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| Jimmy Kimmel signs new ABC deal. Photo: ABC |
ABC has extended its deal with comedian and talk show host Jimmy Kimmel. The news was announced at the ABC portion of the ABC press tour.
Some of the highlights of Jimmy’s upcoming projects include:
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to Brooklyn, New York, for five original shows starting Monday, Oct. 21. The Emmy Award-nominated show will tape in front of a live studio audience from the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House. During the show’s fourth visit to Brooklyn last year (week of Oct. 15, 2018), ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” posted gains over the prior week among Adults 18-49 (+2%) to deliver back-to-back season highs and had scored its strongest performance in over 4 months – since the week of 6/4/18. This will be the fifth time that Kimmel and his show have broadcast from BAM.
Jimmy Kimmel will once again team up with television icon Norman Lear and executive producers Brent Miller, Will Ferrell and Justin Theroux to provide the next installment of the groundbreaking “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” with a live holiday special event. A third “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” special will air spring 2020.
Kimmel will partner with Emmy Award-winning producer Mark Burnett to executive produce “Generation Gap,” a new game show coming to ABC. This comedy quiz show groups family members of different generations who must work together to answer questions about each other’s generations. This “fun for the whole family” show features a wide variety of pop-culture trivia and challenges, such as asking an 8-year-old to finish the famous catchphrase, “Go ahead. Make my BLANK!” Additional details surrounding production and airdates, as well as a host, to be announced at a later date.
