Jimmy Kimmel Teases End of Late-Night Show

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Jimmy Kimmel may be nearing his last laugh.

In fact, the Jimmy Kimmel Live! host revealed he's actually been thinking about ending his late-night talk show for years now.

"Six years ago," Kimmel told Vulture in an interview published June 1, "I told them I thought I was done when [Joe] Biden was president."

The 58-year-old admitted he feels increasingly disillusioned about his late-night future in the wake of CBS' cancellation of The Late Show hosted by Stephen Colbert (Colbert said his final "goodnight" to viewers on May 21).

"I feel a little bit defeated by it," he lamented. "In a lot of ways, I feel like I’m looking at my own future."

Of course, Kimmel is no stranger to controversy. His show was temporarily suspended last September over comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s murder.

Reflecting on the period of uncertainty, Kimmel shared, "One of the things we talked about when I first got suspended was that I can’t do this show if I’m going to be micromanaged."

Despite the ongoing scrutiny surrounding late night, Kimmel argued "there are far more people watching late-night TV than there ever were," citing the "number of views me and my colleagues get online every day and add in our linear-television ratings."

However, he confessed he’s worried that political interference could mean the end of the late-night genre altogether.

"We’re not just dying of natural causes," Kimmel noted. "We’re being poisoned."

And while the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? host doesn't have an exact end date in mind at the moment, his longtime producer Erin Irwin hinted that the comedian—who launched his eponymous series in 2003—is more than ready for some well-deserved time off.

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"He's been talking about leaving for a while," Irwin told Vulture, noting that she hopes Kimmel—who shares two kids with wife Molly McNearney as well as two adult children with his ex-wife—sticks it out through the 2028 presidential election.

"But I don’t know if Jimmy can do it for that long,” she added. "He’s tired."

So, has Kimmel thought about his possible next career move after Jimmy Kimmel Live! ends?

"Professionally, I have no idea what I’m going to do after this," he admitted. "Freedom is what I want more than anything. I want to be able to go fishing because the fishing’s good."

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