Jimmy Kimmel Live won't air new episodes until the new year. The ABC talk show hosted by Jimmy Kimmel will air reruns for the last two weeks of 2025 before returning with new episodes in 2026. The show has taken a holiday break for the last two weeks of December in previous years, including 2024 and 2023.

Jimmy Kimmel has literally cried on live television. His heartfelt thank-you to viewers on the last episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! for 2025 instantly became ... Read More

Jimmy Kimmel grew emotional while thanking viewers during the final 2025 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, reflecting that it had been a “strange and hard year.”

Jimmy Kimmel’s future on his eponymous late-night talk show has been revealed after his shocking suspension earlier this year. ABC has offered him a one-year contract extension for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” His previous multiyear contract was set to expire in May 2026.

Matters came to a head in September when Kimmel was temporarily suspended by ABC after his remarks following the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk were seized on by conservatives. Trump cheered the news, but Kimmel soon returned to the air amid growing backlash to the nixing of his show.

Jimmy Kimmel was grateful that Susie Wiles, the president’s “future former chief of staff,” spilled the beans on her boss in a Vanity Fair article.