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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Jimmy Kimmel’s Response to Trump? A Show, Not a Surrender

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Tuesday April 28, 2026

Jimmy Kimmel’s Response to Trump? A Show, Not a Surrender.

Jimmy Kimmel
Bill Carter writes: "The presumption that Jimmy Kimmel might be trembling in the bullseye this time, with his corporate bosses under direct pressure from the President and his wife to fire him, evaporated Monday night like a blast of empty hot air."

Here's How Kimmel Brushed Off Calls for His Firing

Kimmel Reaction Trump Fired Tweet
"It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he's almost 80 and she's younger than I am," Kimmel told his audience Monday night. "It was not by any stretch of the definition a call to assassination. And they know that."

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Helps Jon Stewart Skewer Media Response to WHCD Shooting

Jon Stewart, Triumph the Insult Comnic Dog
Two nights after finding himself caught up in Saturday night’s Correspondents’ Dinner shooting, Robert Smigel’s Triumph the Insult Comic Dog visited with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show—wearing a gold medal that read “hero.”

Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers Delayed Again Monday Night by NBA Playoffs

Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers
For the third time in a week, NBC’s NBA playoff coverage sent The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers into after-hours territory.

Artemis II Astronauts to Visit Tonight Show After Historic Mission

Artemis II Crew
Nearly three weeks after splashing down off the coast of San Diego, the crew of NASA’s historic Artemis II mission will stop by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.
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