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Brian Steinberg, Variety Media, LLC Posted: Monday, October 19, 2015, 8:30 AM. LOS ANGELES – Jimmy Kimmel is clearly a master of the politics of late-night TV. After all, he hosts one of the biggest programs in the time period.
Ever since Kimmel landed a chat with President Barack Obama last March, viewers have seen, among others, Hillary Clinton surface on NBC’s “Tonight Show,” U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz peek out on CBS’ “Late Show” and Senator Bernie Sanders munch on soul food on Comedy Central’s “Nightly Show.”.
The near-ubiquitous Donald Trump is slated to turn up on Kimmel’s ABC program, “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” this week as the show takes a week-long turn in Brooklyn, New York, instead of its California base.
The real-estate mogul turned candidate will take part in a special live segment, Kimmel said in an interview Sunday morning while crew members were spotted working aggressively to get his show set up and ready.
Kimmel’s program has in recent weeks trailed those of Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert in viewership.
Hosting a late-night program is a marathon not a sprint, and Kimmel knows audiences remain interested in his antics and those of others.
Kimmel’s New York run will take place as the Fallon and Colbert shows are in reruns – a deliberate maneuver, he said, that makes landing top guests easier.
Like his hero David Letterman, Kimmel’s bits tend to explore edgier topics, like how celebrities respond to criticism – his show’s running “Mean Tweets” gag – or even reveal flaws in the news media, as he did with a video that purported to show a woman getting into a serious accident while twerking.
Kimmel says finding the central philosophy of his show isn’t all that complicated.