{"id":2109267,"date":"2025-10-22T22:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T22:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2109267"},"modified":"2025-10-22T22:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T22:31:11","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-reflects-on-the-beginning-of-late-night-career-used-to-pray-his-show-would-be-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-kimmel-reflects-on-the-beginning-of-late-night-career-used-to-pray-his-show-would-be-canceled\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Reflects on the Beginning of Late Night Career, Used to Pray His Show Would Be \u2018Canceled\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong> recently made a surprising confession about his early days hosting <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Wednesday, October 22, the late-night host, 57, appeared on <strong>Ted Danson\u2019s<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Gd5yN4vXo8U\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Where Everybody Knows Your Name;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Where Everybody Knows Your Name<\/em><\/a> podcast and revealed he once hoped the network would take <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/disney-hulu-cancellations-doubled-wake-163050609.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jimmy Kimmel Live!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\"><em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em><\/a> \u2014 which premiered on ABC in January 2003 \u2014 off the air.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSomehow I bamboozled them into thinking that I knew what I was doing, but I didn\u2019t know what I was doing, and I would pray that they canceled the show sometimes,\u201d Kimmel admitted. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to quit because I didn\u2019t want to disappoint all the many people who worked for me, but I couldn\u2019t. I was just, I couldn\u2019t do it anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The comedian shared that he \u201cdidn\u2019t have guests many times,\u201d in the beginning, and often relied on people in his circle, including then-girlfriend<strong> Sarah Silverman<\/strong>, to come on multiple times.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p> <span class=\"wp-caption-text\">ZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cNow keep in mind this show was on, we\u2019d go on the air live at midnight at 12:05 [a.m.], and there were times where it was 5:30 in the afternoon and we didn\u2019t have guests for that night\u2019s show,\u201d Kimmel recalled. \u201cAnd I would just have to pick up the phone and call my friends. And that\u2019s not how you go into a show. You can\u2019t operate that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, Kimmel noted the show was able to sustain itself over time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cEventually, it stabilized, and we figured out how to do it, and you start building running bits which help,\u201d he told Danson, 77. \u201cThat helps keep you afloat, and all these things that we didn\u2019t have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/jimmy-kimmel-live-replacement-named-144653862.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:As the National Enquirer previously reported;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">As the <em>National Enquirer<\/em> previously reported<\/a>, Kimmel\u2019s show was briefly taken off the air last month after comments he made regarding the death of <strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong> \u2014\u00a0 who was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/charlie-kirk-dead-age-31-204625133.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:shot dead on Wednesday, September 10,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">shot dead on Wednesday, September 10,<\/a> while speaking at Utah Valley University \u2014 sparked backlash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This story <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalenquirer.com\/jimmy-kimmel-reflects-on-the-beginning-of-late-night-career-used-to-pray-his-show-would-be-canceled\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jimmy Kimmel Reflects on the Beginning of Late Night Career, Used to Pray His Show Would Be \u2018Canceled\u2019;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jimmy Kimmel Reflects on the Beginning of Late Night Career, Used to Pray His Show Would Be \u2018Canceled\u2019<\/a> first appeared on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalenquirer.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:National Enquirer;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><i>National Enquirer<\/i><\/a>. Add <i>National Enquirer<\/i> as a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=nationalenquirer.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Preferred Source by clicking here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel recently made a surprising confession about his early days hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live! 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