Jimmy Kimmel is probably one of the crucial iconic late-night discuss present hosts within the nation. Rivaled by few, he acquired his big break on ABC in 2003. Nonetheless, he almost misplaced his place to a different host of the identical caliber, and the rationale why he edged him out is bewildering.
He revealed to Ted Danson on his podcast, Where Everybody Knows Your Name, that Jon Stewart (The Each day Present) was additionally a candidate for what’s now known as Jimmy Kimmel Live! He acknowledged that he was shocked that he managed to grab the spot as a consequence of how profitable Stewart already was in 2003.
Kimmel defined how that they had the identical supervisor, James Dixon, who was nearly to shut the deal for Stewart with ABC. However, on the final minute, ABC chairman Lloyd Braun determined to observe his tape and favored him sufficient to point out his audition to Bob Iger. Each agreed that Kimmel was the fitting match for the job, and the remainder is historical past.
Jon and I’ve the identical supervisor, James ‘Child Doll’ Dixon, and James was about to shut this deal for Jon to host the present… [ABC chairman Lloyd Braun] watched my tape, and he was like, ‘I feel this is perhaps the man.’ And he introduced the tape to Bob Iger, and Iger stated, ‘Yeah, I feel this is perhaps the man.’ It was a really unusual factor as a result of [James] was within the troublesome place of getting to inform Jon, ‘Uh, you are not going to ABC, however Jimmy goes to ABC.’
He was so shocked that ABC selected him over somebody as well-known as Stewart that he requested Iger for a proof. He jokingly responded with, “Effectively, you had been cheaper.” And, Kimmel acknowledged that whereas everybody laughed at his reply, he believed that it was most certainly true.
I stated, ‘What was it, like why ‘that is fairly a leap that you just guys made. I used to be on The Man Present, I used to be doing soccer picks on Fox NFL Sunday — what was it? He goes, ‘Effectively, you had been cheaper.’ And all people laughed, however I knew he wasn’t kidding.
Kimmel added that he personally thought that ABC made a mistake by hiring him and that they positively ought to have picked Stewart as a result of that is precisely what he would have finished. “That was a mistake, by the best way. They positively ought to rent Jon. If I am in that place, there is no query I rent John 100 occasions out of 100,” he defined.
Jimmy Kimmel Reside! airs new episodes on weeknights at 11:35 PM ET and eight:35 PM PT on ABC.
- Launch Date
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January 26, 2003
- Showrunner
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Jimmy Kimmel
- Writers
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Joel Hodgson, Sal Iacono, Tony Barbieri, Eric Immerman, Jonathan Bines, Rick Rosner, Bryan Paulk, Danny Ricker, Jeff Loveness, Josh Halloway, Bess Kalb
