Jimmy Kimmel Says It’s Unlikely ‘Live In Front of a Studio Audience’ Will Ever Return

Jimmy Kimmel is keeping “Live In Front of a Studio Audience” on a permanent pause. The series of specials, which earned raves and multiple Emmy Awards via three installments in May 2019, December 2019 and December 2021, haven’t been back since the death of icon Norman Lear in 2023. And for Kimmel, it’s probably best to keep it that way.

Kimmel was backstage at the Creative Arts Emmys on Sunday, having just won the award for game show host (via “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”) when he was asked whether he would want to do another “Live in Front of a Studio Audience.