Jimmy Kimmel will be reducing the musical guests to only twice per week:
Multiple sources familiar with the matter say Kimmel music producer Jim Pitt had informed them in the past several weeks about the move, though none who spoke with THR say they were given any reason on the decision. The ABC late night show is not expected to get shorter, another source familiar with the matter says. […] The decrease is the latest below to a late night TV ecosystem that has already been cutting down on music in the past several years. NBC’s Late Night With Seth Meyers, for example, rarely if ever features musical guests on the show now, and the show lost its Fred Armisen-fronted house band in 2024 due to budget cuts. Meanwhile, even before the news of the show’s cancellation, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert‘s musical guest inclusion had waned as well, and the cancellation takes an entire show off the board for artist features.
Knowing about, posting about, and staying up late to watch musical guests on late shows was a staple of my teenage years. This sucks.