On 8 January, Jimmy Kimmel took his late-night television talk show on ABC to 11:35PM, a whole 25 minutes before the time slot during which he had made his bones for almost ten years beforehand. The walk-up to the move provided a whirlwind press tour for the comedian-turned-host that saw him lob bombs at Jay Leno, reiterate his undying love for David Letterman and, of course, land him the cover of 2013’s first Rolling Stone. And it was in that particular publication where the following passage was first written:
“Even though the Live! broadcast will not end as (Jimmy) Fallon’s Late Night...
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