Political satire

Political commentary in a style of humor based on parody

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February 16 2025 The show's twelfth season is scheduled to premiere on HBO.
February 16 2025 The show's twelfth season premiered on HBO and Max.
January 13 2025 Jimmy Kimmel Live! resumed production at El Capitan immediately following the previous suspension.
January 8 2025 Production of Jimmy Kimmel Live! was suspended due to ongoing wildfires in Southern California near the El Capitan filming location.
2024 Supreme was nominated by the Conservative Party of Delaware to appear on the general election ballot.
October 2024 The Tesco branch in Walthamstow where the original lettuce was purchased is memorialized with a mock blue plaque commemorating the lettuce lasting longer than Truss's prime ministership, which was subsequently removed by supermarket managers.
August 13 2024 While promoting her memoirs in Beccles, Suffolk, Truss left the stage after the campaign group Led By Donkeys unfurled a banner featuring a lettuce and the text 'I crashed the economy'. Truss described this stunt as 'not funny'.
June 2024 The US Pirate Party officially voted to endorse Vermin Supreme's candidacy for President.
April 2024 During an interview with BBC journalist Chris Mason, Truss further criticized the lettuce meme, describing it as 'pathetic point-scoring' and a preoccupation of the 'London elite'.
April 26 2024 GB News presenters Tom Harwood and Emily Carver unveiled a lettuce decorated to resemble Humza Yousaf during the Scottish government crisis, dubbed 'Humza Yousleaf'
April 26 2024 Last Week Tonight announces it will make seasons 1-8 available on YouTube in the United States, starting with season 1 the following Sunday.
March 5 2024 Supreme appeared on the ballot for the Legal Marijuana Now Party's presidential nomination in Minnesota, placing fourth among five candidates with 15.08% of the vote.
February 2024 The 'Previously on Jimmy Kimmel Live!' segment was dropped after being aired since September 2023.
February 25 2024 The show announces it will upload full episodes to YouTube for free in countries without exclusive broadcast rights.
February 21 2024 Kimmel hinted that he may not renew his contract for further seasons after 2026 during an interview with the Los Angeles Times.
January 23 2024 Participated in the New Hampshire Democratic Party primary, continuing his long-standing tradition of running as an unconventional political candidate with his signature boot hat and satirical campaign platform.
2023 John Oliver launched an extensive global campaign to win the New Zealand Bird of the Century vote for the pūteketeke, including international billboard advertisements in Tokyo, Mumbai, Paris, London, and Rio de Janeiro, and appearing on Jimmy Fallon's show dressed as the bird.
2023 The basketball-themed broadcasts under the title Jimmy Kimmel Game Night were discontinued due to the NBA moving up its weeknight start times and the impact of a writers' strike.
December 8 2023 Vermin Supreme appeared at the Lesser-Known Candidates Forum hosted by Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.
December 6 2023 Adam McKay and Netflix are sued for copyright infringement by William Collier, who claims the film is based on his 2012 self-published story 'Stanley's Comet'.
December 5 2023 HBO announced another renewal of the show for three additional seasons, extending the show's run through 2026.
December 5 2023 HBO announced a renewal for three additional seasons, extending the show's run through 2026.
October 10 2023 At the Labour Party Conference, Starmer jokes about the lettuce again, saying 'I never thought I'd say this but I'm beginning to see why Liz Truss won. Although I still think we'd be better off with that lettuce.'
September 2023 The introduction format for the show was simplified, showing the logo before Kimmel took the stage.
September 2023 The program began with a 'Previously on Jimmy Kimmel Live!' segment, parodying recap segments of various drama shows.
June 19 2023 Liz Truss broke her silence about the 'lettuce meme' during a visit to Northern Ireland, publicly commenting on the incident in an interview with RTÉ journalist David McCullagh. She called the meme 'puerile' and not funny.
May 2023 The show's tenth season was impacted by the Writers Guild of America strike, with no episodes airing from May through September, reducing the season from 30 to 21 episodes.
March 15 2023 Keir Starmer makes a humorous reference to the lettuce during PMQs, saying 'The lettuces may be out, but the turnips are in'
January 2023 The Lincoln Project used the Liz Truss lettuce meme to mock Kevin McCarthy during the United States House of Representatives Speaker election
January 26 2023 The program celebrated Kimmel becoming the longest-serving late-night talk show host at that time, marking over 20 years of the show.
January 16 2023 During the week of January 16, 2023, Jimmy Kimmel Live! ranked as the No. 1 late-night talk show among adults 18-49, beating NBC's 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' by 21%.
2022 Jimmy Kimmel Live! was nominated for Outstanding Variety Talk Series.
2022 The last known special live edition of Jimmy Kimmel Game Night aired before its discontinuation.
2022 Jimmy Kimmel Live! returned to Citytv in Canada as a tape-delayed broadcast.
2022 Lou Wilson began serving as the show's announcer, replacing Dicky Barrett.
November 14 2022 During I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, presenters Ant & Dec introduced a lettuce named Spud, humorously asking which would last longer between the lettuce and MP Matt Hancock
November 9 2022 During Prime Minister's Questions, a Labour backbench MP shouts 'bring the lettuce back!'
November 5 2022 The Edenbridge Bonfire Society burns an effigy of Truss alongside a laughing lettuce on Guy Fawkes Night, featuring a box with references to her short tenure as Prime Minister
October 2022 The Babylon Bee produced a satirical video sketch featuring Ted Cruz playing himself, where he references writing 'letters' and drops a cipher, further playing into the Zodiac Killer meme.
October 21 2022 Daily Star publishes a 'historic souvenir edition' with the headline 'Lettuce rejoice', celebrating the metaphorical defeat of Truss by a livestreamed lettuce
October 20 2022 Liz Truss announced her resignation as prime minister, before the livestreamed lettuce had wilted, leading the Daily Star to declare the lettuce 'victorious'.
October 20 2022 Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister, sparking the 'Lettuce vs Truss' media phenomenon
October 18 2022 Daily Star runs a headline 'Lettuce Liz on Leaf Support' and enhances the livestream by adding googly eyes, a blonde wig, fake feet, hands, and glasses to the lettuce.
October 14 2022 Jeremy Vine began a livestream comparing a lettuce to Liz Truss's short-lived tenure as Prime Minister on Channel 5
October 14 2022 The Daily Star began a livestream of an iceberg lettuce next to a framed photograph of Liz Truss, mockingly comparing her political tenure to the shelf life of a lettuce.
October 11 2022 The Economist publishes a column comparing Truss's short tenure to the 'shelf-life of a lettuce', dubbing her the 'Iceberg Lady' in contrast to Margaret Thatcher's 'Iron Lady' nickname.
September 26 2022 During the ratings report for the week of September 26, 2022, Jimmy Kimmel Live! ranked as the No. 1 late-night talk show among adults 18-49 while broadcasting from Brooklyn, New York.
September 23 2022 Kwasi Kwarteng publishes the September 2022 United Kingdom mini-budget, which included controversial tax cuts without matching spending cuts.

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