Jimmy Kimmel acquired a Artistic Arts Emmy Award for “Excellent Selection Particular (Dwell)” this night for internet hosting the Oscars in 2023. He’s hosted a complete of 4 instances, might the shiny new statuette persuade him to host a fifth?
“No, the die has been solid,” stated Kimmel with fun.
The late-night host declined to repeat the gig on the subsequent Academy Awards as a result of time dedication getting ready for Hollywood’s largest evening. Neither Kimmel nor comic John Mulaney accepted a proposal to host for 2025 with nobody else confirmed as of now.
Although he didn’t handle whether or not internet hosting duties had been fully off the desk indefinitely, he has beforehand stated if he returned for subsequent yr’s celebration it will’ve been three back-to-back years which was too overwhelming for his schedule each professionally and personally.
Within the meantime, Kimmel stays centered on engaged on his eponymous late-night present ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! because the trade panorama is quickly altering. On Friday, it was announced that NBC’s The Tonight Present will now not have unique episodes airing 5 nights per week. ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!, CBS’ Late Present With Stephen Colbert and NBC’s Late Evening With Seth Meyers already scaled again to 4 nights of originals per week beginning this season.
“As a bunch, we’ve a textual content chain of all of the late-night hosts and we despatched all of our congratulations to Jimmy Fallon for getting Friday off,” Kimmel shared backstage. “There isn’t any future for late-night,” he added because the room erupted with laughter.