Jimmy Kimmel won Best Talk Show at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards and thanked President Donald Trump in his speech for "the many ridiculous things" he does.

Jimmy Kimmel detailed the biggest lesson he learned in 2025 during an exclusive interview with E! News at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards.

Jimmy Kimmel Live!' won best talk show over Stephen Colbert's 'Late Show,' 'Late Night With Seth Meyers' and 'The Daily Show,' with Kimmel joking the other shows, save Sean Evans' 'Hot Ones,' "did not care enough to be here with you tonight.

Jimmy Kimmel won Best Talk Show at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards and reflected on the difficult few months he's had on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' in the winner's room afterwards

"Five years ago, we saw proof live in front of our eyes that the American president is as un-American as they come," the late-night host said

The late-night host explained that he took the test "in the interest of fairness" and to "get a sense of what he [Trump] keeps babbling about."

Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night on Monday after his winter break, and he used his first monologue of 2026 to tease Donald Trump about the low ratings from the Kennedy Center Honors broadcast. "You know he hosted an awards show over the break,

On Sunday night, Jimmy Kimmel Live! was awarded the trophy for Best Talk Show at the Critics Choice Awards. In his acceptance speech, Kimmel joked that he owed the win to his nemesis “Donald Jennifer Trump.” “A FIFA Peace Prize would have been better, but this is nice, too,” Kimmel said.