{"id":225818,"date":"2019-08-05T21:39:47","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T01:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=225818"},"modified":"2019-08-05T21:39:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T01:39:47","slug":"kimmel-apprentice-producer-join-to-make-abc-quiz-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/08\/05\/kimmel-apprentice-producer-join-to-make-abc-quiz-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Kimmel, ‘Apprentice’ producer join to make ABC quiz show"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kimmel and Burnett will produce a new ABC game show, \u201cGeneration Gap,\u201d described by the network as a comedy quiz show that brings family members together to compete as a team. (File Photo<\/a>: Jimmy Kimmel Live\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. \u2014 Jimmy Kimmel is among Donald Trump’s late-night gadflies, while producer Mark Burnett showcased the future president on \u201cThe Apprentice.\u201d Yet they are going into business together.<\/p>\n

Kimmel and Burnett will produce a new ABC game show, \u201cGeneration Gap,\u201d described by the network as a comedy quiz show that brings family members together to compete as a team.<\/p>\n

Asked about the apparent odd-couple pairing with Burnett at a TV critics meeting Monday, Kimmel downplayed his role in Trump’s election. Observers have suggested that Burnett’s \u201cThe Apprentice\u201d helped shape public perception of Trump as a leader.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere’s no way Mark Burnett has the vision that he imagined that this monster would one day become president,\u201d Kimmel said, echoing the harsh rhetoric he applies to Trump on ABC’s \u201cLive with Jimmy Kimmel!\u201d If Burnett is that prescient, he added, \u201cwe should be paying more attention to everything he does.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comedian said that, seriously or not, he’ll be taking jabs at Burnett.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you’re asking will I remind him 15 times a day that Donald Trump is president because of him, yes, I will remind him 15 times a day,\u201d Kimmel said.<\/p>\n

Kimmel, who recently signed a new three-year deal for his late-night gig, was asked if he would ever consider running for office. He didn’t even have the patience to coach his son’s basketball team, he said, when parents would pester him to give their kids more playing time.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy response always was, ‘You want to coach this team?’ And I feel like that’s what I would be doing that the whole time\u201d as a politician, he said.<\/p>\n

There are more projects ahead for Kimmel as a producer, including an extension of his successful live remakes of the classic Norman Lear sitcoms \u201cAll in the Family\u201d and \u201cThe Jeffersons.\u201d Kimmel will re-team with Lear, Will Ferrell, Justin Theroux and Brent Miller to produce two more \u201cLive in Front of a Studio Audience\u201d specials, one described as a holiday event and the other set for spring 2020.<\/p>\n

Further details have yet to be announced.<\/p>\n

ABC also announced that \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d will return to Brooklyn, New York, for five shows starting Oct. 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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