Jon Stewart was almost the one behind Jimmy Kimmel's late-night desk. While appearing on Ted Danson's "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" podcast, the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" host looked back on the time ...

Jon Stewart came closer than most people know to landing the ABC late-night gig that ultimately went to Jimmy Kimmel. During an interview taped before Kimmel was suspended from the network following ...

Jimmy Kimmel was a recent guest on Ted Danson’s “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast and revealed that he nearly lost the job of hosting an ABC late-night talk show to none other than Jon Stewart ...

“They definitely should’ve hired Jon. If I’m in that position, there’s no question I hire Jon 100 times out of a 100,” the Emmy winner said in a recent podcast appearance. By McKinley Franklin Jimmy ...

Following his talk show’s near cancellation last month, Jimmy Kimmel revealed how Jon Stewart nearly landed his hosting gig. The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host recently said ABC “should definitely hire Jon” ...

“They wanted a traditional late-night talk show in that slot,” Kimmel said (via The Daily Beast). “Jon and I have the same manager, James ‘Baby Doll’ Dixon, and James was about to close this deal for ...