Kimmel returned to air on Sept. 23 after the preemption was lifted, which marked the highest viewership the show had seen in a decade. The episode's 6.2 million viewers represented four times the show's average prior to suspension, the biggest tune-in numbers for a regularly scheduled episode since March 12, 2015.

The house band for “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” has changed its name after the death of their bandleader, Cleto Escobedo. Formerly known as Cleto and the Cletones, they revealed their new name, The Cletones, during the late-night show’s Tuesday episode.

JIMMY Kimmel has just cancelled an entire week of shows, as he battles with the tough feelings of a personal tragedy. The popular TV host, 57, made the announcement on his program last night,

Jimmy Kimmel Live!' returned after bandleader Cleto Escobedo III's death as the show's house band revised their name

Jimmy Kimmel returned to the air Monday night after taking the week off following the sudden death of his friend and bandleader, Cleto Escobedo III.

The late-night host is taking time off after the death of bandleader Cleto Escobedo III, with whom he once spent 33 consecutive nights having sleepovers as a child.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” has honored Escobedo, the program’s house band leader who died Nov. 11 at age 59, by changing the musical group’s name. During the late night show’s title sequence on Monday’s episode, Cleto and the Cletones was officially rebranded as The Cletones.

Every five weeks he flips out and wants me fired,” Kimmel said. “If you got this many threats from a neighbor, you’d have no pro