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Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kicks Off Eighth Brooklyn Week
Confirmed
In Short: The show’s eighth Brooklyn Week will mark another milestone for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which has become a highlight of the late-night television schedule, offering a unique blend of entertainment and cultural significance.
ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to Brooklyn for its eighth Brooklyn Week, set to kick off on Monday, September 28, and run through October 2, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House.
The show’s guests for this year include a mix of politicians, celebrities, and fellow late-night hosts. Among them are New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Mahershala Ali, Billy Crystal, Pete Davidson, Robby Hoffman, Paul McCartney, Seth Meyers, Tom Morello, John Oliver, Bernie Sanders, Bruce Springsteen, and Howard Stern.
Musical guests for the week include De La Soul, Goose, TV On the Radio, and Springsteen & Tom Morello, adding to the star-studded lineup.
Kimmel revealed the guest list during a Thursday night broadcast, promising an “all-star, big-time lineup of guests.” He also teased the possibility of surprise visitors, hinting at additional guests beyond the announced lineup.
The show’s executive producers, including Kimmel himself, Erin Irwin, Molly McNearney, Jennifer Sharron, and David Craig, along with co-executive producers Douglas DeLuca and Danny Ricker, are behind the production of this special week.
Kimmel’s decision to hold Brooklyn Week comes after ABC denied reports that the show was ending in 2027 after 24 seasons. The network confirmed that the show will continue beyond this year.
Previous Brooklyn Weeks have featured surprise guests and crossovers with other late-night hosts. For example, Stephen Colbert and Daily Show correspondent Josh Johnson were scheduled guests in 2025, while Meyers and Jon Stewart made surprise appearances.
This year’s lineup includes Howard Stern, who will sit down with Kimmel on Tuesday, September 29, marking his first visit to a late-night talk show in nearly seven years.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. and celebrated its 4000th episode earlier this month, taking aim at Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr.
What this adds
Kimmel’s Brooklyn Week has been a regular feature since 2016, showcasing the diversity and talent of Brooklyn and New York City.
The event has also served as a platform for Kimmel to engage with local and national figures, fostering a sense of community and entertainment.
Background
Jimmy Kimmel Live! will head to Brooklyn for its eighth Brooklyn Week, featuring a lineup of notable guests.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, and broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company (ABC). The nightly hour-long show tapes and is based at the El Capitan Entertainment Centre (ECEC), formerly the Hollywood Masonic Temple in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.
What's confirmed
- This year’s guests for Brooklyn Week include New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Mahershala Ali, Billy Crystal, Pete Davidson, Robby Hoffman, Paul McCartney, Seth Meyers, Tom Morello, John Oliver, Bernie Sanders, Bruce Springsteen and Howard Stern, with musical guests De La Soul, Goose, TV On the Radio, and Springsteen & Tom Morello.
What's still developing
- As Jimmy Kimmel returns to his late-night post, he’s ready to take the show across the river for Brooklyn Week once again.
- Jimmy Kimmel Live is produced by 12:05 AM Productions LLC, in association with Kimmelot and 20th Television.
- And Kimmel suggested there’s more to come, teasing “surprise visitors too, as if the regular ones weren’t good enough.” One name was already out of the bag.
- Matt Damon also turned up on the final night to renew his long-running “feud” with Kimmel.
- McCartney and Springsteen, meanwhile, give the week some considerable rock-star wattage.
- Kimmel was briefly suspended by Disney after he made controversial remarks about the assassination of Charlie Kirk that sparked outrage — and ABC said the show would be preempted indefinitely.
- Months later, Kimmel found himself in hot water again when an “expectant widow” joke about first lady Melania Trump went viral on social media after another assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner.
- Even if the studio is Guillermo-less next week (no confirmation yet), Jimmy Kimmel will have plenty of guests to fill our funny, sidekick-shaped hole in our hearts.
- At least with the time zone difference, it gives Kimmel enough time to get everyone to vote for Guillermo and Witney.