ABC Denies Jimmy Kimmel’s Late Night Show Is Ending After 24 Years
Jimmy Kimmel’s Wife Molly McNearney Weighs in on His Possible Retirement From Late Night
Jimmy Kimmel is not done laughing yet.
Following reports that the comedian's late night show Jimmy Kimmel Live! will end after this season after 24 years on the air, ABC set the record straight, denying that the show has been canceled.
"This information is inaccurate," an ABC Entertainment spokesperson told E! News Sept. 8. "Any reports about the future of the show at this point are purely speculative.”
E! News reached out to Kimmel's rep but has yet to hear back.
In 2022, he signed a three-year deal that continued his show through 2027, though he oscillated on the decision.
"As you know, I was very intent on retiring right around the time where the strike started," Kimmel, 58, said on the Strike Force Five podcast in 2023. "And now I realize, 'Oh yeah, it's kinda nice to work.'"
Joking about how he was going back and forth about retiring, he quipped, "I'm Tom Brady without any rings or any fingers."
More recently, his wife Molly McNearney—who serves as the co-head writer and executive producer—shared that she would support him if he decided to take his final bow.
“I would be happy to be done with the show and end it in a great way and do my own next thing," she said on the Aug. 24 episode of Armchair Expert. "But I do care deeply about that show and the people who work there, and I think the voice is really important right now."
“It definitely appeals to me, for the nervous system of the household, but I also feel Jimmy has like a fly rod in one hand and like a torch in the other right now,” McNearney continued. “It’s like he deserves to go out there and just be on the river and relax."
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Read on for a look at other TV shows that have been renewed or canceled.
Apple TV
RENEWED & ENDING: Silo
The Apple TV sci-fi thriller will return with a fourth and final season in 2027.
Jason Bell/Paramount+
RENEWED: MobLand
Tom Hardy is reportedly set to return for season three of the Paramount+ drama.
Scott Everett White/NBC
RENEWED: American Ninja Warrior
The NBC competition series will challenge more hopefuls with new and insane obstable courses during seasons 19 and 20.
Hulu/Disney
RENEWED: Furious
The new thriller starring Emmy Rossum will return for season two.
Art Streiber/Peacock via Getty Images
RENEWED: Love Island USA
The Bombshells will be back.
Because Peacock's hit reality dating competition series will return for season nine with host Ariana Madix.
Disney
CANCELED: Not Suitable for Work
The Mindy Kaling-created series was not greenlit by Hulu for a second season after its June premiere.
Netflix
RENEWED: The Gentlemen
Guy Ritchie's Neflix drama was renewed for a third season ahead of its season two premiere Sept. 3.
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ENDING: Yellowjackets
The Showtime drama's upcoming fourth season, premiering Nov. 20, will be it's last.
Sabrina Lantos/Prime
RENEWED: Sterling Point
Fans are headed back to Muskoka because Prime Video has renewed the teen drama for season two.
Netflix
RENEWED: America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders
Consider this renewal news something to cheer about.
The Netflix reality series will return for a fourth season.
Colin Remas Brown/HBO Max
RENEWED: Stuart Fails to Save the Universe
Bazinga! The Big Bang Theory spinoff will return with more time-traveling antics in season two on HBO Max.
Brooke Palmer/HBO
RENEWED: IT: Welcome to Derry
The HBO series based on Stephen King's terrifying clown killer will cause more nightmares when season two debuts.
Samsung TV Plus
RENEWED: Hooligans: The ARCH Racing Project
Samsung TV Plus greenlit a season two of the high-octane series, which follows Keanu Reeves and Gard Hollinger, riders Corey Alexander and Jeremy McWilliams, and their team as they rev up from building world-class machines to competing in the high-stakes world of professional racing in MotoAmerica, America’s premier motorcycle road racing series.
Starz
RENEWED: S.W.A.T. Exiles
Star Shemar Moore announced the S.W.A.T. spinoff was renewed for season two ahead of its season one premiere on Starz.
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RENEWED: The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives
MomTok survives to dance another day.
The hit Hulu reality series will be back for season six following a drama-plagued fifth season.
Peacock
RENEWED: The Five Star Weekend
The Peacock series based on Elin Hilderbrand's novel is booking another stay with news of a season two renewal.
Disney
RENEWED & ENDING: The Artful Dodger
The Australian drama will return for its third and final season on Hulu in 2027.
Paramount+
CANCELED: Colin From Accounts
The Paramount+ comedy returns for its third and final season Sept. 10.
Eric McCandless/Disney via Getty Images
RENEWED: American Idol
The search for America's next music superstar continues when season 25 premieres next year.
AppleTV
ENDING: The Morning Show
Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston’s Apple TV series is officially coming to an end with its fifth season, set to premiere in 2027, the stars confirmed in a press release July 23.
“From the beginning, Apple has supported our vision for The Morning Show, and we feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to tell stories that reflect what’s happening in the world around us with a twist of dark humor,” Aniston, who plays Alex Levy, said. “It’s been such a privilege to work with this insanely talented cast, and our extraordinary writers, producers, and crew.”
Peacock
RENEWED: Love Island: Beyond the Villa
Follow Love Island USA's hottest Bombshells from season eight as they transition from the Villa back to real life on season three of Peacock's reality TV spinoff.
Justine Yeung/Prime Video
RENEWED: Every Year After
The Prime Video television series based on Carley Fortune's Barry's Bay universe will return for a sophomore season.
Emerson Miller/Paramount+
RENEWED: Dutton Ranch
Paramount+'s Yellowstone spinoff is saying giddyup to season two.
Netflix
CANCELED: The Boroughs
The Duffer Brothers' post-Stranger Things sci-fi series is done after just one season, Deadline reported.
Apple TV
RENEWED: The Reluctant Traveler With Eugene Levy
Eugene Levy's travel series will continue globe-trotting on season four.
Apple TV
RENEWED: Widow's Bay
The spooky series starring Matthew Rhys as the mayor of a haunted New England island will be back for season two.
Netflix
ENDING: A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Netflix announced the small screen adaptation of Holly Jackson's bestselling book trilogy will conclude with the upcoming third season. This final chapter will bring Pip's ultimate investigation to its gripping conclusion.
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CANCELED: The Hunting Party
The NBC drama is done after just two seasons, according to Deadline.
Eddy Chen/HBO
ENDING: Euphoria
Following the May 31 finale of Euphoria—which saw a heartbreaking end for Zendaya’s Rue—creator Sam Levinson confirmed the third season is the HBO show’s last.
“In terms of the story that we set out to tell,” he said during an appearance on the New York Times’ Popcast, “which is a story about addiction and its consequences, this feels like the end to me. Looking back, you know, on the last eight years, I think it was such a kind of fulfilling journey in terms of this cast, the crew, what we were able to accomplish.”
Acorn TV
RENEWED: You're Killing Me
Brooke Shields' Acorn TV murder mystery series will be back on the case when it returns for season two.
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