{"id":885184,"date":"2026-09-06T05:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/885184\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T05:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:52:10","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-wins-emmy-for-second-year-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/885184\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Wins Emmy For Second Year In A Row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jimmy-kimmel\" data-tag=\"jimmy-kimmel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> has another Emmy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe comedian has picked up for Outstanding Host for a Game Show for his work on <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/abc\/\" id=\"auto-tag_abc\" data-tag=\"abc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire\/\" id=\"auto-tag_who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire\" data-tag=\"who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Who Wants To Be A Millionaire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tIt is his second consecutive win in the category, having scored it for the same show last year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tKimmel beat Celebrity Family Feud\u2019s Steve Harvey, <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/jeopardy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jeopardy\" data-tag=\"jeopardy\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jeopardy!<\/a>\u2019s Ken Jennings, Pop Culture Jeopardy!\u2019s Colin Jost and Match Game\u2019s Martin Short.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tApart from Pop Culture Jeopardy!, which moved from Amazon in its first season to Netflix for its second season, the category was dominated by ABC shows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\t\u201cThank you to whoever decided to put our category first because we won last year and it was nothing but seat fillers,\u201d Kimmel said on stage at the Peacock Theater after winning the award.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe win comes as Kimmel is one of the favorites to win <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/07\/colbert-kimmel-john-oliver-jon-stewart-snl-late-night-emmys-1236975168\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Outstanding Variety Series at the Primetime Emmys on September 14<\/a>. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is up against The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Daily Show, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Saturday Night Live after the Outstanding Talk Series and Outstanding Scripted Variety Series categories\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2026\/06\/late-night-variety-shows-five-emmy-slots-1236954019\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">were merged.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tHowever, Kimmel\u2019s win didn\u2019t foreshadow a change in the winner for Outstanding Game Show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWho Wants To Be A Millionaire, once again, lost out to Jeopardy!, which has won the award four times in a row since it was moved out of the daytime <a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/emmys\/\" id=\"auto-tag_emmys\" data-tag=\"emmys\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emmys<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tJeopardy! also beat out Celebrity Family Feud, The Price Is Right and Wheel of Fortune.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe show is exec produced by Michael Davies with Sarah Whitcomb Foss and Bari Jean Dorman as co-exec producers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel has another Emmy. 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