Jimmy Kimmel's Best Jokes at the ABC Upfronts
The Hollywood Reporter • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Jimmy Kimmel delivered a sharp and humorous roast of the TV industry at Disney’s upfront presentation, addressing recent turbulence in late night and his own network, ABC.
- He joked about President Trump's attempts to get his show canceled, highlighting that the controversy actually boosted his ratings by 25%, calling it “unparalleled engagement.”
- Kimmel poked fun at ABC’s leadership and programming, including the upcoming Super Bowl broadcast and the network’s popular shows like Dancing with the Stars and The Rookie.
- He humorously critiqued rival networks CBS, NBC, and Fox, noting CBS’s loss of the top viewer spot, NBC’s dominance thanks to major events and Chicago-based shows, and Fox’s reliance on a Baywatch reboot.
- Kimmel ended with a warning about Agentic AI, describing it as autonomous systems capable of complex tasks with limited human oversight, jokingly suggesting the audience is “all f–ked.”