Jimmy Kimmel gave an emotional monologue on his show to finish up a turbulent year, one in which late shows including his own have been targeted by Donald Trump and Kimmel and his colleagues suffered a tragic personal loss.
Meanwhile, the major topic of the night for late night show hosts was the president's primetime address from the White House on Thursday, an 18-minute speech which Kimmel also unpacked.
"The president had limited time — his speech was interrupting the season finale of Survivor — so he went a mile a minute. He was shouting. He was racing through the script. It was 18 straight minutes of him yelling. It was like the whole country got to experience what it was like to be Eric in the eighth grade."
During the speech, Trump repeated false claims which have been debunked, from his statement that "inflation has stopped, wages are up, prices are down," to his claim that he has "settled eight wars in 10 months.”
"There were so many lies," said Kimmel. "11 fact checkers died watching that speech last night. He packed a lot of crap into 18 minutes."
