Jimmy Kimmel takes 'Nightline' slot next year [View all]

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(This CNN article is from August. However, I just saw a commercial during the Heat/Thunder basketball game on ABC promoting the earlier start time of Jimmy Kimmel Live. I previously did not know that ABC would schedule Kimmel for 11:35 and Nightline for 12:35.)

The late-night TV talk war grows more competitive in January when ABC moves "Jimmy Kimmel Live" to an 11:35 p.m. start, pushing the long-running "Nightline" back an hour.

ABC cited "increased revenue potential for entertainment programming" as a motive for moving Kimmel from the midnight timeslot he's occupied since January 2003.

Although "Nightline" is moved back to 12:35 a.m., the show will get a Friday night primetime hour at 9 p.m. starting March 1 to "ensure that the program has even more opportunities to continue its incredible, award-winning reporting," Sweeney said.