CASTING NEWS: ANDOR SUBS IN FOR KIMMEL, CONNIE BRITTON JOINS STEVE CARELL COMEDY AND MORE
Jimmy Kimmel is about to embark on his annual summer vacation - and ABC has enlisted a rebel spy to fill in as host.
Diego Luna will preside over Jimmy Kimmel Live! the week of Monday, June 23. According to Deadline, the Andor star's guests will include Adria Arjona, Ariela Barer, David Corenswet, Nicholas Hoult, Dolores Huerta, Heidi Klum, Patton Oswalt, Emma Stone and Alan Tudyk, as well as musical guests Good Charlotte, Hermanos Gutiérrez and NEZZA.
Additional guest hosts confirmed to sub in this summer include Anthony Anderson, Nicole Byer, Alan Cumming, Chris Distefano, Fortune Feimster, Jelly Roll and Kumail Nanjiani.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! airs weeknights at 11:35/10:35c.
In other recent casting news…
* Connie Britton (Friday Night Lights, Nashville) is set to recur in HBO's untitled Steve Carell comedy, Deadline reports. The gig reunites Britton with series co-creator Bill Lawrence, who previously co-created ABC's Spin City (on which Britton co-starred as Winston administration accountant Nikki Faber in Seasons 1-4).
* Celebrity panelists for the new season of ABC's Match Game (premiering Wednesday, July 23, and now hosted by Martin Short) include Adam Pally, Amy Sedaris, Ana Gasteyer, Andrea Martin, Anthony Anderson, BD Wong, Beanie Feldstein, Cara Delevingne, Caroline Rhea, Constance Zimmer, Ego Nwodim, Jackie Tohn, Jim Belushi, Joel Kim Booster, Joel McHale, Kal Penn, Kevin Nealon, Lamorne Morris, Pete Holmes, Randall Park, Selena Gomez, Thomas Lennon, Tituss Burgess,Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, Von Miller and Ziwe Fumudoh.
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2025-06-20T00:52:17Z
