‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ to Scale Back Number of Music Performances
The late-night show will employ a variable weekly schedule
Variety is reporting that ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live will be scaling back its featured live music performances.
Why it matters:
Musical performances have been a nightly feature on Kimmel, providing mainstream exposure for established acts such as One Direction and The Weeknd, as well as a host of up-and-coming artists.
The reduced performance schedule represents significant lost publicity opportunities for artists.
As Variety points out, the announcement follows Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert “losing their house bands and/or number of musical performances.”
Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show will reportedly continue to feature regular musical guests.
Reps for Kimmel are yet to comment.
Variety is reporting that ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live will be scaling back its featured live music performances.
Why it matters:
Musical performances have been a nightly feature on Kimmel, providing mainstream exposure for established acts such as One Direction and The Weeknd, as well as a host of up-and-coming artists.
The reduced performance schedule represents significant lost publicity opportunities for artists.
As Variety points out, the announcement follows Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert “losing their house bands and/or number of musical performances.”
Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show will reportedly continue to feature regular musical guests.
Reps for Kimmel are yet to comment.
Variety is reporting that ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live will be scaling back its featured live music performances.
Why it matters:
Musical performances have been a nightly feature on Kimmel, providing mainstream exposure for established acts such as One Direction and The Weeknd, as well as a host of up-and-coming artists.
The reduced performance schedule represents significant lost publicity opportunities for artists.
As Variety points out, the announcement follows Seth Meyers and Stephen Colbert “losing their house bands and/or number of musical performances.”
Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight Show will reportedly continue to feature regular musical guests.
Reps for Kimmel are yet to comment.
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This story was written with information from Variety.
We covered it because it’s news of musical cutbacks on a high-profile late-night show.
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