Overview
- Kimmel announced he will take a voluntary two-month break, delivering his final new episode on Thursday before the show moves to reruns.
- ABC confirmed a core lineup that begins the week of July 6 with Tiffany Haddish and includes Anthony Anderson, Ike Barinholtz, Colman Domingo and Jelly Roll.
- Kimmel said on air that Rosie O'Donnell will also guest-host, though ABC has not announced the exact date of her appearance.
- Anthony Anderson remains the show's most frequent substitute host with 24 guest-host episodes to date, while Barinholtz and Domingo will make their first full-week guest-host stints.
- The choice of O'Donnell revives her long-running public feud with President Donald Trump and comes after last year's brief ABC pull and FCC scrutiny, a backdrop that makes guest selections politically notable for the network.