“First Take” host Stephen A. Smith remains to be planning to exchange late night time star Jimmy Kimmel for good someday throughout the subsequent two years when their respective contracts with the Walt Disney Co. firms expire, in line with Michael McCarthy of Entrance Workplace Sports activities (FOS).
Smith, 56, made an look on the BSM Summit on Wednesday and was requested about Kimmel’s remark final month saying he may retire after his present contract with ABC expires in 2026.
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Fifteen months in the past, Smith instructed Sean Hannity about his plans to exchange Kimmel, and he’s seemingly nonetheless holding out hope.
“I might be very thinking about succeeding him,” Smith instructed FOS.
Stephen A. Smith’s ESPN contract expires in July 2025
Smith, whose ESPN contract expires in July 2025, mentioned he would solely do it provided that his bosses at Disney, corresponding to chairman Bob Iger, requested him to exchange Kimmel.
The sports activities analyst as soon as stuffed in for Kimmel in 2021 and earned constructive opinions, drawing 1.7 million viewers, trailing solely “The Late Present with Stephen Colbert.”
Smith wouldn’t be the primary sports activities determine to aim internet hosting a late night time present, however he may turn into one of many solely profitable ones to cross over.
