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ABC Reportedly Plans to End Jimmy Kimmel Live in 2027

5 sources · updated 2026-09-10
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What happened

Page Six reported that ABC does not plan to extend Jimmy Kimmel’s contract after it expires in May 2027, with a source saying “His contract is not getting extended” and that the current 24th season of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would be the last. Kimmel has hosted the ABC program since January 2003 and has typically worked under year-to-year contracts, including a one-year extension signed with Disney in December 2025 after his previous deal was set to expire in May 2026. An ABC spokesman said the information is inaccurate and that “any reports about the future of the show at this point are purely speculative.” The report coincided with Kimmel’s return from a summer hiatus; in September 2025 ABC had preempted the show after remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, then restored it several days later.
Sourcing check · Partly on the record · 5 articles

1 of 3 articles cite a named source for the story. It was on the record from the first report. ABC denied part of it on the record.

What these terms mean and how they're counted
On the record · names a source 1 of 3
On the record means the article cites a source by name for the story's main claim: a person, or an institution speaking officially, such as a company statement or a named agency's spokesperson. The opposite is an unnamed source. The count is how many of the counted articles cite at least one such source; the names are everyone named across them, each once however the articles spell it. Here: Page Six
Primary evidence · cites a document or data 0 of 3
Primary evidence means the article cites a record you could check yourself: a court filing or ruling, a dataset or report, a recording or transcript, an official statement or press release, market data. A quote is not a document. The count is how many articles cite one. Here: None cited.
Credits another outlet 1 of 3
The article says the story comes from another outlet's reporting (“first reported by Reuters”). Those articles relay the story; they are not independent confirmation. Here: Page Six
Unnamed sources 3 of 3
The main claim is attributed to people who are not identified: “people familiar with the matter”, “officials said”. The count is how many articles do this. Here: e.g. “sources familiar with the situation”, “one source”
On-record denial 2
A named person or institution says the claim, or part of it, is not true. It is on the record — someone signed their name to it — but it is not confirmation, so it never counts toward On the record. Criticizing or dissenting from a decision is not a denial. The count is how many people or institutions deny it; each is listed with the first article that carried the denial. Here: ABC (Daily Wire, Sep 8, 19:22 UTC); ABC Entertainment spokesperson (Breitbart, Sep 8, 23:59 UTC)
How it developed
When the first report landed and whether it named anyone; when the first named source and the first document appeared. Here: First report Sep 8, 19:22 UTC by Daily Wire, naming its source.
Not counted 2
Opinion, analysis and video pieces, and articles too short to assess. Every count above is out of the counted articles. An article republished under a new headline is one article.
This is about who is cited, not whether the story is true. Each source below says what it names. How we count
Omitted — what each side leaves out

Unpacked

Left-leaning coverage presents the Page Six leak as the show ending, while right-leaning coverage also reports the year-to-year contracts that make a 2027 end date a familiar checkpoint rather than a final call. This season of Jimmy Kimmel Live will be the last, according to The Hill. Kimmel already works on year-to-year deals instead of the long contracts typical for network hosts, Daily Wire notes. That difference decides whether a reader hears a cancellation or another annual maybe. Right-leaning coverage places the leak against a prior ABC preemption that left-leaning coverage never mentions. ABC pulled the show after remarks about Charlie Kirk, Daily Wire reports. The Hill never brings that episode into the contract story. Has anyone on the record at Disney told Kimmel the show is over?
Bottom line

The Hill's Kimmel story is a last season; Daily Wire's year-to-year contracts mean ABC has been one renewal away from that same headline for years.

The receipts — 5 facts one side's coverage lacks
  • Kimmel frequently signs year-to-year contracts rather than multiyear agreements contextin Daily Wire, Breitbart · absent from left-leaning coverage
  • An ABC spokesman said the information is inaccurate and that reports about the future of the show are purely speculative official statementin Daily Wire, Breitbart · absent from left-leaning coverage
  • Page Six sources said they do not believe politics is the reason for the alleged decision to end the show contextin Daily Wire, Breitbart · absent from left-leaning coverage
  • ABC pulled the show from the air in September 2025 after remarks about Charlie Kirk contextin Daily Wire · absent from left-leaning coverage
  • Cost-cutting and Disney restructuring under Josh D'Amaro could be a factor in ending the show contextin Daily Wire, Breitbart · absent from left-leaning coverage
The Left View
The Hill framed the story as a Page Six report that ABC immediately disputed, leading with the network’s pushback rather than treating an end date as decided. Coverage stayed on the unverified contract claim and the denial, without arguing a political cause or placing the rumor in a wider late-night shake-up.
The Right View
Daily Wire and Breitbart reported the Page Six account while noting ABC’s denial, framing a possible 2027 end as part of a “broader shake-up” and a sign late-night “may be a dying model” after CBS ended Stephen Colbert’s show. Sources they cited blamed Disney cost-cutting under CEO Josh D’Amaro, not the Trump feud or the September 2025 preemption, with one saying D’Amaro “isn’t folding.” Breitbart additionally noted the leak’s timing alongside Kimmel’s Trump-heavy return and Rosie O’Donnell’s ratings-successful guest hosting.
Our Take (balanced)
The left-leaning coverage’s strongest argument is ABC’s on-record claim that no decision has been made and that the report is “purely speculative,” the only official statement from the network. The right-leaning coverage’s strongest argument is the Page Six source’s flat assertion that the contract “is not getting extended,” set against the year-to-year deal structure, Disney restructuring, and Colbert’s cancellation as evidence a real wind-down is plausible even if politics is disclaimed. The central unresolved tension is whether ABC has already chosen not to continue the show despite its denial, and whether economics or the host’s political conflicts would explain such a choice.

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