EXCLUSIVE: JIMMY KIMMEL TO END ABC RUN IN 2027, SOURCES SAY
INSIDERS CALL IT HIS “GOODBYE YEAR” — FINAL SHOW SET FOR MAY 2027
Darlings, grab your cocktail napkins — the whispers deep inside ABC are scorching hot.
Jimmy Kimmel may have announced a fresh deal, but insiders insist the real headline is this: May 2027 will be the final episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! — according to multiple sources inside the network.
“Jimmy signed that one-year extension on purpose,” one insider confided.
“It wasn’t advertised that way, but everyone at ABC knows exactly what it means — this is his last lap. Full stop.”
Network executives, I’m told, want to give Kimmel a graceful, celebratory exit after more than two decades of late-night dominance.
“The audience has shifted to streaming. Ratings have changed. Jimmy knows it’s time,” another source whispered.
“Internally, they’re calling it his ‘goodbye year.’ Everyone expects him to finish big.”
Since 2003, Kimmel has ruled late night with razor-sharp monologues, celebrity chaos, and endlessly viral sketches. But insiders say he’s already looking ahead — eyeing a future in digital content, cultural moments, and life beyond the 11:35 p.m. grind.
And now for the spicy twist…
Jimmy wants Donald Trump as his final guest.
“He thinks ending with Trump would be the ultimate finale — one last laugh, one last headline,” a source spilled.
So mark your calendars, darlings. According to ABC insiders, May 2027 will be Jimmy Kimmel’s final bow.
The countdown has officially begun.
Remember —
If you’re going to be naughty, you’ve got to be nice.
Cheers,
Rob Shuter
Not sure when Kimmel has ever been funny. Not even on The Man Show when he was hating on women or when he was pretending to be Karl Malone. Sayonara
No great loss, that is for sure! He and Seth Meyers in particular ruined late night talk shows a long time ago due to their non-stop, near obsessive snide screeching about Trump and politics. Kimmel is a deeply hateful person - he is rotten to his core and he wears his hypocrisy on his sleeve. He has never been funny, including way back when he was on the Mann show. He gives me the ickies.