Jimmy Kimmel slams Trump in first monologue after report of his show ending

Jimmy Kimmel has a lot to catch up on.

The comedian returned to his late-night show on Tuesday, Sept. 8, after being off the air for more than two months for his annual summer break. His first monologue back aired hours after Page Six reported that this season of the show will be its last. ABC denied the report, calling it "inaccurate" and saying that "any reports about the future of the show at this point are purely speculative."

Kimmel did not acknowledge the report in his Sept. 8 monologue, but he got reflective about the history of his show on the occasion of its 4,000th episode.

"It's a lot of shows. According to the White House, it's too many shows," he said. "This show premiered after the Super Bowl in January 2003. There are those who said we would never last this long. There are even those who used the regulatory might of the FCC to unconstitutionally try to make sure we didn't last this long. But we did it the hard way, Brendan, and we're still here!"

Kimmel was referring to FCC chair Brendan Carr, who in 2025 pressured ABC to take action against the comedian over comments…

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