Jimmy Kimmel is the Host and Executive Producer of the ABC Television Network's "Jimmy Kimmel Live." Like most talk shows, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" features celebrity guests, comedy bits and live music. Unlike most talk shows, it also features Jimmy's family - including his cousin Sal, Uncle Frank, his parents and Aunt Chippy. His childhood best friend, Cleto Escobedo, serves as bandleader, alongside his dad, Cleto Escobedo, Sr., on saxophone.

Kimmel will also serve as the host of ABC's upcoming game show "Set for Life." The show revolves around players who compete to win a monthly cash stipend that lasts as long as they live. The money can add up to millions of dollars, and the show will feature a last minute twist that alters how much cash players can take home.

Kimmel also returns as host of the "2006 American Music Awards" for the third time. The show will air live as a three hour television special on ABC on Tuesday, November 21st. Kimmel will take the stage to help hand out twenty American Music Awards representing the best of Pop/Rock, Country, South/Rhythm & Blues, Rap/Hip Hop, Latin, Alternative, Adult Contemporary and Contemporary Inspirational Music.

Kimmel co-created and executive-produces the hit MTV series "The Andy Milonakis Show" and the hit Comedy Central show "Crank Yankers." After four successful seasons on Comedy Central, new episodes of "Crank Yankers" return to television this Fall on MTV2. Kimmel co-hosted Comedy Central's "The Man Show," served for four seasons as on-air prognosticator for "Fox NFL Sunday," and co-hosted Comedy Central’s long-running and popular game show, "Win Ben Stein's Money," for which he received two Emmy nominations and one win for Best Game Show Host in 1999. Kimmel hosted the "American Music Awards" on ABC twice and served as roastmaster for Comedy Central's roasts of both Hugh Hefner and Pamela Anderson.

Kimmel's company, "Jackhole Industries," formed with partners Daniel Kellison and Adam Carolla, is (but will not be held) responsible for "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "The Man Show," "Crank Yankers," "The Andy Milonakis Show," "Gerhard Reinke's Wanderlust," "Too Late with Adam Carolla," "The Adam Carolla Project" and the made-for-Comedy Central feature film, "Windy City Heat," which won the 2005 Comedia Award for best film at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. "Windy City Heat" is will be released on DVD on September 26th. Kimmel also serves as a creative consultant to Adam Carolla's syndicated morning radio show.

Born in Brooklyn, NY, and raised in Las Vegas, NV, Kimmel began his career in morning radio. Fired from stations in Phoenix, Seattle, Tampa and Tucson, Kimmel's luck finally changed as Jimmy the Sports Guy on KROQ-FM Los Angeles' "Kevin and Bean Show," where his popular comedy sportscasts never even got him fired once.