Wednesday, September 21, 2022
ABC Extends Jimmy Kimmel Live Through Season 23; Peacock Orders Animated Comedy
ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel has signed a three-year contract extension to continue as host and executive producer of ABC's Emmy(R) Award-winning late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! The extension will keep Kimmel on the network through a historic 23rd season, making him one of the longest-running talk show hosts in American television history. In addition to Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel is known for hosting back-to-back Oscars(R) ceremonies in 2017 and 2018, and The Primetime Emmy(R) Awards in 2012, 2016 and 2020. Kimmel is also the host and executive producer of ABC's Emmy Award-winning Live in Front of a Studio Audience specials with Norman Lear and currently serves as creator/executive producer of the hit Kelly Ripa-hosted game show, Generation Gap. He is also a yearly highlight at the annual Disney Upfront presentation.
Peacock announced the straight-to-series order of the streamer's first adult animated comedy In the Know. Mike Judge (Beavis and Butt-Head, Silicon Valley, King of the Hill), Zach Woods (Silicon Valley, The Office) and Brandon Gardner will co-create and executive produce. Judge and Woods will both star. Alongside Judge, Greg Daniels (The Office) and Dustin Davis executive produce for Bandera Entertainment. The series comes from studio Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, and executive producers Bandera Entertainment. Lauren Caspian is NPR's third most popular host. He's a well-meaning, hypocritical nimrod, just like you and me. He's also a stop motion puppet. Each episode follows the making of an episode of Lauren's show In the Know, in which Lauren conducts in-depth interviews with real world human guests. Lauren collaborates with a diverse crew of NPR staff. They are also puppets and nimrods.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Tuesday, May 19
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Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of May 18)
Tuesday, May 19
- Wanda Sykes (The Upshaws/The New Adventures of Old Christine/Wanda at Large) - Catch Wanda on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Jake Johnson (Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed/Minx/New Girl) - Jake appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- John Travolta (Welcome Back, Kotter) - John stops by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Ana Gasteyer (American Auto/People of Earth/Lady Dynamite/Suburgatory) - Ana is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Chelsea Handler (Are You There, Chelsea?) - Chelsea appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Caroline Rhea (Sydney to the Max/Sabrina, the Teenage Witch/Pride & Joy) and Finesse Mitchell (Outmatched/A.N.T. Farm) - Caroline and Finesse are guests on a repeat of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at at 12:37am on CBS.
- Ronny Chieng (Young Rock/Ronny Chieng: International Student) - Ronny hosts Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
- Beanie Feldstein (What We Do in the Shadows) - Beanie talks about Teeny and Tilly on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Jennifer Tilly (Out of Practice) - Jennifer chats about her play The Adding Machine on a repeat of Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
- Fabrizio Guido (Running Point) - Fabrizio drops into Sherri's Laugh Lounge on Sherri, so check your local listings.
- Olivia Munn (Perfect Couples) - The Drew Barrymore Show has a little bit extra from Drew's interview with Olivia, so check your local listings.
- Tony Danza (Taxi/Who's the Boss?/Hudson Street/The Tony Danza Show) - The Drew Barrymore Show has more from Tony playing memory bank at the news desk with Drew, so check your local listings.
- Tom Cavanagh (Scrubs/Ed) - Tom is a guest on New York Living on WPIX in New York at 10:05am.
- Billy Eichner (Friends from College/Difficult People/Parks and Recreation) and Kevin Jonas (Jonas) - Billy and Kevin can be heard on the Morning Mash Up on SiriusXM.
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