6:54 AM PDT 5/6/2014 by THR Staff
ABC has given Jimmy Kimmel a two-year contract extension, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
The new deal keeps the late-night host on the network through January 2017.
ABC's move to maintain stability in its late-night programming comes amid shake-ups at rivals NBC and CBS. NBC recently completed high-profile hosting changes at The Tonight Show and Late Night, moving Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers into the hosting chairs.
At CBS, longtime Late Show host David Letterman recently announced his plans to retire in 2015, with the network quickly naming Stephen Colbert as his successor. Not long after the Colbert announcement, Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson announced his plans to leave CBS.
Elsewhere in late night, E! host Chelsea Handler has said she'll leave the network, and Comedy Central is looking for a replacement for Colbert's Colbert Report when that show ends at the end of this year.
