Jimmy Kimmel

 

Here's Jimmy Kimmel's rendition of the T.V. ad Michael Bloomberg didn't air to announce that he wanted no part of running for president.

Because of the Writers Guild strike, late-night funnyman Jimmy Kimmel hosted the American Music Awards last night without the aid of a finished script. While the basics for Mr. Kimmel’s routine had been laid out before the strike got under way a few weeks ago, producing jokes about current events—a mainstay for any comedian, especially one hosting an awards show—was up to the late-night T.V. comic and his cuff. In lieu of the requisite opening monologue, Mr. Kimmel played a round of back-and-forth with some celebs in the audience, including Rascal Flatts, Kellie Pickler and Akon.

“This is going to be a little bit loose tonight because I’m a member of the Writers Guild and we’re on strike,” the host said to his audience, adding: “"It may not look like it, but I'm striking right now in my heart. I wasn't allowed to write any jokes for tonight. That's good for those of you sitting in the front row, but bad for you who have to sit through made-up crap."

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“There will be no ‘Tonight Show’ tonight,” said Joe Meceiros, the show’s head writer, outside NBC Studios in Burbank, California today, according to the New York Times' TV Decoder blog.

Celebrity guests won’t feel the same financial pinch as writers, of course, but some authors and performers [scheduled to appear on late-night talk shows] will undoubtedly miss out on what might have been rare opportunities at national exposure.

Garth Brooks was expected to perform on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” tonight, in his “first late-night television performance since announcing his retirement nine years ago,” NBC said last week. But Mr. Brooks’ appearance is on hold, along with the late-night programming on NBC, CBS and Comedy Central.

In a strange way, ABC may benefit from the postponement of “The Tonight Show” and “The Late Show with David Letterman,” because its news program “Nightline” will be live and original tonight. However, “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” which airs at 12:05 a.m., will revert to a repeat tonight. “We will take it day by day,” an ABC spokeswoman confirmed today.

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