Jimmy Kimmel is the odd man in on late night this week, with Jimmy Kimmel Live! turning out new episodes as most of late night takes an extended Memorial Day break.
Kimmel, who was off Monday for the holiday, returns Tuesday with the first of three new episodes this week when he welcomes Emily Blunt and chef José Andrés. Wednesday night’s show features Jennifer Lopez, Daily Show correspondent Josh Johnson, and musical guest Stella Lefty. Kimmel is scheduled to wrap up the week Thursday with Dan Levy, Lamorne Morris, and a musical performance from She & Him.
And Kimmel won’t exactly be coasting into the weekend. After producing new episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live! through Thursday, he’s set to spend Friday through Sunday shooting the entire fifth season of ABC’s Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, which is scheduled to return Wednesday, July 22.
Most of the other nightly shows are dark this week, with The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Daily Show, and Watch What Happens Live all off for the holiday week. All four are set to return with new episodes Monday, June 1.
Helping to keep the lights on at ABC with new episodes this week is Kimmel’s lead-out Nightline. Also producing new shows this week are Fox News Channel’s Gutfeld! and Kimmel’s new 11:35 p.m. CBS competitor, Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed, which is set to air never-before-seen episodes in the first half-hour of its hourlong block Tuesday through Friday.
The mostly dark week comes as the traditional 2025–26 broadcast TV season officially wrapped last week—and with CBS’ late-night transition now underway following the end of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.
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