'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Undergoing 2026 Change to Musical Guests: What Will Be Different Moving Forward
Jimmy Kimmel Live is going to be undergoing a change.
The show just returned from winter break on Monday (January 5), and by that evening, a report had emerged about musical acts booked on the show.
THR is stating that the show will be “cutting down its musical guest performance count to twice per week.”
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Variety shared a slightly different update, saying that the “number is more likely to vary,” but there will no longer be a nightly musical guest.
While no exact reason was given for this change, Variety also mused that it possibly had to do with budget concerns.
So far, neither Jimmy Kimmel himself nor ABC has addressed this report.
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