Jimmy Kimmel Hawks Furniture in Chicago

Next Monday, Jimmy Kimmel Live will have a brand new time slot in the third largest media market in the country. With the most recent Sweeps ratings already pointing to strong Chicago numbers, there’s little doubt the talk show host’s move from midnight to 11 p.m. on WLS Channel 7 will pay huge fall dividends.

Chicago Tribune columnist Phil Rosenthal chatted with Kimmel ahead of the September 12 Windy City switch and, in the process, reconfirmed that the latter’s everyman persona is no act.

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