Sept. 19, 2025

Jimmy Kimmel Controversy: No Way Back? Insiders share what Jimmy might do

Show Notes
Transcript

John discusses the fallout from Jimmy Kimmel's recent controversy. He shares insights from Adam Corolla's interactions with Kimmel and reactions from various sources, including staffers at Kimmel's show and other celebrities. As the situation escalates, speculations about Kimmel's potential return and possible replacements run high. Additionally, the episode covers reactions from Stephen Colbert, other late-night hosts, and comedians like Jim Gaffigan and Wanda Sykes. The episode concludes with discussions on the broader implications for free speech and the entertainment industry.

This is the second bonus epsiode today (Friday). Earleir today the episode recapped the Late Night monolgues. There was also the "normal" Friday episode. The next episode in thefeed iwll be the normal Saturday morning episode, followed by another Kimmel bonus.

Jimmy Kimmel's Reaction and Industry Impact
Staff Reactions and Industry Concerns
Stephen Colbert's Response
Comedian Reactions and Public Statements
Really Really Dumb Gambling Website Speculations on Kimmel's Replacement

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Callaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack. This is

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a Friday afternoon Jimmy Kimmel's specific bonus episode. Earlier today,

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I did a Kimmel specific bonus episode with the late

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night reactions, and then there was the normal episode in

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the feed. So this is the third one today. If

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you're just catching up, we have a kind of sort

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I heard from Jimmy Kimmel now. Adam Carolla co hosted

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The Man Show with Kimmel way back when Corolla shared

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that he texted his friend Jimmy Kimmel, as one does,

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and he heard back from Jimmy within eighteen seconds. According

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to Corolla, Kimmel wrote, Wow, strange times out here. Corolla

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joke that he'd finally booked Bill O'Reilly for Kimmel's show.

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Kimmell responded, I'm being followed by a helicopter. Sources and

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producers have told The Daily Mail Kimmel is reportedly quote

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absolutely effing livid. Another said Jimmy is uh ticked. Rick

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Ellis has a substack called too Much TV. He spoke

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with a staffer at the Kimmel Show. According to Elis,

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the staffer said, I'm in the middle of one of

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those moments that really defines the type of person you are.

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He doesn't think Kimmel will come back. He said the

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show has been great, it was everything around it that sucked.

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The staffers said it was becoming increasingly clear in recent

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weeks that Sir Eiger and the ABC executives would cut

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us loose in a second if they thought something we

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did might hurt attendance at disney World or cost anyone

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their annual bonus. By the way, that reminds me, just

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a week ago we heard that Disney made Andrew Santino

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added his jokes and Santino took the paycheck. Remember that

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was a story. Just throwing that out there.

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Uh.

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The staffer said they were not shocked by ABC's decision,

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but surprised by the timing quote. But you could see

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it coming. Every time some mega ass hat would spount

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off about the show that not in my stomach just

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got tighter. There are a lot of people working on

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the show can't afford to be out of work. They

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have jobs. I won't pay them if they don't work,

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and they likely don't have much money saved up. If

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you're in Hollywood and don't want to say anything and

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support publicly. Well, f you, But one thing you can

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do is find a job for one of the staffers

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who need it right now, even if it means digging

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into your own pocket. Spending a little of your own

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money is the least you can do. Honestly, it's the

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least you can do. The staffer cannot imagine a scenario

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in which the show returns. Even if Jimmy was willing

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to publicly apologize and donate money to whatever ghoulish conservative

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group that is demanding it. Maggot, people will never be happy.

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It'll never be enough, and Disney will look at the

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situation and decide it's cheaper to buy out the rest

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of his contract and replace the show with reruns of

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Modern Family and Judge Judy backing up on some news

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that I just haven't had a minute to share with you,

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so Stephen Colbert, he's there hosting the Late Show on

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Wednesday night, Late Night reported according to those in attendance

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for that taping, Colbert was added a phone towards the

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end of the show and appeared visibly shaken as he

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read the Kimmel news. Colbert paused for several moments before

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raising his hands to mouth and disbelief. Production halted for

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around five minutes. Colbert excused himself to find out more information.

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When he returned late nighter, tells Us, Colbert told the

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audience he didn't yet have clarity on the sitch and

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would address it on the next night's show. Apparently the

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vibe in the room changed, you can understand that. Meanwhile,

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in La Kimmel's audience was about to be seated when

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they found out that taping had been canceled. Guttfeld was

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handed the news in the middle of his show being taped.

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That's when doctor Drew and Guttfeld said, the stuff I

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shared with you this morning. During Gutfeld's monologue, which was

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before he knew the show had been yanked, Guttfeld commented

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how Kimmel's remarks had been made at that point two

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days ago. Gottfeld said, so kim All had the chance

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to walk it back, but he can't. Why is that

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because to admit he was wrong on this, causing to

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question his entire filter for interpreting reality. So it's better

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to live in denial, knowing the like minded media won't

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press you on it, but we will. Hey, Disney shareholders,

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it may be time to thought out Walt, to put

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things right. No wonder your five year stock price looks

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like this. Bambi's mom has a brighter future. I'm going

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to play the Kimmel clip again. I know I've been

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playing it a lot, But what is getting lost in

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the media is this is not a Charlie Kirk joke.

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This is a Trump joke. Let's listen.

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We hit some new lows over the weekend with the

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Magga Gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered

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Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and

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do everything they can to score political points from it.

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In between the finger pointing, there was grieving. On Friday,

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the White House flew the flags at half staff, which

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got some criticism, but on a human level, you can

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see how hard the President is taking this.

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I adults are down a.

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Lowt of your friend Charlie Kirk asked sir personally, how

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are you holding up over the last day and a half, Sir,

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I think very good. And by the way, right there

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you see all the Trumps.

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They've just started construction of the new ballroom for the

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White House, which is something they've been trying to get

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as you know, for about one hundred and fifty years,

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and it's going to be a beauty.

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Yes, he's at the fourth stage of grief, construction, the demolition.

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This is not how an adult grieves the murder of

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somebody called a friend. This is how a four year

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old morn's a goldfish.

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On Thursday, Jimmy Fallon was slated to appear at a

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New York conference panel. A few minutes before that, Jimmy

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pulled out. The Fast Company Innovation Festival put out a

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statement saying, unfortunately, Jimmy Fallon is no longer able to

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attend today's session. That is interesting. I assume he didn't

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want to field questions the way say David Letterman did.

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But David Letterman does not have an active, ongoing late

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night concern So Letterman, you know, in many ways, is

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more free to speak his mind. Interestingly, Fallon and a

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marketing executive were scheduled to talk about their new advertising

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focused series on Brand. The moderator kicked off the session saying,

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in light of current events, Jimmy couldn't make it this morning,

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so they're not even hiding the reason. Some comedian reactions

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jim Gaffigan posted on threads, I think it was Jim wrote,

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go watch what he said, not what others say he said.

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And you know I just played the clip. You heard

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it yourself. Kevin neil And on social said, this isn't

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about politics. It's about whether we still live in a

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country where people can disagree out loud without corporations or

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the White House administration deciding who gets muted. What's happening

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is wrong. Speak up, however you can. Silence is not

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an option. Mike Burbigley on Instagram did a post captioned

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calling all comedians. Mike wrote, I've spent a lot of

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time in public and private defending comedians I don't agree with.

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If you're a comedian and you don't call out the

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insanity of pulling Kimmel off the air, don't bother spouting

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off about free speech anymore. Wanda Sykes was booked as

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a guest on The Kimmel Show that never happened. She said, so,

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I'm in full face makeup because I was supposed to

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go over and have a chat with my friend Jimmy

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Kimmel on a show. But as if you've heard by now,

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da da da So Let's see. Trump didn't end the

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Ukraine War, solve Gaza within his first week, but he

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did end freedom of speech within his first year. Hey,

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for those of you who pray, now it's the time

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to do it. Love you, Jimmy, Jean smartwaight In. I

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am horrified at the cancelation of Jimmy Kimmelive. What Jimmy said,

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it was free speech, not hate speech. People seem to

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only want to protect free speech when it's their agenda.

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Though I didn't agree at all with Charlie Kirk's shooting.

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Death sick in me and should have sickened any decent

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human being. What is happening in our country? Kathy Griffin said,

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please take it from me, it's very important to have

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Jimmy Kimmel back right now, be vocal, be an ideological

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consumer money as all their crowd cares about. Tim Heidecker

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was on a red carpet the other day. He said,

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it's happening very quickly, and we're seeing the results of

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electing a fascist and living what it feels like under

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a fascist regime. It's absolutely state sponsored censorship. Roseanne went

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the other way and said I wasn't fired for lying.

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I was fired for telling the truth about the Iron

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Deal and slandered into oblivion. This will still be worse

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for our side than theirs. Kim will get an entire

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PR tour to clear his name with the backing of

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all media. A Google search of the words Joe Rogan

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Kimmel did not reveal anything. A Google search of the

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phrase THEO von Kimmel is not an immediately showing me

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any results about what THEO Vaughn may or may not

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have said. But here's an article I'm finding on the fly.

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Who could replace Jimmy Kimmel odds on ABC's next late

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night host? Okay, I'll click on it now. The answer

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is nobody. They'll just put on game shows or reruns.

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CBS has given them cover to get out of late

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night business. Why wouldn't you get out? Newsweek is sourcing

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an online betting website. The leader of the pack at

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four to one odds is Greg Guttfeld. There's a better

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chance of me hosting eleven thirty on ABC than Greg

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Guttfeld leaving Fox to go to ABC to do eleven thirty.

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There's absolutely a better chance of me doing it. They

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have THEO Vaughn at five to one and Tony Hinchcliff

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at seven to one. This is the stupidest thing I've

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ever read. Tiffany Hattish at ten to one, and fourth

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place Andrew Schultz and Steven A. Smith at twelve to one.

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The Stephen A. Smith is at least somewhat plausible. Which

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late night show will be canceled next? At even odds,

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Jimmy Fallon, followed by John Stewart at four to one

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and John Oliver at five to one. That doesn't make

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sense either. A different betting site released its odds for

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Jimmy Kimmel's replacement. They have Caitlin Jenner at the top

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at five to two, followed by Rob Schneider at four

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to one and Tim Allen at six to one. Guttfeld

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fourth at seven to one. Again, there's a better chance

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of me hosting than any of those names. I just said.

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I just want to throw something against the wall now.

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So let's wrap up back in the morning with a

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normal episode, back Saturday afternoon with a Kimmel bonus episode.

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I have a great day, guys,