Jimmy Kimmel Live
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| Jimmy Kimmel Live | |
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 Jimmy Kimmel Live title card |
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| Genre | Talk show, variety show |
| Running time | 1 hour per episode |
| Creator(s) | Jimmy Kimmel |
| Starring | Jimmy Kimmel |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | January 26, 2003–Present |
Jimmy Kimmel Live is a late-night talk show in the United States created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, broadcast from the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California.
[edit] Timeslots
Despite the name, the show is actually taped an hour before it begins airing in the Eastern Standard Time Zone, although it was originally live. The hour-long program premiered after Super Bowl XXXVII in 2003 on ABC. It airs weeknights at 12:07 a.m. in most parts of the country but the time does varies from station, resulting in the show beginning in the middle of competitors The Tonight Show and The Late Show with David Letterman, and ending in the middle of Late Night with Conan O'Brien and The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. The program currently follows Nightline on ABC. Some speculated that Kimmel would move to the 11:35 p.m. slot after Ted Koppel retired, but it remains in its regular timeslot.
[edit] ABC affiliates not airing the show
WSB and WSOC do not run the show because of the existing contracts they have with ABC. According to their contracts, the stations are only required to air ABC shows until 12:35 a.m. ET. Jimmy Kimmel Live runs until 1:07 a.m. ET, which would force the stations to relinquish time that they use for lucrative syndicated and/or local programming. (In particular, WSB uses the slot for a re-run of its 11:00 p.m. ET newscast.) A press release from WSB in 2004 claimed that the station hoped to resolve the situation and air the show, but there is no indication of any current negotiations on the matter. Both stations are owned by Cox Enterprises. In November 2005, Cox station WFTV in Orlando began airing the show after initially refusing to do so. Some ABC stations owned by Allbritton Communications Company did not begin airing the show until April 12, 2004. KTUL in Tulsa, Oklahoma did not air the initial post-Super Bowl episode, or most of the first few months of the show. Tulsa's then-WB affiliate, KQCW (formerly KWBT, now a CW affiliate) aired the show at 12:07 a.m., and would cover the ABC logo on the bottom of the screen with their own station logo. KTUL began airing the show in 2005.
Also, Chicago affiliate WLS-TV airs the show at 12:07 a.m. Central instead of 11:07 p.m, due to the daily rerun of the Oprah Winfrey Show at 11:05 p.m.; WLS is the flagship station for Oprah, and the original home for the show as a local program. North Dakota stations WDAY and WDAZ air the show at 12:08 a.m. Central, with The Insider and paid programming airing in the usual timeslot. KMBC in Kansas City airs the show at 12:37 a.m. Central, following reruns of Frasier, Will & Grace, and Sex and the City, and Nightline. Otherwise, most delayed airings of the show are usually at 12:37 a.m. ET-PT/11:37 p.m. CT-MT, in order to allow some ABC stations (such as WEHT, WBAY, and WISN) to air syndicated programming after their late news, followed by Nightline and Kimmel, thus having Kimmel compete directly in the full hour with O'Brien and Ferguson.
There is currently no station refusing to air "JKL" due to explicit content.
[edit] Directors and Producers
The March 28, 2005 article of the New York Post announced that actor/writer/comedian Bobcat Goldthwait was the show's new director, replacing original director Keith Truesdell who has gone on to a very successful sitcom career. Goldthwait directed the show from 2004 to 2006, when he was replaced by current director Joe DeMaio. Since joining, the ratings increased to about two million viewers per night. The numbers have jumped up to 50% with teens, and is the number three show among teenagers (trailing only behind Laguna Beach and Family Guy) [citation needed]. Kimmel and David Craig (Mad About You and Spin City) are the show's executive producers. Jill Leiderman has been co-executive producing the show since April, 2006. She replaced Duncan Gray, who was the co-executive producer since the show debuted in 2003. Gray left the show in January 2006 to take a senior post at British-based ITV.
[edit] Music and Regular Segments
Music is provided by the band Cleto and the Cletones, led by Kimmel's childhood friend, Cleto Escobedo III. Kimmel's relatives, Frank Potenza, called Uncle Frank, and Sal Iacono, called Cousin Sal, are "characters" that appear on the program in most episodes. Uncle Frank is often set out to do reporting on the red carpet of a movie premiere or award show, where he will do things like mistake the celebrity he is talking to for a different person. Cousin Sal usually performs skits out of the studio, such as impersonating a store employee, purposely giving customers bad service, insulting them or giving them something they did not order/ask for. Another "character" is parking lot attendant Guillermo, who does a regular segment called Guillermo's Hollywood Roundup in which he carries a fake lasso and fills Jimmy in on the latest celebrity gossip via tabloids. Jimmy also seems forever amused by Guiellmo's Mexican accent. There is a musical performance at the end of the show, which is performed on either an indoor or outdoor stage, or on location (see Jimmy Kimmel Live Concert Series section below for more). Coors Light sponsored most of the show's musical performances from 2004-2006. On some shows, there are comedians doing stand-up comedy, also at the end of the show, as well as the rarely seen Future Talent Showcase.
Recently, they made a new weekly segment based on Jay Leno's Videos We Found on Youtube called Videos we found on Youtube of Jay Leno's Videos we Found on Youtube preceded by..
[edit] This Week in Unnecessary Censorship
On Fridays there is a segment called This Week in Unnecessary Censorship, a parody on the FCC's censorship rules, where TV clips are unnecessarily bleeped and blurred. Clips from news or events during the week will have a nominally inoffensive word or phrase bleeped and the mouths blurred in a way that makes it sound/look like the person in the clip had issued a profanity. Another similar obfuscation makes a wave to a crowd look like an inappropriate gesture, or blurring areas in where private parts are as if they were exposing themselves or nude.
Some of the American programming that commonly appear in the segment include shows and newscasts from ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MTV, Fox, Fox News Channel, The CW, My Network TV and CNBC, as well as Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, Sesame Street, Reading Rainbow, Barney and Friends, WWE RAW, Blue's Clues, The Simpsons, SpongeBob SquarePants, Saturday Night Live, Family Guy, Family Feud, The Crocodile Hunter, Jeopardy!, The Price Is Right, Wheel of Fortune, and infotainment shows like Entertainment Tonight, Showbiz Tonight, and Access Hollywood.
They only did one censor that was necessary, the famous line from the 2006 movie, Snakes on a Plane.
[edit] The Pizza
The show is also known for its parody of R. Kelly's song Trapped in the Closet, The Pizza.
[edit] Jimmy Kimmel Live Concert Series
In June 2005, Jimmy Kimmel Live partnered with Pontiac for its concerts from the Pontiac Garage outdoor stage in Hollywood. Streaming videos of off-air performances, which are shown in their entirety, can be seen by going to the show's Web site, jimmykimmellive.net and clicking on the Pontiac Garage.
Since June 2005, there have been musical performances that have taken place on location, outside of Hollywood, during the show's taping. One of these instances happened on February 17, 2006, when Hawthorne Heights performed in Chicago at the annual Chicago Auto Show. And on May 17 of that same year, Christina Milian performed the song, "Say I", on an outdoor stage in New York City's Times Square.
The musical guests who have performed on the show's outdoor stage in Hollywood since June 2005 (when JKL partnered with Pontiac for its outdoor concerts) include Billy Idol, Fall Out Boy, Chingy, LL Cool J, Jewel, 3 Doors Down, Backstreet Boys, Lionel Ritchie, Clay Aiken, Justin Timberlake, Meat Loaf, and Mary J. Blige.
[edit] Sets
The stage the show is filmed on 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 (see photo on right), 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.
[edit] Notable Guests
Andy Milonakis, an Internet phenomenon, was a regular on the show in 2003-2004. Another Internet phenomenon, Jay Maynard, the Tron Guy, was also on the show several times in 2004. Also comedian Dane Cook has made many appearances on the show.
An occasional actor on the show, Anthony (Tony) Barbieri does a periodic piece, in which he plays a fictional character Jake Byrd, and insinuates himself into real life events around the country. Often he fools those at the event, and even the media, into believing he's a part of the story. Most often he portrays himself as an overly enthusiastic protestor about something or as a fan of somebody (or something) famous.
Gerhard Reinke, who is dubbed as the show's "travel correspondent", makes occasional appearances on the show, showing clips of his travels across the US in a segment titled, "Gerhard Reinke's America." He is seen driving his Volkswagen Touareg at the beginning of the segment.
The show is known more than most other talk shows for guests staying until the end of the show and moving down the couch as the next one comes on, and having first or second guests leave less frequently in between commercial breaks. The absence of some guests after a commercial break have been part of memorable angry departures either alluded to or talked about, including Heidi Klum and Vivica A. Fox. The former of whom Jimmy might have brought out the humorlessness in when he spit out a candy line she was promoting, and the latter of whom Kimmel offended with his Star Jones animosity.
Another notable guest who appeared on the show, but was absent after the commercial break, was Jim Cramer (host of the CNBC program, Mad Money). But it was not related to the previous paragraph above in this section (he appeared on the May 22, 2006 episode of JKL, but departed for New York to do his May 23 episode of Mad Money).
[edit] Matt Damon
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. |
The joke is that Damon is not scheduled to appear on that particular night. Kimmel told TMZ.com that he says this "for no good reason at all." [1]
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 a chat hosted by ESPN, Kimmel's friend Bill Simmons confirmed that it was an act, initially saying,
| Everyone thought it was a setup but it actually happened, Jimmy was pretty shaken afterwards. |
Later, however, Simmons stated:
| I was kidding about the Matt Damon thing before, that was really a joke. |
[2].
[edit] Special Episodes
[edit] Quentin Tarantino Directed Episode
On April 20, 2004, Tarantino directed and produced this episode incorporating his signature camera shots, lighting, fashion and music elements into the talker. The guests this night were Steven Wright, Laura Harring and The Darkness.
[edit] Jimmy Kimmel Live - Best of 2004
On December 20, 2004, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" reflected on the best moments from 2004 during a special year-in-review show hosted by highly respected entertainment expert James Lipton ("Inside the Actor's Studio"). Featured moments included previous comedy bits with Clay Aiken, Ben Stiller and Jon Stewart.
[edit] Non-Denominational All-Star Celebrity Holiday Special
On December 22, 2004, Kimmel offers his own witty take on conventional holiday specials in the style of Perry Como or Bob Hope, featuring a hilarious 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.
[edit] Jimmy Kimmel Live in Detroit
On January 31, 2006, Kimmel took the show on the road as it originated from the Gem Theatre in Detroit (the host city of Super Bowl XL). On that episode, which was the first of five from Detroit, his guests were David Alan Grier, Matt Hasselbeck of the Seattle Seahawks, and musical guest Kid Rock and Hank Williams, Jr. On February 5, 2006, a special three-year anniversary episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live, which was the last of five from Detroit, aired. Coincidentally, that episode, just like the premiere episode that is mentioned above on this page, aired after the Super Bowl. Relient K performed "Be My Escape" and had a contest on their website to attend Jimmy Kimmel Live for free.
[edit] Jimmy Kimmel Live after the Academy Awards
On March 5, 2006, Jimmy Kimmel Live aired a special post-Academy Awards edition, titled Jimmy Kimmel Live after the Academy Awards. But instead of originating from its regular home at the El Capitan Theatre, the show taped at the El Portal Theatre, also in Los Angeles. On that episode, Kimmel's guests were Quentin Tarantino and Johnny Knoxville.
[edit] J.J. Abrams Directed Episode
On May 12, 2006, J.J. Abrams guest-directed this action-packed episode, with featured guests Dominic Monaghan, J.J. Abrams himself, and musical guests Taking Back Sunday (who performed on an outdoor stage at the end of that episode).
[edit] Grey's Anatomy Night
In an episode that originally aired on May 15, 2006, Kimmel staged a stunt on his show whereby a rattlesnake bites him on the hand. At first it looks real, but as it progresses, there are clues that it is faked. The show follows Kimmel as he is taken to the hospital. After a commercial break, continues to do the show from his hospital bed with the band, having traveled in the ambulance, at his bedside. The rush to get him in the hospital tied in with his guests from the ABC show, Grey's Anatomy. At the end of the episode, the rattlesnake talked while the credits rolled. The episode was repeated on June 2, 2006 and July 7, 2006. Directed by Keith Truesdell.
[edit] All-Star Salute to Jimmy Kimmel Live Prime Time Special
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. At the end of the show Jimmy has Matt Damon on as a guest, only to say "sorry Matt Damon, we are out of time." This was a running gag in occasional episodes, when Jimmy would announce Matt as a guest, even though he was never in the building. Matt did enter the stage, only to act as though he was upset with the show ending before he could be interviewed, but this was a pre-planned skit for the show.
[edit] Kimmel Live Gets Picked Up for Another Season
On August 28, various reliable sources reported that ABC execs gave the "go-ahead" to continue with the Jimmy Kimmel Live show for another season. ABC’s Andrea Wong called Kimmel “the future of late-night.”
| His show exhibits great creative strength, which is reflected in his growing audience. As the only late-night host whose ratings are up versus last year, we expect his momentum to continue next season. |
[edit] Production
Jimmy Kimmel Live is produced at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California. The show is produced by Jackhole Productions in association with Touchstone Television (both Touchstone Television and ABC are owned by The Walt Disney Company). Additional production assistance for the show's outdoor concerts are provided by Pontiac (as noted by the "Pontiac Garage" signage and Pontiac logos on the show's outdoor stage).
[edit] Trivia
- The theme song for Jimmy Kimmel Live is performed by Robert Goulet.
- The show's original set had video screens in the background. Also, the band (Cleto and the Cletones) performed on the left side of the stage, and the guest entrance was on the right side of the stage.
- The show's current set, which debuted in January 2005, now has a picture of a city in the background. Also, the aforementioned band performs on the right side of the stage, and the guest entrance is now on the left side of the stage.
- From September 2004 to August 2006, reruns of the show aired on most Thursdays. However, since September 2006, reruns of the show have been airing on most Mondays (to avoid conflicting with ESPN's Monday Night Football).
- Early episodes had a different announcer each night and a different co-host each week. Dicky Barrett, lead singer of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, became the show's permanent announcer in 2004. Also, there are no longer co-hosts.
- Before Kimmel did his monologue on the platform in front of the stage (which was added on August 9, 2004, when the show debuted a new look with its current logo), he did his monologue when sitting behind the desk.
- The show's outdoor stage was not used for its musical performances for six months, from February to August of 2004. Due to budget constraints, all of the performances were moved inside until the show signed on two sponsors (Sony and Coors) for the show's outdoor musical performances from August 9, 2004 through the end of that year.
- Before the aforementioned outdoor stage was named the Pontiac Garage in 2005, it was named the Walkman Stage, due to the show's previous sponsorship with Sony for its outdoor concerts during the final five months of 2004.
[edit] Jimmy Kimmel Live on MySpace
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" originally began its MySpace adventure in the summer of 2005. At first, the original layout featured pictures of all of the stars that would be on the show that week. In the fall of 2006, the layout of the page drastically changed to adapt to ABC's official Jimmy Kimmel Live website [3]. With the new layout, the comments section was removed, the streaming music player was removed, and there wouldn't be pictures of all the guests anymore; just of the musical guests, and a link to their MySpace pages. The MySpace site boasts to having over 10,000 friends.
[edit] External links
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! at the Internet Movie Database
- ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! website
- Jump The Shark - Jimmy Kimmel Live
- TV.com - Jimmy Kimmel Live
- JimmyKimmel.net - Videos
- Video from Detroit Shows
| Late night talk and comedy shows in the U.S. |
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| CBS: Late Show | Late Late Show |
| NBC: Tonight Show | Late Night | Last Call |
| ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live |
| Fox: Talkshow |
| Comedy Central: The Daily Show | The Colbert Report |
