{"id":63502,"date":"2025-10-09T11:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/63502\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:51:08","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-says-late-night-shows-dont-have-to-cost-120-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/63502\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Says Late Night Shows Don’t Have to Cost $120 Million"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jimmy Kimmel knows the late night genre is due for a transformation as TV economics change with the rise of streaming, starting with reducing the projected $120 million budget for his own show.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s a reason for these shows to go away,\u201d Kimmel said pondering the future of late night in an appearance at the Bloomberg Screentime conference on Wednesday. \u201cThese shows were a way to get high-priced talent for almost free. That was the whole trick. That was the whole reason they started these shows.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese shows don\u2019t need to cost $120 million and somebody will figure it out,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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The late night host shared the projected budget for \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d during the conversation as he doubled down on criticism of the cancellation of Stephen Colbert\u2019s \u201cThe Late Show,\u201d specifically reports of big money losses being at the center of the cancellation \u2014 rather than political pressure from Trump\u2019s White House and the FCC as CBS\u2019s parent company Paramount closed a merger with Skydance. <\/p>\n

\u201cI know what the budgets for these shows are. I know what I make. I know what Stephen makes. I know what the ad sales people make. I know that there are values that nobody bothers to consider,\u201d he said. \u201cIf they lost $40 million last year they would have sent everyone home already.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kimmel also detailed the saga of his show\u2019s six-day suspension at ABC following backlash to his comments about Charlie Kirk, praising Disney CEO Bob Iger and Disney Entertainment co-chairman Dana Walden for shepherding \u201creally good conversations\u201d to get the show back on the air. <\/p>\n

He admitted to thinking \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d might not return at all given the demands from affiliates Nexstar and Sinclair he was not willing to comply with, recalling he told his wife, \u201cThis is it. It\u2019s really over.\u201d Thankfully the show did make it back on the air \u2014 initially without those affiliates on Sept. 16, before he was fully back on the air by the end of that week. <\/p>\n

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When asked who should be the next CEO, Kimmel shared his love for Walden and praised her for doing \u201ca great job\u201d through the years.<\/p>\n

As for his own future on television, Kimmel refused to answer if he had made a decision about renewing his contract \u2014 which is set to expire in May 2026 \u2014 recalling how he had previously said he wouldn\u2019t before changing his mind \u201cthe last three times.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked if he would invite FCC chair Brendan Carr or President Trump on his show after the saga, Kimmel seemed uninterested in Carr but said he\u2019d \u201clove to have Trump on the show, for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also celebrated his show\u2019s performance on YouTube, while noting how the decline in linear ratings is likely \u201cwhat has killed late night.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMore likely, the fact that our lead ins are a 10th of what they were when I started. That\u2019s probably more likely the reason. But I love the idea that people in other countries are watching YouTube,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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