Jimmy Kimmel Plays Coy About His Future on Late-Night TV Following ‘The Late Show’ Cancellation

Jimmy Kimmel is taking his job one day at a time.

On Sunday, September 7, the TV personality, 57, attended the 2025 Creative Arts Emmys, and revealed he isn’t sure how much longer he’ll host Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which began in 2003.

“I’m not prepared to answer that question, but it is something that I think about a lot, and things have changed a lot over the last few years,” Kimmel told IndieWire per People.

“Each day is a new adventure and I kind of take them as they come,” he added before joking, “Is that a good way of dodging the question?”

The comedian’s comments come after Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show was canceled by CBS in August, with the show airing through May 2026.

After the news was announced, Kimmel took to Instagram to show support for Colbert, 61, writing, “Love you Stephen. F**k you and all your Sheldons CBS.”

In February 2024, Kimmel discussed his future retirement with the Los Angeles Times.

“I think this is my final contract. I hate to even say it, because everyone’s laughing at me now — each time I think that, and then it turns out to be not the case,” he admitted, seemingly referring to how he originally planned to retire in 2023 before the writers’ strike happened.

“I still have a little more than two years left on my contract, and that seems pretty good,” Kimmel added. “That seems like enough.”