Jimmy Kimmel Thinks ABC Need To’ve Employed Jon Stewart for His Late Night Slot: “That Was an Error”

Jimmy Kimmel believes Jon Stewart ought to’ve been employed for his task hosting ABC’s late night slot.

The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host appeared on the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast Wednesday, where he stated his path to protecting the gig. He shared that ABC was “ready to employ Jon Stewart” when they made an abrupt pivot..

” They desired a conventional late night talk program because slot, which no one understood. They were nearly ready to employ Jon Stewart, and Jon and I have the very same supervisor, James ‘Child Doll’ Dixon. And James will close this offer for Jon to host the program,” he stated. “And Lloyd [Braun, an ABC chairman,] enjoyed the tape, and he resembled, ‘I believe this may be the guy.’ And he brought the tape to Bob Iger, and Iger stated, ‘Yeah, I believe this may be the guy.'”.

Kimmel confessed “it was a really odd” scenario due to him and Stewart sharing the very same supervisor, who needed to ultimately break the news to The Daily Program host. “Since Jon and I had the very same supervisor, now [Dixon’s] in the hard position of needing to inform Jon, ‘Uh, you’re not going to ABC, however Jimmy is going to ABC,'” he discussed.

Despite the fact that he landed the task, Kimmel stated it was a “error” for ABC not to employ Stewart. “That was an error by the method. They certainly ought to’ve employ Jon. If I remain in that position, there’s no concern I employ Jon 100 times out of a 100,” he included.

Kimmel was so perplexed by the deal that he personally went to Bob Iger and stated, “‘ What was it, like why– this is rather a leap that you guys made. I was on The Male Program, I was doing football tease Fox NFL Sunday– what was it?’ He goes, ‘Well, you were more affordable.’ And everyone chuckled, however I understood he wasn’t joking.”.

Jimmy Kimmel Live! debuted in January 2003. Stewart signed up with Funny Central’s The Daily Program in 1998 where he stayed up until revealing his exit in 2015. He has actually given that gone back to the series.