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You possibly can keep up with Jimmy Kimmel for no less than three extra years.
ABC introduced Tuesday that Kimmel has signed a three-year contract extension to remain on as host and govt producer of “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell!”
The present will mark its twentieth season in January and the late-night host joked he’ll mark the anniversary on cruise management.
“After twenty years at ABC, I’m now wanting ahead to a few years of what they name ‘quiet quitting,’” Kimmel stated in a press announcement.
“Not solely has he entertained our audiences night time after night time together with his sharp comedy, dynamic interviews and irreverent humor, however he has gotten us via a number of the most momentous occasions in our historical past with optimism and coronary heart,” Craig Erwich president, ABC Leisure, Hulu & Disney Branded Tv Streaming Originals, stated in a press release.
Kimmel’s contract had been set to run out in 2023. In an interview with Selection earlier this summer time, he acknowledged he had been occupied with retiring from the present.
“I’ve moments the place I am going, ‘I can’t do that anymore.’ And I’ve moments the place I am going, ‘What am I gonna do with my life if I’m not doing this anymore?’ It’s a really sophisticated factor. And there are sensible issues, and there are household and pal issues and coworker issues,” Kimmel stated. “Finally, I’m going to should cease doing this. I’m not going to do that without end.”
So whereas not without end, no less than for the foreseeable future.