Why ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Was Unexpectedly Canceled Thursday Night
What To Know
- Thursday’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! was abruptly canceled and replaced with a rerun, with no official explanation from ABC or Jimmy Kimmel.
- Scheduled guests, including David Duchovny, Joe Keery, and Madison Beer, were postponed, with Beer confirming her performance would be rescheduled due to “unforeseen circumstances.”
- The cancellation follows recent turmoil for the show, but upcoming episodes and guest appearances are still listed for the following week.
Viewers tuning into Thursday’s (November 6) Jimmy Kimmel Live! were in for a surprise when the show aired a rerun from last week instead of a new episode.
Thursday’s episode was scheduled to feature guests David Duchovny, Joe Keery, and Madison Beer. However, the episode was pulled late in the day with no explanation. In its place, ABC re-aired the October 28 episode featuring guests Tessa Thompson, Daymond John, and The Beths.
Neither Kimmel nor ABC has commented on the abrupt cancelation.
On the unofficial Jimmy Kimmel Reddit forum, one fan shared an alleged email from the show’s audience team, which read, “Tonight’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live has been post-poned. Apologies for any inconvenience. Will will [sic] contact you to reschedule for a future taping.”
Beer, who was scheduled to be Thursday’s musical guest, also commented on the cancelation. “Due to unforeseen circumstances, @jimmykimmellive needed to reschedule my performance that was originally scheduled to air tonight to a later date,” Beer wrote on her Instagram Stories.
According to LateNighter, the cancelation “has to do with a personal matter.”
It’s been a tumultuous couple of months for Kimmel, whose show was pulled from the air in September after comments he made about the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The suspension was dropped less than a week later following public backlash, with many accusing ABC of censoring free speech.
When Kimmel returned to late-night on September 23, he addressed the situation, saying, “It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man. I don’t think there’s anything funny about it. I posted a message on Instagram on the day he was killed asking compassion for his family, and I meant it. I still do.”
Jimmy Kimmel Live! will air a rerun episode tonight (Friday, November 7), featuring guests Maya Rudolph, Roy Wood Jr., and Wet Leg.
Ticket company 1iota Productions also continues to list new episodes scheduled for next week. Guests slated to feature on the show next week include George Clooney, Mike Tyson, Eddie Murphy, Morgan Fairchild, Jason Bateman, and Mr T.
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Your headline, Why ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Was Unexpectedly Canceled Thursday Night, is completely misleading.
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ooh, I think I need to mute TVInsider on my Google News to avoid more clickbait nonsense.
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Clickbait Headline = Block from Feed.
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Goodbye clickbait site TV Insider. I'm removing you from my feed.
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It's probably a family or staff emergency or just someone got sick and so they took the night off, to deal with that.
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I was so excited until I wasn't.
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Uh, NOBODY does a new Friday show anymore. Kimmel NEVER did anyway.
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As it's now been revealed, Jimmy lost his bandleader and longtime friend on I'm guessing the night the show went to a rerun. R.I.P.
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He was off Thursday.
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He is a rude jerk and his show should be cancelled....his remarks are exactly what he means to say...only for once it backfired so he had to make an excuse....why can't he just interview people and stop with the negative nonsense and leave people alone.
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Just don't watch it. I like him and so many Americans. Not your cup of tea? great, switch the channel (that's why we have 100 million channels now!). You do get it it's not about what you are talking about but Freedom of Speech!
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I don't watch...and your right Freedom of speech and I was speaking mine.So if you didn't like hit thumb down and carry on.
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U must be a trumpy fan don't like jokes made about him trumpy is a narcissistic racist idiot
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He is just a rude person.
And you must be a Democrat.
Aren't you so proud. Not on here to argue,as the lady said freedom of speech,my opinion and you have yours,we all can't like the same thing, would be a boring world.God bless
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Jimmy Kimmel is a hypocrite. People who follow him are knuckleheads. People call Jimmy Kimmel a hypocrite because his current progressive stance and remarks on social issues, particularly those concerning women and decency, are seen as contradictory to the often misogynistic and crass humor, including the objectification of women, that was central to his early show, The Man Show.
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Keep kimmel off the air. he's not worth watching -- same with the rest of the dems.
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I take it you didn't watch the election results from last Tuesday then?
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Apparently Chuck Schumer and the other Liberal Leftists Dems in Congress don’t realize the GOP won the majority vote in 2024 as Chuck and his cronies are holding our govt. and by proxy our country hostage. Making Insane Demands like $200 Billion in Free healthcare for people who aren’t even supposed to Be In Our Country and other Dem slush funds. Chucky and his cronies are putting our country in grave danger with their very irresponsible actions. But He and They simply don’t care.
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Guest's comment is proof you can't fix stupid.
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It’s crazy because you actually don’t have to turn a show on and watch it if you don’t want to watch it. It’s such an insane concept that I thought I’d let you in on the secret
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