Ratings: ABC’s ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ Finale Tops Thursday

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Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeAfter nearly 18 years and 3,130 episodes, Jimmy Kimmel is taking a breather as host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” The ABC late night show will shift to guest hosts this summer as Kimmel takes a sabbatical.“There’s nothing wrong, I’m healthy, my family’s healthy, I just need a couple of months off,” Kimmel said.Kimmel revealed on Thursday night’s episode that this would be his last new show for the summer.

Jimmy Kimmel, ABC’s late-night host, was announced Tuesday as the event’s emcee and producer. It’s too early to tell what shape the telecast will take, Burke said, with Kimmel and others “hard at work on a number of different options.” The comedian proved his adroitness when the pandemic forced “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to tape at his house and the show remained "as entertaining as it ever had been,” Burke said.

Peter White Television EditorThis year’s Emmys are going to look a bit different than in previous years, according to ABC Entertainment President Karey Burke.However, Burke said it was “too soon to predict” whether or not the annual TV awards gala will take place in person or as a virtual event.The Emmys are set to take place on Sunday September 20 with comedian Jimmy Kimmel hosting and exec producing.“The Academies in both regards [Emmys and Oscars] are being very thoughtful in exploring all of

Michael Strahan made headlines instead of reporting them on June 4 after news that he made strong comments about working at ABC during a town hall meeting with staffers. The Super Bowl champion, 48, expressed that he felt he was unable to “raise his voice” at ABC — where he currently co-anchors Good Morning America among other programs — because of his race, according to The Wrap.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeJimmy Kimmel will return to host the 72nd Emmy Awards on ABC, the network and Television Academy announced on Tuesday. This marks the third time Kimmel has hosted the Emmys, following the 64th event in 2012 and 68th in 2016.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorABC’s season finale of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was Thursday’s highest-rated and most-watched show in primetime, drawing a 0.9 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic and 6.56 million viewers.

Will Thorne Staff WriterThe final episode of Jimmy Kimmel’s special stint as host of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” finished with decent numbers on Thursday night.The finale topped the night with a 0.9 rating among adults 18-49 and drew 6.6 million total viewers, a season high for the quiz show. Rating-wise, the show’s biggest number was still a 1.1 from its season premiere.

Anderson Cooper and Andy Cohen still make the perfect “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” team.

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#TGIT, are we right? ABC won another Thursday outright thanks to its lineup of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” “Holey Moley” and “To Tell the Truth.”

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