Sunday, 16 June 2013

Satirical News Anchor: Jimmy Kimmel


One of my favorite satirical news broadcasters of the moment is Jimmy Kimmel. Jimmy Kimmel is an American comedian, actor, and television host. His show ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ has been airing since 2003, and has had great success in both America and Canada. Kimmel’s show involves interviews with famous celebrities, asking questions to the public, watching viral videos and much more. One of Kimmel’s most popular segments involves challenges being sent out to his audience, and having the challenges being filmed where they will then be aired on the show. His most famous challenge being ‘I Told My Kid I Ate All Their Halloween Candy,’ where the parents then told their kids they ate their Halloween candy, and then filmed their reaction. Although Jimmy Kimmel’s show is very similar to other talk show hosts such as Jay Leno and George Lopez, I find Kimmel to have a more carefree humor which comes across as very real to the audience. Much of the time Jimmy Kimmel won’t use offense comedy, and will keep the subject matter light and interesting for the viewers. Many newscasters today will discuss harsh subject matter where they judge certain celebrities based on their actions or on their appearances. To me this can be very distasteful and unfair to many celebrities. I believe Jimmy Kimmel is an excellent newscaster and has created a excellent talk show. 



















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