Jimmy Kimmel Live!' returns to Brooklyn Academy of Music for first time since brief cancellation | amNewYork

"Late-night TV's longest-running host and a Brooklyn native, Jimmy Kimmel, is heading back home for a week of shows starting tonight after returning to television with his best ratings ever. The run features a star-studded guest roster, including Bruce Springsteen appearing for the first time in six years and Jeremy Allen White, who plays the Boss in the biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere."

"Although his show originates in California, Kimmel was born and raised in Brooklyn, growing up in Mill Basin as the eldest of three children of Joan (nee Iacono) and James John Kimmel. I was born here. A lot of my family is here, he told Variety in 2018 about Brooklyn. Probably more than anything, it's fun for us all to be here together and to eat and to hang out and to go to great bars."

"This marks the seventh time Jimmy Kimmel Live! has returned to Brooklyn to broadcast from BAM and the first since the show was briefly canceled after comments Kimmel made in a monologue about the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The show drew 6.26 million viewers on its return, the largest audience in its 22-year history, according to Nielsen. Kimmel's monologue from that night topped 21 million views on YouTube, moving into break-the-internet territory."

Jimmy Kimmel, a Brooklyn native and late-night television host, will film Jimmy Kimmel Live! at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Howard Gilman Opera House from Sept. 29 through Oct. 3. The week of shows features high-profile guests such as Bruce Springsteen, making his first appearance in six years, and Jeremy Allen White, who portrays Springsteen in the biopic Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere. Kimmel typically broadcasts from the El Capitan Entertainment Centre in Los Angeles and grew up in Mill Basin as the eldest of three children. This marks the seventh time the program has returned to BAM and follows a brief cancellation; the show's return drew 6.26 million viewers and viral online attention.

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