Jimmy Kimmel Books Heavyhitter Guests for 11:35 PM Move
by DOMINIC PATTEN
Tuesday December 18, 2012


"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is planning to come out swinging in its first month at 11:35 PM next year. The ABC late-night show will kick off its new time slot January 8 with Jennifer Aniston and No Doubt as guests.




"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" announced the first round of guests that will appear throughout January 2013, the first month in its new 11:35pm time slot:

Jamie Foxx
Mark Wahlberg
Ryan Gosling
Sofia Vergara
Ellen DeGeneres
Rob Lowe
Amy Brenneman
Nicki Minaj
Mindy Kaling
Julie Bowen
Naomi Watts




The January 2013 musical guests will include:

Brad Paisley
Bruno Mars
LeAnn Rimes







ABC announced in late August that after 10 years it was moving Kimmel from midnight to 11:35 PM. This will put "Kimmel Live!" in head-to-head competition with NBC’s "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and CBS’ "Late Show with David Letterman".

It’s a strong play being that the younger-leaning Kimmel has seen 7% growth year-over-year in total viewers and just came off its most-watched November sweep.



The change will see ABC’s longtime late night newsmagazine "Nightline" move to 12:35 AM. Kimmel will have a bit of time to find his sea legs in the new slot.

Earlier this year, he signed a new two-year extension to his contact with ABC. He closes out his time in the midnight slot January 7 with a special "Jimmy Kimmel Live: Goodbye To Midnight" retrospective.

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