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ARTICLE VIEW:
‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ crew will be paid next week, as future of show
remains in limbo
By Elizabeth Wagmeister, CNN
Updated:
11:51 PM EDT, Fri September 19, 2025
Source: CNN
Jimmy Kimmel’s staff will continue to be paid for the time being, as
over the future of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
The program was abruptly “pre-empted indefinitely” on Wednesday
amid controversy over comments Kimmel made in a about Charlie Kirk’s
suspected killer. The decision was announced hours after the Trump
administration official responsible for licensing ABC’s local
stations publicly pressured the company to punish Kimmel.
Two sources close to Kimmel’s show told CNN that the crew for the
late-night show will be paid through next week, while the future of the
program remains in limbo.
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” employs a staff of roughly 200 to 250
individuals, operating out of a theater in Hollywood. Kimmel is said to
be incredibly mindful of his staff, as he weighs his options during
ongoing discussions with ABC.
This isn’t the first time Kimmel has had his staff front of mind.
During the WGA strike, which shut down Hollywood productions in 2023,
Kimmel provided funds for his crew when production on his show was
halted. When production was shut down again during wildfires in Los
Angeles earlier this year, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” used its Hollywood
backlot as a donation center to collect and distribute resources to
those impacted by the disaster.
A source familiar with Kimmel and Disney’s discussions previously
told CNN that Kimmel met with top ABC executives this week at the
Century City office of his attorney, along with his manager, to discuss
a possible path forward with his show. No resolution has yet been
reached.
Disney is “hopeful” to find a path forward to bring Kimmel’s show
back, another source told CNN earlier this week.
Both parties – Disney and Kimmel – need to reach an agreement with
how to continue the show following the “real, serious threat” of
ABC losing its local broadcast licenses, the source said at the time.
Amid right-wing uproar over Kimmel’s comments regarding the
politicization of Kirk’s assassination, Disney executives spoke
directly to Kimmel on Wednesday afternoon after appeared on a
conservative podcast.
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said. “These
companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel,
or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”
Then a substantial number of local affiliates owned by Nexstar and
Sinclair announced that they would not air Kimmel’s show.
ABC executives had conversations with Kimmel about “taking down the
temperature,” according to the source. Kimmel declined to change his
prepared monologue for Wednesday night’s show, which the source
described as taking aim at Fox News and Trump’s MAGA base. That’s
when Disney CEO Bob Iger and Disney Entertainment co-chairman Dana
Walden made the decision to pre-empt Kimmel’s show indefinitely, in
hopes of discussing how to move forward with the host and comedian.
“Everyone deeply values him and wants him to come back. But he has to
take down the temperature,” the source familiar told CNN earlier this
week.
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