Jane (born 2014) and a son named Billy (born 2017).[20]

      Career

      Radio career

      Inspired by David Letterman's start in radio, Kimmel began working in the radio industry while in high school, hosting a Sunday night interview show on UNLV's college station, KUNV.[21] While attending Arizona State University, he became a popular caller to the KZZP-FM afternoon show hosted by radio personalities Mike Elliott and Kent Voss in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1989, Kimmel landed his first paying job alongside Voss as morning drive co-host of The Me and Him Show at KZOK-FM in Seattle, Washington. Over the next 10 months, the hosts performed several stunts on air, including one that led to an $8,000 loss in advertising.[22][23]

      In 1990, Kimmel and Voss were fired by KZOK and were fired again a year later at WRBQ-FM in Tampa, Florida. Kimmel went on to host his own show at KCMJ in Palm Springs, California, where he recruited Carson Daly, who had been a family friend since his childhood, to become his intern.[24] After a morning stint at KRQQ in Tucson, Arizona, Kimmel landed at KROQ-FM in Los Angeles. He spent five years as "Jimmy The Sports Guy" for the Kevin and Bean morning show. During this time he met and befriended a comedian named Adam Carolla.[25]

      Comedy Central

      Kimmel, who initially did not want to do television, began writing for Fox announcers and promotions and was quickly recruited to do the on-air promotions himself. He declined several offers for television shows from producer Michael Davies, being uninterested in the projects, until he was offered a place as the comedic counterpart to Ben Stein on the game show Win Ben Stein's Money, which began airing on Comedy Central in 1997. His quick wit and "everyman" personality were counterpoints to Stein's monotonous vocal style and faux-patrician demeanor. The combination earned the pair an Emmy award for Best Game Show Host.[21]

      In 1999, during his time with Win Ben Stein's Money, Kimmel co-hosted (with Adam Carolla) and co-produced (with Daniel Kellison), Comedy Central's The Man Show. Kimmel left Win Ben Stein's Money in 2001 and was replaced by comedian Nancy Pimental, who was eventually replaced by Kimmel's cousin Sal Iacono. The Man Show's success allowed Kimmel, Carolla, and Kellison to create and produce, under the banner Jackhole Productions, Crank Yankers for Comedy Central (on which Kimmel plays the characters "Elmer Higgins", "Terrence Catheter", "The Nudge", "Karl Malone" and himself) and later The Andy Milonakis Show for MTV2. Kimmel also produced and co-wrote the feature film Windy City Heat, Festival Prize winner of the Comedia Award for Best Film at the 2004 Montreal Comedy Festival.

      Jimmy Kimmel Live!
      Kimmel during a Jimmy Kimmel Live! video taping at Hollywood Masonic Temple on March 12, 2015
      Main article: Jimmy Kimmel Live!

      In January 2003, Kimmel permanently left The Man Show to host his own late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, on ABC. In the April 2007 issue of Stuffmagazine.com, Kimmel was named the "biggest badass on TV". Kimmel said it was an honor but clearly a mistake.

      Despite its name, the show has not actually aired live since 2004, when censors were unable to properly bleep censor a barrage of swearing from actor Thomas Jane.[26]

      During an incident during the 2004 NBA Finals in Detroit, Kimmel appeared on ABC's halftime show to make an on-air plug for his show. He suggested that if the Detroit Pistons defeated the Los Angeles Lakers, "they're gonna burn the city of Detroit down ... and it's not worth it." Officials with Detroit's ABC affiliate, WXYZ-TV, immediately announced that that night's show would not air on the station. Hours later, ABC officials pulled that night's show from the entire network. Kimmel later apologized.[27]

      Kimmel usually ends his show with "My apologies to Matt Damon, we ran out of time." When Matt Damon did actually appear on the show to be interviewed, he walked in and sat down only to be told just a few seconds later by Kimmel, "Unfortunately, we are totally out of time," followed by "my apologies to Matt Damon." Damon appeared angry but both performers have since indicated that their faux-feud is a joke.[28]

      In February 2008, Kimmel showed a mock music video with a panoply of stars called "I'm Fucking Ben Affleck",[29] as "revenge" after his then-girlfriend Sarah Silverman and Damon recorded a similar video titled, "I'm Fucking Matt Damon". Silverman's video originally aired on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and became an "instant YouTube sensation."[30] Kimmel's "revenge" video featured himself, Ben Affleck, and a large lineup of stars, particularly in scenes spoofing the 1985 "We Are the World" video: Brad Pitt, Don Cheadle, Cameron Diaz, Robin Williams, Harrison Ford, Dominic Monaghan, Benji Madden and Joel Madden from Good Charlotte, Lance Bass, Macy Gray, Josh Groban, Huey Lewis, Perry Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Pete Wentz, Meat Loaf, Rebecca Romijn, Christina Applegate, Dom Joly, Mike Shinoda, Lauren Conrad, and Joan Jett, among others.

      After this, Kimmel 's sidekick, Guillermo, appeared in a spoof of The Bourne Ultimatum, which starred Damon. He was then chased down by Damon, who was cursing about Kimmel being behind all this. Guillermo also stopped Damon on the red carpet one time and before he could finish the interview he said, "Sorry, we are out of time." The most recent encounter was titled "The Handsome Men's Club" which featured Kimmel, along with the "Handsome Men", who were: Matthew McConaughey, Rob Lowe, Lenny Kravitz, Patrick Dempsey, Sting, Keith Urban, John Krasinski, Ethan Hawke, Josh Hartnett, Tony Romo, Ted Danson, Taye Diggs, Gilles Marini, and Ben Affleck, speaking about being handsome and all the jobs that come with it. At the end of the skit, Kimmel has a door slammed in his face by none other than Matt Damon, saying they had run out of time and then Damon continues with a sinister laugh. Jennifer Garner also makes a surprise appearance. As a tradition, celebrities voted off Dancing with the Stars appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, causing Kimmel to describe himself as "the three-headed dog the stars must pass on their way to No-Dancing Hell."

      In October 2013, a new segment of the show, "Kids Table", showcased five- and six-year-olds discussing the U.S. government shutdown and U.S. debts. When one of the children suggested "killing all the people in China", as a way of resolving the U.S. debt, Kimmel responded that that was "an interesting idea" and soon jokingly asked a follow up: "Should we allow the Chinese to live?"[31] The incident triggered discussions and protests on Internet, even from Mainland China. In an October 25 letter to a group called the 80-20 Initiative, which identifies itself as a pan-Asian-American political organization, ABC apologized for the segment, saying "We would never purposefully broadcast anything to upset the Chinese community, Asian community, anyone of Chinese descent or any community at large."[31][32]

      More than a hundred people took to the streets in San Francisco on October 28 to protest the show and demand "a more elaborate apology" and that Kimmel be fired.[32] On that day's broadcast, Kimmel addressed the controversy personally, saying: "I thought it was obvious that I didn't agree with that statement, but apparently it wasn't ... So I just wanted to say, I'm sorry, I apologize."[33] Despite the apologies from ABC and Kimmel, protests continued. A White House petition was created to investigate this incident and reached the 100,000 signatures needed to require a response from the White House.[34] The Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus denounced the incident and demanded a formal apology from ABC.[35]

      Other television work
      Kimmel at the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 4, 2012

      In spring 1996, Kimmel appeared as "Jimmy the Fox Guy" in promos on the Fox Network. His other television work included being the on-air football prognosticator for Fox NFL Sunday for four years. He has had numerous appearances on other talk shows including, but not limited to, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Howard Stern Show, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and the Late Show with David Letterman.

      He has appeared on The Late Show five times, most recently in 2010. Kimmel served as roastmaster for the New York Friars' Club Roast of Hugh Hefner and Comedy Central Roasts of Pamela Anderson. He has appeared on ABC's Dancing with the Stars.

      In August 2006, ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel would be the host of their new game show Set for Life.[36] The show debuted on July 20, 2007. On April 6, 2007, Kimmel filled in for Larry King on Larry King Live. That particular broadcast dealt with paparazzi. Kimmel reproached Emily Gould, an editor from Gawker.com, about the web site's alleged stalking of celebrities. On July 8, 2007, Kimmel managed the National League in the 2007 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game in San Francisco. He played in the game in 2004 and 2006 (in Houston and Pittsburgh, respectively). On July 11, 2007, Kimmel, along with basketball player LeBron James, hosted the 2007 ESPY Awards. The show aired on ESPN on July 15, 2007. Kimmel hosted the American Music Awards on ABC five times, in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, and 2008.

      Kimmel guest hosted Live with Regis and Kelly during the week of October 22–26, 2007, commuting every day between New York and Los Angeles. In the process, he broke the Guinness World Record for the longest distance (22,406 miles (36,059 km)) travelled in one work week.[37] Kimmel himself has questioned the record, suggesting that a world leader or the Pope must actually hold the record.[20]

      Kimmel has performed in several animated films, often voicing dogs. His voice appeared in Garfield: The Movie and Road Trip, and he portrayed Death's Dog in the Family Guy episode "Mr. Saturday Knight"; Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane later presented Kimmel with a figurine of his character on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kimmel also did voice work for Robot Chicken. Kimmel's cousin "Sal" (Sal Iacono) has accepted and won a wrestling match with Santino Marella.

      On January 14, 2010, in the midst of the 2010 Tonight Show host and time slot conflict, Kimmel was the special guest of Jay Leno on The Jay Leno Show's "10 at 10" segment. Kimmel derided Leno in front of a live studio audience for taking back the 11:35 pm time slot from Conan O'Brien, and repeatedly insulted Leno. He ended the segment with a plea that Leno "leave our shows alone," as Kimmel and O'Brien had "kids" while Leno only had "cars."[38]

      He hosted the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 23, 2012, and the 68th Primetime Emmy Awards on September 18, 2016.[39][40] With the Presidential Election only weeks away, Kimmel pointed out the role Mark Burnett played in the rise of Trump.[41]

      Kimmel hosted the 89th edition of the Academy Awards ceremony on February 26, 2017.[42] Kimmel returned as host for the 90th edition of the Academy Awards on March 4, 2018.[43]

      In June 2018, Kimmel was challenged by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz to a one-on-one basketball game after Kimmel compared Cruz's appearance to that of a blobfish. Kimmel accepted and the game (known as the Blobfish Basketball Classic) was scheduled to take place at Texas Southern University on June 16, with the loser donating $5000 to the non-political charity of the winner's choice.[44] Cruz defeated Kimmel 11–9, and over $80,000 was raised from the game and donated to the charities.[45]

      Kimmel is the host of a celebrity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for the show's 20th anniversary. It premiered on April 8, 2020 on ABC.[46]

      In June 2020, it was announced that Kimmel would return to host the 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards on September, 20, 2020.[47] It was also announced that he was taking the summer off amid a brewing blackface controversy. Later, videos surfaced of Kimmel using racial slurs in a music video. Also, during an interview in 2009 with Megan Fox, Kimmel made a joke in response to Fox speaking out about being sexualized at age 15 by Michael Bay.[48][49] Kimmel later issued an apology for his actions and for taking long to address the criticism. He stated: "There is nothing more important to me than your respect, and I apologize to those who were genuinely hurt or offended by the makeup I wore or the words I spoke". Kimmel explained the blackface was part of a recurring impression of basketball player Karl Malone which continued on The Man Show: "We hired makeup artists to make me look as much like Karl Malone as possible. I never considered that this might be seen as anything other than an imitation of a fellow human being, one that had no more to do with Karl's skin color than it did his bulging muscles and bald head". He also denied that him going on vacation was due to the blackface controversy, stating the vacation had been planned for over a year. He did not, however, address the interview with Megan Fox.[50]

      Books

      In July 2019, Kimmel released his first book, The Serious Goose, an interactive children's picture book featuring his own illustrations that tasks readers with helping to make the serious goose smile.[51]

      Influences
      David Letterman was Kimmel's biggest inspiration for getting into comedy.[52][53]

      Kimmel's biggest influences in comedy are David Letterman and Howard Stern. Kimmel has described Letterman's work as, "His show was just so weird and different, I'd never seen anything like it. I didn't know anyone who had a sense of humor like that."[54] Kimmel has often joked that the only reason he got into show business was just so he can be friends with Letterman; he has also questioned why anybody would watch his show instead of Letterman's.[55] Kimmel wrote a piece for Time about his love for Letterman, saying, "As I write this, there are only ten shows left before the funniest, most inventive and smartest man who ever wore an Alka Seltzer suit goes fishing for good. None of us who discovered Dave on our own and claimed him as our own will ever be able to satisfactorily explain to the younger people who didn't what he did, what he meant and what he means. I guess it doesn't matter. It's only an exhibition, not a competition. Thanks Dave. For whatever it's worth, you're my favorite."[56]

      Personal life

      Jimmy Kimmel is currently a practicing Catholic.[57]

      Kimmel married Gina Maddy in 1988; they divorced in 2002.[58] Their daughter Katherine was born in 1991 and their son Kevin was born in 1993. [59][1] He had a relationship with comedian Sarah Silverman from 2002 until they broke up in March 2009.[60]

      He started dating Molly McNearney, a co-head writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live, in October 2009.[61] They became engaged in August 2012[58][62] and married in July 2013.[63] Their daughter Jane was born in July 2014. [64]

      Their second child, son William ("Billy") John, was born on April 21, 2017.[65] The infant was born with a rare congenital heart defect,[66] tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) with pulmonary atresia,[67][68] which was first detected when he had a purplish appearance at three hours after birth. He underwent successful surgery at three days of age.[69][70] The first guests Kimmel had when his show returned following his son's birth were cardiac surgeon Mehmet Oz, who explained the condition,[71] and snowboarder Shaun White, who was born with TOF.[72] Kimmel later cited his son's condition in a monologue criticizing a previous guest, Senator Bill Cassidy, who had co-authored a congressional healthcare bill, for not living up to the "Jimmy Kimmel test" regarding access for patients with pre-existing conditions. The monologue was widely discussed as part of the wider debate surrounding the American healthcare system. [73][74][75]

      Kimmel plays the bass clarinet, and was a guest performer at a concert in Costa Mesa, California, on July 20, 2008, featuring The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, performing with the group on the song "The Impression That I Get".[76]

      Kimmel has served as the Honorary Mayor of Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador since August 2019.[77]

      Kimmel has spoken publicly of being a narcoleptic.[78]

      Kimmel co-founded the annual Los Angeles Feast of San Gennaro, a New York City annual tradition, and co-hosted the eighth annual Los Angeles version in 2009.[79]

      Kimmel has been a fundraiser for the Democratic Party.[80]

      Filmography
      Kimmel at the Hollywood Walk of Fame on January 25, 2013

      Film
      YearTitleRoleNotes
      2000Down to YouHimself
      2000Road TripCorky's voice (voice)
      2002Like MikeClient in commercialUncredited
      2003Windy City HeatHimselfAlso writer, producer
      2004Garfield: The MovieSpanky (voice)Unnamed in the film
      2005The AristocratsHimselfCameo
      2008Hellboy II: The Golden ArmyHimselfCameo
      2012Project XHimselfCameo
      2013The Smurfs 2Passive-aggressive smurf (voice)
      2015Pitch Perfect 2HimselfCameo
      2015Ted 2HimselfCameo
      2015Miss FamousMr. ChipmunkShort film
      2017 The Boss Baby Ted Templeton (voice)
      2017 Sandy Wexler Himself Cameo
      2017 The Heyday of the Insensitive Bastards Lunchtime creeper in park
      2017 Brad's Status Himself Cameo
      2018 Teen Titans Go! To the Movies Batman (voice)
      2019 Dads Himself Documentary film

      Television
      Year Title Role Notes
      1997–2000 Win Ben Stein's Money Himself (co-host) 4 seasons
      1999 Charmed Host on TV Episode: "The Painted World"
      1999–2003 The Man Show Himself (co-host) 112 episodes; also co-creator, writer
      2001 Family Guy Death's Dog (voice) Episode: "Mr. Saturday Knight"
      2002 MADtv Himself, Jay Mattioli Episode: "7.16"
      2002–2005;
      2007      		 Crank Yankers Various voices 70 episodes; also creator, executive producer, writer
      2003–present Jimmy Kimmel Live! Himself (host) Also creator, executive producer, writer
      2003 I'm with Her Himself Episode: "The Second Date"
      2003 American Music Awards of 2003 Himself (host) TV Special
      2004 Entourage Himself Episode: "Talk Show"
      2004 American Music Awards of 2004 Himself (host) TV Special
      2005–2007 The Andy Milonakis Show Himself 22 episodes; also co-creator, executive producer, writer
      2005 Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson Himself (host) TV Special
      2006 American Music Awards of 2006 Himself (host) TV Special
      2006 Robot Chicken Boss, Ryu, Lots of Laughs Bear (voice) 2 episodes
      2006 Drawn Together Old Man, Mrs. Ham, Various voices 2 episodes
      2007 Set for Life Himself (host) 7 episodes
      2007 Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav Himself (roaster) TV Special
      2007 The Sarah Silverman Program Joan the Dispatcher Episode: "Positively Negative"
      2007 2007 ESPY Awards Himself (host) TV Special
      2007 American Music Awards of 2007 Himself (host) TV Special
      2008 American Music Awards of 2008 Himself (host) TV Special
      2010 Glenn Martin, DDS Himself (voice) Episode: "Camp"
      2011 Sesame Street Himself Episode: "Siblings"
      2011 Hot in Cleveland Himself Episode: "I Love Lucci (Part 1)"
      2011 The Soup Joel McHale Episode: "8.72"
      2012–2016 Scandal Himself 3 episodes
      2012 White House Correspondents' Dinner Himself (host) TV Special
      2012 64th Primetime Emmy Awards Himself (host) TV Special
      2013 Brody Stevens: Enjoy It! Himself Episode: "Brody Stevens, Who Are You?"
      2014 Tim & Eric's Bedtime Stories Himself Episode: "The Endorsement"
      2014 The Middle Himself Episode: "The Table"
      2014 Shark Tank Himself Episode: "Oilerie USA"
      2015 The Bachelor Himself (host) Episode: "19.3"
      2015 The Eric Andre Show Himself Episode 3.08
      2016 The Grinder Himself Episode: "The Olyphant in the Room"
      2016 The Real O'Neals Himself Episode: "The Real Papaya"
      2016 Trailer Park Boys Himself Episode: "All The Fuckin' Dope You Can Smoke!"
      2016 Pitch Himself Episode: "The Interim"
      2016 68th Primetime Emmy Awards Himself (host) TV Special
      2017 89th Academy Awards Himself (host) TV Special
      2017 Curb Your Enthusiasm Himself Episode: "Foisted!"
      2018 90th Academy Awards Himself (host) TV Special
      2019 Live in Front of a Studio Audience Himself (host) Two specials
      2019 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Himself Episode: "Compounding Pharmacies"
      2020 Jeopardy! The Greatest of All Time Himself - Video Clue Presenter 1 episode
      2020 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Himself (host) One-off specials
      2020 Revenge of the Nerds Himself (co-host) Also executive producer[81]

      As executive producer
      YearTitleNotes
      2003Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust6 episodes
      2005The Adam Carolla Project13 episodes
      2011Sports Show with Norm Macdonald9 episodes
      2017Big Fan4 episodes

      Video games
      YearTitleVoice roleNotes
      2012Call of Duty: Black Ops IIHimselfAppeared on his own talk show

      Awards and nominations
      Year Award Nominated work Result
      1999 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host[82] Win Ben Stein's Money Won
      2001 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host[83] Win Ben Stein's Money Nominated
      2003 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Late Night Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      2004 Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Show: Late Night Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      2005 People's Choice Award for Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      2009 Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety – Music, Awards, Tributes – Specials Jimmy Kimmel's Big Night of Stars Nominated
      Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Late Night Show Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      2011 Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety – Music, Awards, Tributes – Specials Jimmy Kimmel Live! for "Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Academy Awards" Nominated
      The Comedy Award for Late Night Comedy Series Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Talk Show Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      2012 People's Choice Award for Favorite Late Night TV Host Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety – Music, Awards, Tributes – Specials Jimmy Kimmel Live! for "Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Academy Awards" Won
      Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Talk Show Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      2013 People's Choice Award for Favorite Late Night TV Host Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety (including talk) series Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety – Music, Awards, Tributes – Specials Jimmy Kimmel Live! for "Jimmy Kimmel Live: After the Academy Awards" Nominated
      Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Hollywood Walk of Fame[84] Won
      Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Talk Show Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Variety's Power of Comedy Award[85] Won
      2014 People's Choice Award for Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host[86] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety (including talk) series[87] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television[88] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      American Comedy Award for Best Late Night Talk Show[89] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Talk Show[90] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series[91] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      2015 People's Choice Award for Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host[86] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television[92] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) – Series[93] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Talk Show[94] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Teen Choice Award for Choice Comedian[95] Nominated
      Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series[96] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      2016 People's Choice Award for Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host[97] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Talk Show[98] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) – Specials[99] Jimmy Kimmel Live! for "After the Oscars" Won
      Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series[100] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Talk Show[101] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      2017 People's Choice Award for Favorite Late Night Talk Show Host[102] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) – Specials[103] 68th Primetime Emmy Awards Nominated
      Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series[104] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Class Program[104] 89th Academy Awards Nominated
      2018 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Talk Show[105] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Won
      NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Talk Series[106] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television[107] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety – Talk Series[108] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) – Specials[108] 89th Academy Awards Nominated
      TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sketch/Variety Shows[109] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series[110] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live)[110] 90th Academy Awards Nominated
      People's Choice Award for The Nighttime Talk Show of 2018[111] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      2019 Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety (Music, Awards, Tributes) – Specials[112] 90th Academy Awards Nominated
      Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Talk Series[113] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live)[114] Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons Won
      People's Choice Award for The Nighttime Talk Show of 2019 [115] Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nominated
      2020 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Comedy Special[116] Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons Won
      Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Live)[117] Live In Front Of A Studio Audience: 'All In The Family' And 'Good Times' Pending
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