Jimmy Kimmel, the host of late-night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", is extending his contract with ABC one year.

From Stephen Colbert's ending to Jimmy Kimmel's brief absence, 2025 was the year late night TV changed forever, even if it looks the same nightly.

As the president addressed the nation about the economy, it was “hard to tell if he was giving a speech or having a seizure on TV,” Kimmel said.

Jimmy Kimmel looks at Trump's live speech Wednesday night, FCC chair Brendan Carr's Senate hearing earlier in the day, and reads from the controversial new plaques on Trump's "Presidential Walk of Fam

In September, ABC temporarily suspended “Jimmy Kimmel Live” after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened regulatory action against ABC and Disney in the wake of a joke Kimmel made about Trump’s response to the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Trump then suggested Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon should be the next television hosts to go.

Jimmy Kimmel's future on ABC has become a test case for how long traditional late-night comedy can survive in a polarized political climate and a shifting television economy. As broadcast audiences shrink and costs rise,

"That corroded brain is in charge of our lives. If you voted for that, it's OK to reconsider," Kimmel told his late-night audience on Monday.