Last year, Jimmy Kimmel devoted his post-Oscar show to “F***king Ben Affleck.” This year, Mr. Kimmel will be chatting with Mel Gibson. Mr. Gibson, a two-time Academy Award winner, has been booked as a guest on this Sunday’s post-kudos edition of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” ABC announced Friday. Crooner Robin...
ABC will unveil the cast for the eighth season of “Dancing With the Stars” throughout its Sunday night programming on Feb. 8 in what the network is dubbing the “All Night Name Drop.” “Dancing” host Tom Bergeron will reveal one name at a time in interstitials during “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” ...
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ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” attracted its biggest audience of the 2008-09 season for the week of Nov. 3. The late-night show garnered 1.92 million total viewers and 0.7 million viewers among adults 18-49, its best numbers so far this season. Friday’s telecast, in particular, drew high numbers with 2.15...