{"id":457621,"date":"2026-06-02T20:04:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/457621\/"},"modified":"2026-06-02T20:04:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T20:04:11","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-opens-up-about-talk-show-future-retirement-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/457621\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Opens up About Talk Show Future &#038; Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Jimmy Kimmel said he is weighing retirement from late-night, citing contract timing and renewal discussions that have not begun. In a Vulture interview on Monday, the 58-year-old outlined Jimmy Kimmel retirement plans and his ABC contract expiring in May 2027. He noted ABC offered a one-year extension last year, rather than the show\u2019s typical three-year renewal. Kimmel said he once targeted an endpoint, stating, \u201cI thought I was done when Biden was president.\u201d He added the network has not yet broached talks and that he aims to exit responsibly if he does. His comments come on the heels of CBS\u2019s decision to cancel Stephen Colbert\u2019s The Late Show after eleven seasons. Producer Erin Irwin said he has long considered leaving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel said he is weighing retirement from late-night, citing contract timing and renewal discussions that have not&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,688,111,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-457621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}