‘The Big Money Show’ panel discusses ABC’s choice to drag Jimmy Kimmel’s showcase the air after he made controversial feedback concerning the Charlie Kirk assassination.
ABC’s transfer to droop Jimmy Kimmel’s present following his feedback on the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk comes amid a decline in late-night TV viewership and promoting income.
Disney-owned ABC introduced the transfer on Wednesday after a pair of outstanding media teams that personal ABC associates, Nexstar and Sinclair, introduced they might preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” indefinitely following his feedback. It is unclear when Kimmel’s present will return to the airwaves.
Sources confirmed to FOX Enterprise that CEO Bob Iger was concerned in eradicating Kimmel from the air.
ABC’s suspension of Kimmel’s present comes within the wake of the latest choice by Paramount, the father or mother firm of CBS, to finish “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” after its present season concludes.
Although the printed networks do not disclose particular knowledge concerning the profitability or bills of their respective late-night packages, Puck reported that CBS insiders stated Colbert’s present was shedding upwards of $40 million a yr. Information exhibiting declines in viewership in addition to advert income suggests late-night TV monetary woes could also be felt at different networks.
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It is unclear when Kimmel’s present will return following its indefinite preemption. (Reuters/Mike Blake / Reuters)
LateNighter reported that “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” in addition to CBS’s “The Late Show” and NBC’s “The Tonight Show with Seth Meyers” have seen viewership declines of 70% to 80% since 2015 – the yr Kimmel’s present moved to 11:35 p.m.
Nielsen knowledge cited within the outlet’s report confirmed “Jimmy Kimmel Live’s” share of the important thing demographic of 18 to 49-year-olds declined from 0.68 in 2013-14 to 0.16 in 2024-25.
By comparability, The Late Present’s share of the 18-49 demographic was 0.18 in 2024-25, whereas “The Tonight Show’s” was 0.13 in that interval.
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Kimmel and different late-night hosts have seen scores decline lately. (Valerie Terranova/WireImage / Getty Pictures)
A community TV analysis analyst advised LateNighter that 2022 was possible the final yr that the majority and even all the normal community’s late-night exhibits turned a revenue. Additionally they projected that the online losses are prone to widen within the years forward.
The decline of late-night TV viewership on broadcast networks has coincided with a corresponding lower in promoting income.
Promoting knowledge firm Guideline reported that late-night exhibits on main networks noticed their advert income decline from $439 million in 2018 to $220 million final yr.
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CBS father or mother Paramount introduced that Stephen Colbert’s late-night present will not be renewed after its present season ends. (PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP through Getty Pictures / Getty Pictures)
TV networks have additionally made different cutbacks to the late-night lineup in an effort to shore up their funds amid the evolving viewership and promoting panorama.
Final yr, price range cuts at NBC prompted the elimination of the 8G Band, which was the home band for “Late Night With Seth Meyers” from 2014 to 2024.
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CBS additionally opted towards changing “The Late Late Show with James Corden” when the host departed in 2023 after eight years with the present.
The “Late Late Show” was on the air with quite a lot of hosts from 1995 till two years in the past, with Tom Snyder, Craig Kilborn and Craig Ferguson previous Corden because the host.
