Jimmy Kimmel Serving Booze on his new Late Night Talk Show!!!

Bump . . .. This morning at work on CNN Headline News, I saw that on the show, Jimmy & Snoop Dogg (cohost this week) have been giving their guests free booze when they come on stage !!!!! But it looks like the suits at ABC are going to put a stop to this ASAP; If I heard correctly one of the studio audience members ended up barfing on one of the execs from ABC/WALT DISNEY . . . Oh well, I'm sure it was a nice twist while it lasted (i.e. don't give me the liberal crap that kids could be watching grown adults drink . . . kids should be in bed by now anyhow . . . Remember when guests regularly smoked on late night talk shows?) . . . Too bad none of us in Charlotte saw any of this neither (Memo to WSOC: Stop screwing around and get JIMMY KIMMEL on Now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!).

 

Another bump . . . . Here's an article with more details . . . .


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Jimmy Kimmel's ABC Talk Show 'Bar' Closes


By DAVID BAUDER

NEW YORK (AP) - It's last call at Jimmy Kimmel's new ABC talk show.

After a boisterous premiere during which actor George Clooney passed around a bottle of vodka and an audience member vomited, the bar that serves drinks to audience members has been shut down.

Kimmel's late-night talk show, to run regularly on weeknights, premiered early Monday two hours after the end of the Super Bowl and was seen by an average of 4.8 million viewers.

Besides Clooney pouring drinks, rapper Snoop Dogg tested censors by several times making an on-camera obscene gesture.


"We were not comfortable with the systems in place for serving wine and beer," ABC spokesman Kevin Brockman said.

Daniel Kellison, the show's executive producer, said, "They just said 'let's chill out on it and take it away for now,' and we said fine. We have bigger fish to fry."

ABC is hoping to build a late-night franchise by replacing "Politically Incorrect" with a new show led by Kimmel, former co-host of "The Man Show" on Comedy Central. ABC had resisted letting the show operate a bar in the first place, but Kellison pointed out drinks are served at the Disney-owned California Angels' games.

Kimmel, speaking earlier this month, said he wanted to make going to the show a more pleasant experience than it normally is for audience members.

"You stand out there for three hours," he said. "They poke you with cattle prods to get in, and then you're forced to laugh and applaud at certain times. I want to make it more of an evening out where people actually enjoy themselves from the beginning of the experience until the end."

Drinks aren't served to audience members at Jay Leno's "Tonight" show and David Letterman's "Late Show." On-air guests at "Tonight" are asked backstage if they want a drink; Letterman's people won't ask, but will get something if it's requested.

Last June, "Tonight" show guest Tom Green got progressively drunk on the air as a gimmick, an experiment thought to quickly spiral out of control.

For a new show seeking attention like Kimmel's, publicity about a raucous opening night and bar shutdown might not necessarily be a bad thing.

"It gives us some stature in terms of people thinking this is a different show and not a conventional talk show," Kellison said. "Honestly, what we want to do is create a place where the young audience and young talent feel like this is a fun place to come."

 

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WSOC criticized for absence of `Kimmel'
Station goes with `Divorce Court' and `Celebrity Justice'
MARK WASHBURN
TV/Radio Writer

Charlotte's WSOC TV has fielded dozens of complaints from viewers for its failure to broadcast the heavily promoted "Jimmy Kimmel Live," a new addition to ABC's late-night lineup.

Channel 9 doesn't have room for Kimmel's hour-long talk show, which replaced the half-hour "Politically Incorrect" with Bill Maher, said Lee Armstrong, WSOC's vice president and general manager.

WSOC airs "Divorce Court" and "Celebrity Justice" during the Kimmel show, honoring agreements made before ABC extended late-night programming by 30 minutes, she said.

"We just can't accommodate an hour show then," she said Tuesday.

Content of the Kimmel show wasn't an issue in the station's decision, Armstrong said. "We didn't come at it from that point of view, it's so late at night."

Sunday's debut on the Disney-owned network attracted notice because of the show's free-wheeling antics. This week's co-host, rapper Snoop Dogg, extended a middle digit to the camera and guest George Clooney passed around a bottle of vodka.

ABC promoted the show heavily during Sunday's Super Bowl, confusing some local viewers who waited up only to find "Cheers" in the time slot.

"I like `Politically Incorrect' and I was looking forward to watching it," said viewer Sandy Miller.

Armstrong said complaints to the station numbered about 100.

 

Dear Mr. Armstrong:


Welllllllllllllll, find the room then in your schedule to put JIMMY KIMMEL on !!!!!!!!!!!!! Once again, you knew back during the summer of last year that ABC was going to air a hour long late night show at 12:05am, Why didn't you adjust your contracts with 'DIVORCE COURT' & 'CELEBRITY JUSTICE' (wow, more court shows . . . What an original idea to fill your nightly lineup . . . . ) . You've know for months now this was going to happen . . . Sorry, still no excuse for not airing a network show late at night !!!!!!!

 

The Winston-Salem affiliate isn't showing it either. They suck.

 

ABC45 is owned by Sinclair Broadcasting . . . They are a cheapass outfit !!!!! They don't even bother to air news anymore . . . . .

 

Bump . . . More stuff from the 1st week of the JIMMY KIMMEL Show . . .


Rowdy 1st Week of Jimmy Kimmel Show . . . Too bad we can't see it in Charlotte !!!!!!