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Jimmy Kimmel's Late-Night Show Is Reportedly Ending in 2027 — ABC Says Not So Fast
A bombshell Page Six report claims 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' will wrap after its current season, ending Kimmel's 24-year run on ABC. The network is pushing back hard, calling the report pure speculation.
Is "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" really coming to an end? According to a report that set off a wave of late-night speculation this week, ABC is preparing to close the book on one of network television's longest-running talk shows — though the network itself insists the story is nowhere close to accurate.
Page Six reported this week that Kimmel's show, now in its 24th season, is set to wrap after this run, with the host reportedly delivering his final monologue in May 2027. The report noted that Kimmel has for years signed only one-year contracts with Disney-owned ABC, a detail cited as evidence the current season could plausibly be his last.
ABC pushes back
The network wasted little time disputing the story. An ABC Entertainment spokesperson told The Hill: "This information is inaccurate — any reports about the future of the show at this point are purely speculative." Parade and other outlets have since framed the denial as a direct rebuttal of the Page Six report, though ABC has not offered its own account of the show's future beyond the current season.
"THIS INFORMATION IS INACCURATE" — ABC ENTERTAINMENT
The conflicting accounts land at a fraught moment for late-night television broadly, as networks have spent the past several years quietly shrinking their investment in the format amid falling ratings, rising production costs and audiences migrating to streaming and short-form video. Kimmel's show has itself weathered turbulence before, having been briefly pulled from the air last year amid a dispute over on-air comments before returning to its regular slot.
Reaction online split predictably along the show's usual fault lines, with critics of Kimmel's political commentary amplifying the report — TMZ's write-up noted it was quickly seized on by commentators who have long called for the show's cancellation — while supporters dismissed it as an unsourced rumor.
Kimmel has not personally addressed the report. Barring a network confirmation one way or the other, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is set to continue airing its current season on ABC as scheduled, with no announced end date.