Jimmy Kimmel signed a one-year contract extension after ABC approved a new year of his show following his Charlie Kirk controversy
Jimmy Kimmel will return to host his late night show for at least another year despite months of controversy and attacks from the sitting president.
On Monday, December 8, ABC re-signed the television host to a one-year contract extension. His previous multiyear contract was set to expire in May 2026.
The news is likely welcome to Kimmel, 58, whose future at ABC was thrown into question in September after he was briefly removed from the air following comments he made after the shooting death of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said on-air, after mocking president Donald Trump’s response to the shooting by praising his multi-billion dollar White House ballroom.
Kimmel was then removed after Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, publicly threatened ABC, Disney and Kimmel in response to the host’s monologue.
After Kimmel’s suspension, Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to praise the decision.
