Why Jimmy Kimmel used to 'pray' ABC would cancel his late

Jimmy Kimmel used to “pray” for a time when ABC would cancel his eponymous late-night talk show.

“I didn’t know what I was doing, and I would pray that they canceled the show sometimes,” the comedian confessed to Ted Danson during Wednesday’s episode of the “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” podcast, while reminiscing over the earlier days of his career.

“I didn’t want to quit because I didn’t want to disappoint all the many people who worked for me, but I couldn’t. I was just — I couldn’t do it anymore.”

Kimmel — whose show was briefly suspended last month due to controversial comments he made following the death of Charlie Kirk — went on to share some of the specific challenges he faced when he first began hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in 2003.

“It was just, like, we didn’t have