Jimmy Kimmel during his May 1 show. Not here.”[An emotional Jimmy Kimmel discusses newborn son’s heart disease, makes passionate health-care plea]Video of Kimmel’s monologue went viral, prompting a flurry of political op-eds, cable-news roundtable discussions, fact checks and praise from former president Barack Obama. Colbert, considered a harsher critic of Trump than Jimmy Fallon, has beaten his NBC rival in ratings for 13 consecutive weeks. Now Kimmel’s late-night brand is no longer just heartless pranks and pretend-hatred of Matt Damon. sincere thanks for the outpouring of love & support – Dr. Jane is keeping a close ear on Billy, who is very well – XO pic.twitter.com/QgSUminhmg — Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) May 2, 2017This story has been updated.

Source: Washington Post May 03, 2017 18:53 UTC