Overview
- Kimmel announced on Thursday that he will voluntarily step away for two months and that a rotating group of guest hosts will fill his late-night slot.
- ABC confirmed Tiffany Haddish will open the guest-host run the week of July 6, Colman Domingo is set for the week of July 20, and Anthony Anderson will host the week of August 10.
- The show will air reruns in late June and the first week of July before guest-hosted weeks begin, and Kimmel is expected to return the day after Labor Day.
- The summer roster pairs returning substitutes such as Haddish, Anderson and Jelly Roll with first-time JKL hosts Ike Barinholtz and Colman Domingo, which will alter the program’s on-air tone.
- Rosie O’Donnell was added to the lineup without a scheduled date, a pick that brings explicitly political signaling to the summer slate while production and ABC/Hulu distribution remain unchanged.