Jimmy Kimmel started the Dec. 2 episode of his ABC talk show by condemning Kanye West for praising Hitler during a horrific antisemitic tirade on Alex Jones' "Infowars" talk show earlier that day. Kimmel called West a "Black white supremacist" and expressed shock over the fact that the controversial rapper still has a following. West told Jones that he likes Nazis and that every human brings value to the world, especially Hitler.“Especially Hitler?!” Kimmel told viewers. “I think he’s wearing...
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ABC and Jimmy Kimmel sealed a three-year contract extension in 2019 that keeps him as host and executive producer of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” through its 23rd season, but it’s not just the show that has him busy. Kimmel also hosts and exec produces ABC’s Emmy Award-winning “Live in Front of a Studio Audience” specials, with Norman Lear (who turned 100 this year); serves as creator and exec producer of the Kelly Ripa-hosted game show “Generation Gap”; and, along with his company Kimmelot, is also the co-creator of Comedy Central’s “Crank Yankers.” In September “Jimmy Kimmel Live” became “Kimmel in Brooklyn” — the sixth visit back to the host’s hometown — for the first time in three years, with the trip boosting the show to No. 1 that week. It also received its 12th consecutive Emmy nod for outstanding variety talk series.