Escobedo had been leading Kimmel’s house band since the show launched in 2003. The musician and the comedian were childhood friends in Las Vegas.
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Media companies thought late night TV was irrelevant. Kimmel proved them wrong
Jimmy Kimmel’s return to airwaves might just point the way forward for late night TV to prove its relevance to American audiences — and to itself.
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Sinclair restores ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ to its local TV stations
The major broadcasting group said in a statement the late-night talk show will return to TV stations around the country on Friday.
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There was no rapture this week, so the quiz returns. Can you score a perfect 11?
This week, Jimmy Kimmel returned, a weird statue vanished and no one (to our knowledge) got snatched up to heaven.
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‘We have to speak out,’ Jimmy Kimmel says in his late night return
The comedian was suspended for nearly a week by ABC’s parent company, Disney, before returning to airwaves on Tuesday night.
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Jimmy Kimmel will be back on air on Tuesday, Disney says
The late night comic was suspended last week under pressure from the Trump administration after comments about Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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400 entertainers co-sign ACLU letter supporting Jimmy Kimmel
Celebrities including Pedro Pascal and Selena Gomez wrote: “Our government has resorted to threatening the livelihoods of journalists, talk show hosts, artists, creatives and entertainers.”
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Social media is shattering America’s understanding of Charlie Kirk’s death
There is a deep schism in how Americans understand the assassination that took place a little more than a week ago and that gap is being widened by social media.
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TGIF: Ian Donnis’ Rhode Island politics roundup for Sept. 19, 2025
Let’s hold off on the Halloween stuff for now — it’s not even October. You can follow me through the week on Bluesky, threads and X. Here we go. *** Want to get my column in your inbox every Friday? Sign up right here *** 1. STORY OF THE WEEK: Fallout from the assasination of […]
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‘We are all Jimmy Kimmel’: What late night hosts are saying about Kimmel’s suspension
The late night hosts warned about the future of free speech on their shows Thursday.
