{"id":2143716,"date":"2025-11-09T00:51:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:51:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2143716"},"modified":"2025-11-09T00:51:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T00:51:35","slug":"why-jimmy-kimmel-live-unexpectedly-scrapped-an-episode-last-night-to-air-rerun-instead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/why-jimmy-kimmel-live-unexpectedly-scrapped-an-episode-last-night-to-air-rerun-instead\/","title":{"rendered":"Why \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live\u201d unexpectedly scrapped an episode last night to air rerun instead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jimmy-kimmel-live\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jimmy Kimmel\u00a0Live;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jimmy Kimmel\u00a0Live<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>viewers were in for a shock last night when the show aired a rerun without warning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>Entertainment Weekly<\/em> has confirmed that Thursday&#8217;s episode of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jimmy Kimmel';elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;<\/a>s late-night talk show was postponed as a result of a &#8220;personal matter&#8221; involving the host.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The episode was slated to feature\u00a0<em>Malice<\/em>\u00a0star David Duchovny,\u00a0<em>Stranger Things<\/em>\u00a0star Joe Keery, and musical act Madison Beer. However, ABC aired a rerun of Oct. 28&#8217;s episode instead.<\/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<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>Disney\/Randy Holmes<\/p>\n<p> Jimmy Kimmel hosting his show on Nov. 4, 2025<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2025\/11\/abc-postponed-jimmy-kimmel-live-thursday-personal-matter-1236610714\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deadline;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Deadline<\/a>,<\/em> the first to report this news, a message was sent to fans attending the taping at the El Capitan Theatre that the episode was &#8220;postponed&#8221; and that they would receive tickets to a future taping.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Beer posted on social media about the episode getting postponed, telling her fans that she &#8220;can&#8217;t wait&#8221; for them to finally see it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Due to unforeseen circumstances,\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel Live\u00a0needed to reschedule my performance that was originally set to air tonight to a later date,&#8221; Beer said. &#8220;I\u2019ll share more details on timing when I can, I can\u2019t wait for you all to see it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, EW has confirmed that next week&#8217;s slate of episodes will happen as planned, and do not feature Duchovny, Keery, and Beer. It is unclear when the postponed episode will take place, but a representative for the show said they are currently working on rescheduling it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Next week&#8217;s <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live <\/em>guests include George Clooney, Mike Tyson, musical guest Christopher Cross, Eddie Murphy, Morgan Fairchild, musical guest Men at Work, musical guest Howard Jones, Debbie Gibson, Jason Bateman, Mr. T, and musical guest Susanna Hoffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kimmel&#8217;s late-night show recently dominated headlines after ABC&#8217;s politically motivated suspension in September due to the host&#8217;s brief remarks regarding the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. The preemption <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jimmy-kimmel-suspension-cost-disney-nearly-3-million-subscribers-11833549\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:resulted in a massive wave of Disney+ subscription cancellations;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">resulted in a massive wave of Disney+ subscription cancellations<\/a> from nearly 3 million American viewers upset over the move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Get your daily dose of entertainment news, celebrity updates, and what to watch with\u00a0our\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/ew-dispatch-newsletter-11812417\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:EW Dispatch newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">EW Dispatch newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The network pulled Kimmel&#8217;s late-night show from the air for six days in September following pressure from President\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/donald-trump\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Donald Trump;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Donald Trump<\/a>&#8216;s administration, and after affiliate groups Nexstar and Sinclair preempted the show, following a remark the host made about the suspect identified in the Sept. 10 shooting of Kirk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it,&#8221; Kimmel said in his Sept. 15 monologue, which drew immediate ire from conservative politicians, pundits, and viewers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kimmel returned to air on Sept. 23 after the preemption was lifted, which marked the\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/jimmy-kimmel-return-from-suspension-scores-big-ratings-11816797\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:highest viewership;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">highest viewership<\/a>\u00a0the show had seen in a decade. The episode&#8217;s 6.2 million viewers represented four times the show&#8217;s average prior to suspension, the biggest tune-in numbers for a regularly scheduled episode since March 12, 2015.<em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/why-jimmy-kimmel-live-scrapped-episode-to-air-rerun-instead-11846178\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/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\u00a0Live\u00a0viewers were in for a shock last night when the show aired a rerun without warning. Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Thursday&#8217;s episode of Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s late-night talk show was postponed as a result of a &#8220;personal matter&#8221; involving the host. The episode was slated to feature\u00a0Malice\u00a0star David Duchovny,\u00a0Stranger Things\u00a0star Joe Keery, and musical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2143717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[340116,369778,327964,23060,348217],"class_list":["post-2143716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-david-duchovny","tag-episode","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-madison-beer"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Why-Jimmy-Kimmel-Live-unexpectedly-scrapped-an-episode-last-night.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2143716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2143718,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2143716\/revisions\/2143718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2143717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2143716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2143716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2143716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}