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Tiffany Haddish used her final night as Jimmy Kimmel's guest host to mock Donald Trump, joking that she’ll keep angering the president by simply being a successful Black woman, a jab that even drew a White House response.
Kathy Griffin says she’s effectively banned from Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show for being “too inappropriate or controversial,” noting she hasn’t appeared since Fallon took over in 2014 and criticizing his booking choices (Conor McGregor and Donald Trump). She also referenced her 2017 Trump-head photo controversy and said Fallon was “always super nice” to her when he hosted Late Night, but implied the show no longer welcomes her.
Jimmy Fallon teased Trump's Great American State Fair on The Tonight Show, joking about a dunk tank with JD Vance and a drunk tank with Kash Patel, a 110-foot Ferris wheel and other fair attractions, while riffing on the rally celebrating America's 250th anniversary and noting political figures like Marco Rubio in a playful, late-night roundup.
Megyn Kelly exploded on her SiriusXM show over Jimmy Kimmel’s plan to have Rosie O’Donnell guest-host during his two‑month summer break, calling the pick a ‘special treat’ for Donald Trump and mocking the lineup of left‑leaning comedians. Kimmel’s guest-host rotation includes Tiffany Haddish, Colman Domingo, Ike Barinholtz, Anthony Anderson, Jelly Roll, with O’Donnell slated to start August 17. Kelly suggested O’Donnell would push anti‑Trump commentary to Kimmel’s audience, noting their long feud and past Trump digs, while Trump has repeatedly attacked O’Donnell. Kimmel is set to return in early September.
Jimmy Kimmel will take a voluntary two-month hiatus from his ABC show, with Rosie O’Donnell among a lineup of rotating guest hosts starting the week of July 6, joined by Tiffany Haddish, Anthony Anderson, Ike Barinholtz, Colman Domingo and Jelly Roll, per an ABC press release.
Jimmy Kimmel revealed he asked Rosie O'Donnell, among others, to guest-host his late-night show during his two-month vacation as a 'special treat' for Trump; O'Donnell has publicly criticized Trump as a conman, narcissist and psychopath, and Trump has threatened to strip her citizenship amid ongoing criticism and references to past political events.
Jimmy Kimmel revealed his summer guest-host lineup for Jimmy Kimmel Live! starting with Tiffany Haddish the week of July 6, then Anthony Anderson, Ike Barinholtz, Colman Domingo, Jelly Roll, and Rosie O’Donnell. Matt Damon crashed the show in a literal Trojan horse to promote Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, as Kimmel wraps up a two-month summer break. O’Donnell, who has feud history with Trump, had relocated to Ireland after his 2024 re-election.
Deadline’s exclusive interview with Jay Leno has him arguing that late-night’s decline isn’t due to a lack of talent but to as many ads and the shift to on-demand viewing, with podcasts and YouTube—led by Joe Rogan—becoming the new talk shows. He says the medium has changed so audiences can watch anything anytime, eroding appointment TV, and laments the loss of real, long-form conversations on TV while noting his ongoing work and self-negotiation, alongside discussions of Oliver’s criticisms and the broader late-night landscape.
Late-night host Seth Meyers roasted Donald Trump after his name was removed from the Kennedy Center facade, joking that Trump is 'clearly very sensitive' and noting the tarp hiding the letters as evidence of his reaction to the public embarrassment.
Late Night's Seth Meyers roasted Donald Trump's $60 million Freedom 250 White House birthday spectacle, which featured UFC fights in a 92-foot arena on the South Lawn and a Lincoln Memorial press conference, arguing the extravaganza proved more pomp than policy and noting low public support for UFC at the White House.
ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! posted a dramatic swing in viewership between recent episodes, illustrating the volatility of late-night ratings and suggesting networks may adjust scheduling or marketing to stabilize performance.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! posted a strong June start, averaging 2.89 million total viewers and 516,000 in 18–49 across four originals and a rerun—roughly 19% higher in total viewers and 105% higher in the key demo from the prior week—thanks to NBA Finals lead-ins (including post-Game 1 and post-Game 2 episodes). NBC’s Tonight Show fell modestly; Comics Unleashed declined; Fox News’ Gutfeld! led cable late-night at 2.97 million viewers and 213,000 in 18–49, while The Daily Show returned to late night at 1.04 million total viewers and 201,000 in the demo.
After Stephen Colbert’s exit, CBS leased the 11:35 p.m. slot to Byron Allen for Comics Unleashed, but Nielsen data show late-night ratings collapsed—down about 64% from Colbert’s end—raising concerns that the loss could drag down CBS’s morning shows and local news, even as ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel absorbs some of Colbert’s former audience; CBS defends the arrangement as a more profitable time-buy despite the slump.
After Stephen Colbert’s exit from The Late Show, early ratings data show Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon gaining viewers in the 11:35 p.m. slot, with Kimmel up to 2.185 million total viewers (up 53% year over year) and 295,000 in the 18–49 demo (up 178%), and Fallon at 1.3 million total viewers (up 10%) and 194,000 in 18–49 (up 14%); CBS’s Comics Unleashed underperformed in the slot, while Colbert’s final Late Show drew 6.7 million, signaling a notable, though still unsettled, shift in late-night dynamics toward the Jimmys.
Bill Maher fires back at Donald Trump after a Truth Social jab, quipping that Trump’s own ratings are worse (35%), defending Real Time’s live audience, and highlighting the ongoing celebrity-political feud amid polls showing Trump with low approval.