‘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.
👋 Disclosures & Transparency Block
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.
