Jimmy Kimmel Demolishes ABC’s Upfronts - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

Jimmy Kimmel Demolishes ABC’s Upfronts - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com: "If Jimmy Kimmel still has a job at ABC on Wednesday, he is either a very lucky or very deft comedian, or he has great blackmail photos of the network executives.

At Tuesday afternoon’s upfront presentation in New York, Mr. Kimmel, the host of ABC’s late night talk show “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” delivered a withering, blistering monologue that took direct aim at ABC, its potential advertisers and his NBC late-night rival, Jay Leno. The assembled advertisers received his performance with a mixture of uneasy laughs and the occasional gasp."