. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's jimmy kimmel live, with guest host, lena waithe. from boomerang, and music from c chika. and now, here's lena [cheers and applause] ♪ >> lena: woo, woo! yeah! hello, everybody. [cheers and applause] and welcome to jimmy kimmel live. i am your guest host for the night, lena waithe. what you are watching right now is a girl from the southside of chicago living out her arsenio hall dream. [cheers and applause] when i was growing up, i used to imagine hosting my own talk show. for real. i had the guests picked out and everything it was lead guest bill cosby, with music from r. kelly. that one did not age well. a lot of you probably know me from "ready player one" or "master of none." i created a show on showtime called "the chi." [cheers and applause] and i'm also gonna be on season three of "westworld." [cheers and applause] the producers asked me "hey, can you interact with a bunch of robotic white people?" i was like "dude, i live in o. [ applause ] but look, i'm so excited to be here. my very first gig was working at blockbuster vide

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. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's jimmy kimmel live, with guest host, lena waithe. boomerang, and music from c chika. and now, here's lena [cheers and applause] ♪ >> lena:

and i want to thank lena waithe who did a great job filling in for me last night. heers and applause] you know, we want to make our guest host feel comfortable. so we set up a surprise for lena. what we had was a button. what was the button called? >> the berry button. >> jimmy: the berry button. okay. so in case something berry important came up she would push the berry button, and when she did push the berry came out, a berry named halle came out and did this. >> jimmy: i think i'm good. >> i think you need something else. [cheers and applause] >> jimmy: why don't i have a berry button? the one night i'm out, you have a berry button here? >> i'll put one for next week. >> jimmy: yeah, thank yru administration, everyone's going to get fired. president trump is traveling this weekend. he's making a state visit to japan. i don't like it when he leaves the country. it makes me nervous. it's being at your wedding and watching your drunken uncle hit on your friends. during the trip, he will spend time with prime minister shinzo abe. and he will be the first foreign lead

but we will have a new show with guest host lena waithe. you guys wouldn't be here tomorrow either.nd ella bleu travolta, lala milan, and music from chika. the reason i will not be here is because tomorrow night in primetime i am teaming up with the legend norman lear. we are bringing back "all in the family" and the "the jeffersons" for one night only. woody harrelson and marisa tomei will play archie and edith bunker. jamie foxx and wanda sykes will play george and louise jefferson. every member of our cast is a killer. will ferrell, kerry washington, anthony anderson, ike barinholtz, ellie kemper, jackee harry, stephen tobolowsky, sean hayes, amber stevens west jovan adepo. and a couple of surprises too. the shows will be performed live in front of a studio audience tomorrow night at 8 p.m. here on abc. so gather the family to show them how it used to be done in the olden times. that's right. our first guest is one of the most popular movie and music stars ever. starting friday, he fills some large, pointy shoes in the new live-action version of "aladdin." please say hello to wil

will smith, elizabeth banks, music from jakob dylan, jason sudeikis, ben platt and on wednesday, lena waither me with her guests john and ella bleu travolta, lala milan, and music from chika. because i will be hosting a very special special in primetime that night. on wednesday night the great norman lear and i are bringing back "all in the family" and the "the jeffersons" with an all-star cast. woody harrelson and marisa tomei as archie and edith bunker, jamie foxx and wanda sykes and george and louise jefferson, plus kerry washington, ike barinholtz, anthony anderson, ellie kemper, jovan adepo, stephen tobolowsky, jackee harry, amber stevens west, sean hayes, will ferrell and some surprises, too. and it will all be live. if wo -- we screw up, that's it, we're screwed. that's wednesday night at 8:00 here on abc. long before jon snow traveled north, another jon helped to put appointment television on the map. he is an emmy and golden globe-winning actor whom you can see as an archangel named gabriel in "good omens" starting may 31st on amazon prime. please welcome jon hamm. >>> how's it goin

next week we have new shows with jon hamm, jason sudeikis, lena waithe, naomi scott, ben platt, elizabethks, mavis staples, ben harper, jakob dylan, jade castrinos, john and ella bleu travolta, lala milan, music from chika and will smith. [ cheers and applause ] ryan seacrest was supposed to be here tonight. but he's sick. seacrest is literally out. because he has too [ bleep ] many shows. i told him to slow down and now who suffers? we do! that's right. we, america suffers because of that. so anyway, ryan's got his "american idol" special, finale on. but it's okay. because on wednesday night here on abc, i am moving to primetime for one night only with the legendary norman lear for a special live presentation of two of the great sitcoms in television history, "all in the family" and "the jeffersons." we have a star-studded cast. playing all the roles. and they're raersing rig are re now at sony studios. this is something we put together really quickly, but let's check in with them. anthony anderson, wanda sykes, how's it requesting, guys? >> great. >> we said we were going to pretend lik

tomorrow night - zac efron and lena waithe will join us, and we'll have music from pentatonix, and later, emilia clarke, the creators of "game of thrones," david benioff and d.b. weiss, dennis quaid, music from pink. and on thursday, from the new england patriots, the great and powerful tom brady. [ cheers and applause ] did you know that? >> dicky: yes, i did know. you want to see me all giddy, right? >> jimmy: i know i'm going to see you all giddy. dickey's from boston, he loves tom. with a snap of his giant purple fingers, our first guest gave the heroic avengers much to avenge. now, the story concludes in the number one movie maybe ever, "avengers: end game" is in theaters now. please welcome thanos himself, josh brolin. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: how are you? how are you doing? >> jimmy: congratulations. [ cheers and applause ] the bad guy! >> by the way, this was not always the case. >> jimmy: yeah, right. >> you go in for an audition and it would be like one guy. >> jimmy: that's better than no guys, right? that's pretty good. >> saw you in "21 jump street," great episode