Quick-witted, amusing and down to earth, Jimmy Kimmel is one of the wealthiest and most successful American talk show hosts. With an estimated net worth of $35 million, he earns an aggregate of $8 million a year for his talk-show ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ alone. He started out as a radio jockey and appeared as the popular ‘Jimmy the Sports Guy’ in the Los Angles based radio show ‘The Kevin and Bean Show’. Soon after, he bagged the Daytime Emmy Award for his sharp-edged humour as the co-host of the game show ‘Win Ben Stein's Money’. He reached the highpoint of his career and achieved great success in the field of late-night talk shows with his hit show ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ It soon became one of the longest running late night talk shows in the History of ABC network, breaking all records of other talk shows. This established his status as one of the most popular and favourite personalities on American television. He is currently riding a wave of popularity and his new show ‘shock-talk’ has tapped quite a few audiences.
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Born
November 13, 1967
Birth Place
Brooklyn, New York
Nationality
American
Sun Sign
Scorpio
Also Known As
James Christian Kimmel
Height
6'1" (185 cm)
Education
Ed W. Clark High School University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Arizona State University
Awards
1999 - Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Game Show Host
Jimmy Kimmel has tested positive for COVID-19, once again. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host revealed Tuesday that he still has the virus after sharing that he contracted COVID earlier this month. "I’m such a positive person, I tested positive AGAIN. I am feeling fine," Kimmel wrote on Twitter Tuesday night,...
A version of this story originally appeared on our sister site TV Tattle. Jimmy Kimmel announced Tuesday night that he'd tested positive for COVID-19, a week after returning to his show from a prior bout with the virus. "I’m such a positive person, I tested positive AGAIN," Kimmel tweeted, adding "I am feeling fine."
Comedians John Mulaney and Andy Samberg filled in for Jimmy Kimmel after the host announced he tested positive for Covid for the second time within a month.
May 18 (UPI) -- Jimmy Kimmel has announced on Twitter that he has once again tested positive for COVID-19 for the second time in May. Kimmel also stated that John Mulaney and Andy Samberg will step in as guest hosts for his late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday.
Jimmy Kimmel has tested positive for COVID-19 again. Not long after recovering from his early May diagnosis, Kimmel revealed on Twitter Tuesday that he's once again testing positive. Because of this, he is tapping John Mulaney and Andy Samberg to guest host Jimmy Kimmel Live! in his place. "I'm such...
Jim Farley is stepping up to the microphone, but this time he's the one asking the questions. The Ford CEO is launching a podcast on Spotify called "Drive" that will feature him talking about cars with personalities from the automotive industry and celebrities like Jimmy Kimmel and Tom Brady. "I've...
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Jimmy Kimmel hit out at the “smug b*****ds” at Netflix over introducing ads on its streaming service in a monologue at Disney’s Upfront presentation in New York on Tuesday (17 May). The late-night host pulled no punches as he blasted the US-based streaming company over its decision to include an ad-supported subscription plan after years of claiming Netflix would remain ad-free.“You know, every year I say ‘f*** Netflix’. And this year it came true,” Kimmel said in his roast of the streamer, over a dip in subscribers and recent layoffs due to “slowing revenue growth”. Netflix posted a drop...
Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be without its namesake for the time being. On Tuesday evening, the late-night variety show host announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19. As a result, he will not be able to tape shows in-studio. In his absence, Andy Samberg and John Mulaney will step in as temporary hosts.
Jimmy Kimmel announced that he once again tested positive for COVID-19. However, Jimmy Kimmel Live! will continue with the help of guest hosts. Kimmel shared the news Tuesday night on Twitter. It comes just a little over two weeks after Kimmel first said he tested positive for COVID-19. In his place, comedian Mike Birbiglia hosted a handful of shows before Kimmel eventually returned.