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Kimmel Staffers Fall In Love With UHC CEO's Alleged Murderer

December 11th, 2024 9:47 AM

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel reported on his Tuesday show that several members of his staff have become infatuated with UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s alleged murderer. During his monologue, Kimmel read several text exchanges between the staff and their friends and family, including ones who promised to bake him cookies and those who desperately wanted to get on the jury.

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Comedians Mock Hegseth's Pledge Not To Drink, Attack His Mom

December 5th, 2024 10:00 AM

In his past life, Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth did some things he is not proud of but insists that he is a different man today. Instead of celebrating Hegseth’s transformation, the late night comedians mocked his pledge not to drink on the job on their Wednesday shows and attacked his mom for defending him.

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'Got To Be Kidding': Kimmel, Colbert Dismiss Hunter Pardon Criticisms

December 4th, 2024 10:00 AM

CBS’s host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel were displeased on their Tuesday shows that some people are still criticizing President Joe Biden for pardoning his son, Hunter. For both men, the re-election of Donald Trump makes such criticisms moot.

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'F*** The Norms' Vs. 'Crimes': Comedians Struggle With Hunter Pardon

December 3rd, 2024 10:15 AM

The men of late night comedy struggled on their Monday shows to reconcile their support for President Joe Biden and his decision to pardon his son, Hunter. Some hosts decided to make the story about Republicans, while others made more “Biden is old” quips, while others welcomed the news, but hoped Democrats would apply the logic behind it to ordinary people too.

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Daily Show's Chieng: Election Night Was Like Watching a Car Crash

November 27th, 2024 10:00 AM

The Daily Show might have the week off, but correspondent and rotating host Ronny Chieng found himself on ABC’s Tuesday taping of Jimmy Kimmel Live! recalling Election Night, which he compared to watching a slow-motion car crash. Likewise, he longed for a conservativism that is not populated with “[bleep] morons.”

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Kimmel Hypes 1,200 Percent Increase in Vasectomies After Trump Win

November 26th, 2024 10:45 AM

Some liberals have reacted to Donald Trump’s victory by ensuring that they will not be able to reproduce. While some may find that odd or even humorous, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel had a different take, as he claimed it said something about Trump.

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Wanda Sykes To GOP: 'Shut Up' About Trans Ideology Be Pushed On Kids

November 13th, 2024 10:15 AM

Comedian Wanda Sykes traveled to ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday to demand that Donald Trump and Republicans “shut up” and “relax” about transgender ideology being pushed on children.

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'What The Actual F***, America?' Comedy Shows Struggle With Trump Win

November 7th, 2024 12:00 PM

The six late night comedy shows vacillated between liberal pep talks, sadness, and anger on Wednesday as most of them reacted to Donald Trump’s presidential election victory. From asking “What the actual [bleep], America?” to mourning the demise of democracy, here is a Notable Quotables-style compliation of Wednesday’s tapings of Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel…

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No Laughing Matter: 98% of ‘Comedy’ Show Campaign Jokes Target Trump

October 30th, 2024 9:20 AM

During the fall presidential campaign, a Media Research Center study found that hosts of the late-night "comedy" shows told a total of 1,463 jokes about Donald Trump and Kamala Harris -- but 1,428 of them were about Trump, and only 35 were about Harris. That's a whopping 40:1 ratio or almost 98 percent to 2 percent.

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Irony: Kimmel Calls Trump Fox Town Hall 'North Korea-Level Propaganda'

October 17th, 2024 10:00 AM

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel showed a stunning lack of self-awareness on Wednesday as he accused Fox News of conducting a “North Korea-level” town hall with Donald Trump.

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Comedy Shows Play T-Ball With Democratic Politicians

October 16th, 2024 10:19 AM

It was a night of Democratic guests on the late night comedy shows as ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel, CBS’s Stephen Colbert, and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show’s host of the week, Desi Lydic, all welcomed Democratic politicians to their programs to instill in their audiences the importance of voting for the blue team in less than three weeks.

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Colbert, Kimmel Gush Over Harris's Medical Report, Ignore Plagiarism

October 15th, 2024 10:00 AM

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and CBS’s Stephen Colbert were the only late night comedy hosts to be on the air on Monday after the news cycle gifted them a Kamala Harris plagiarism scandal. However, like their straight news colleagues, they ignored such a comedy gold mine and instead chose to gush over Harris’s medical records and use them as another opportunity to bash Donald Trump.

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Kimmel Pals Around With Walz As Duo Bash Trump-Vance

October 8th, 2024 10:20 AM

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel welcomed Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz to his Monday show for a softball interview about his life and to offer him an opportunity to promote Kamala Harris while bashing Donald Trump and JD Vance.

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Kimmel Tries To Label Vance 'Weird,' Whitmer Talks Period Empowerment

October 2nd, 2024 1:35 PM

After Tuesday’s vice presidential debate, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel desperately tried to portray JD Vance as the weird one and Tim Walz as the “normal” one, to the point where he brought back the couch sex jokes and had a skit of Joel Osment as Vance incompetently making his way through a donut shop. However, later in the program, he welcomed Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who used Kimmel’s platform…