{"id":2661094,"date":"2026-09-14T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jimmy-kimmel-faces-20-percent-budget-cut-possibly-far-more-to-keep-show-alive-as-he-learns-americans-just-dont-care-about-him-anymore\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T18:01:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T22:01:05","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-faces-20-percent-budget-cut-possibly-far-more-to-keep-show-alive-as-he-learns-americans-just-dont-care-about-him-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jimmy-kimmel-faces-20-percent-budget-cut-possibly-far-more-to-keep-show-alive-as-he-learns-americans-just-dont-care-about-him-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Faces 20 Percent Budget Cut (Possibly Far More) to Keep Show Alive as He Learns Americans Just Don&#8217;t Care About Him Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">48<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjimmy-kimmel-faces-20-percent-budget-cut-possibly-far-more-to-keep-show-alive-as-he-learns-americans-just-dont-care-about-him-anymore%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2661094&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Jimmy Kimmel,the host of \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d,is reportedly facing significant budget cuts from Disney,which could lead to the show&#8217;s cancellation after this season. Despite denied rumors about the show&#8217;s end, insiders reveal that Disney wants him to reduce production costs by 20%, amounting to approximately $20 million, as late-night TV revenues decline sharply and viewer ratings fall. Kimmel&#8217;s salary is estimated at $15-16 million annually. Critics argue that late-night shows have become politicized, wiht hosts like Kimmel increasingly partisan and accused of alienating audiences through political content and controversial remarks. There is skepticism about whether Kimmel will sacrifice part of his salary to save the show,amid concerns about the death of conventional late-night comedy,which many believe has been marred by political bias and declining relevance in the era of streaming and digital content.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>ABC\u2019s late-night comedy host Jimmy Kimmel is facing a reckoning, with the network telling him to enact massive budget cuts or face cancellation.<\/p>\n<p>A report from Page Six <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/report-jimmy-kimmels-current-season-will-last-abc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">surfaced<\/a> last week, quoting an unnamed source familiar with the show and the network claiming that the current season of \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d would be the last.<\/p>\n<p>A network spokesperson disputed this, however, saying, \u201cAny reports about the future of the show at this point are purely speculative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rather than cancel him outright, Disney executives delivered a \u201cstern message\u201d demanding that he cut 20 percent of the budget, according to a Puck News piece <a href=\"https:\/\/puck.news\/will-kimmel-cut-his-budget-to-save-his-show\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel\u2019s program costs about $100 million to produce, similar to \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert,\u201d which CBS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/stephen-colbert-done-cbs-ending-liberal-late-night-show-good\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cancelled<\/a> last fall due to poor ratings.<\/p>\n<p>Puck also cited how late-night shows across the board have seen their ad revenue spiral by roughly half over the past several years, from $439 in 2018 to $221 million in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel <a href=\"https:\/\/hollywoodlife.com\/feature\/jimmy-kimmel-salary-abc-5455611\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reportedly<\/a> makes about $15-16 million per year. It will be interesting to see whether he\u2019s willing to give back part of his salary to rescue the show, but even if he did, it wouldn\u2019t change the fact that late-night comedy is dying.<\/p>\n<p>The entertainment world has rapidly changed over the past 20 years. We\u2019re no longer restricted to a handful of cable channels. Consumers have access to thousands of clips, podcasts, shows, movies, streaming series, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Why should Disney pay $100 million so that Kimmel can preach liberal talking points and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/k3yhf7dZVIw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cry on air<\/a> when Republicans win elections? After 24 long seasons, it\u2019s become stale, repetitive, and contemptuous of conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>The truth is, many modern late-night hosts like Colbert, Kimmel, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, and even Jimmy Fallon have failed the public.<\/p>\n<p>Their mission was to entertain.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, they chose sides and became political lap dogs for the Democratic Party, arrogantly alienating half their audience in the process.<\/p>\n<p>For a group of individuals who constantly praise the former \u201cTonight Show\u201d host Johnny Carson as the king of late-night, none of them took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/colbert-listened-johnny-carson-wisdom-late-show-wouldnt-cancelled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his advice<\/a> about avoiding political discussions.<\/p>\n<p>They jumped right into the fray and have been attacking President Donald Trump for over a decade now. The most pathetic part is that their jokes aren\u2019t even funny.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel has arguably been the most partisan among his peers, constantly pushing the envelope with hateful content.<\/p>\n<p>Lest we forget, he was taken off the air last year for making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jimmy-kimmel-blatantly-lies-audience-charlie-kirks-assassin-claiming-part-maga-gang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">absurdly false comments<\/a> following the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hit some new lows over the weekend, with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel also accused those in mourning of trying to \u201cscore political points\u201d from Kirk\u2019s death. This was hypocrisy of the highest order.<\/p>\n<p>The show was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/abc-abruptly-cancels-jimmy-kimmel-live-taping-airs-rerun-sparking-speculation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pulled off<\/a> the air, and everyone thought his days on television were finally done, but he was eventually reinstated after things cooled down.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel showed his true colors again earlier this year, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kimmel-faces-backlash-joke-calling-melania-expectant-widow-2-days-trump-assassination-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he joked<\/a> that First Lady Melania Trump had \u201ca glow like an expectant widow,\u201d just two days before an assassination attempt was made against the president during the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jimmy-kimmel-plays-victim-as-he-misleads-viewers-about-why-he-cant-air-james-talarico-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interviewed<\/a> liberal darling James Talarico, who is running for the U.S. Senate against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.<\/p>\n<p>The clip was only aired on YouTube due to Federal Communications Commission guidelines about providing equal time to political candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of being honest with his audience about why the interview wasn\u2019t aired on the television broadcast, Kimmel accused the Trump administration of political persecution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow that [Trump is] president, his FCC has threatened me, threatened our show, threatened our network, ABC, our affiliates [and] our local stations, based on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jimmy-kimmel-plays-victim-as-he-misleads-viewers-about-why-he-cant-air-james-talarico-interview\/\" title=\"... Plays Victim as He Mis...s Viewers About Why He Can\u2019t Air James Talarico Interview\">simple traditional editorial decisions \u2014 guest bookings<\/a>, it would seem, [that] they don\u2019t like,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Given all this, Kimmel still wants to keep his show on life support until after the 2028 presidential election, so he can continue spewing far-left hate while being subsidized by Disney.<\/p>\n<p>The ego is downright sickening.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the outcome, Kimmel will soon be out of a job with his legacy in tatters, and that moment can\u2019t come fast enough.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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