Jimmy Kimmel Brings Brooklyn Week Back With Mamdani, Springsteen, McCartney
Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will all take a seat on Jimmy Kimmel's couch in Brooklyn next week. ABC has set the eighth Brooklyn Week for Jimmy Kimmel Live!, its week of special episodes from the East Coast. Details of the line-up were reported by Deadline.
The run will kick off next Monday and play September 28 through October 2, 2026, as previously announced. All five shows will tape in front of a live studio audience at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Howard Gilman Opera House. They will air every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. ET on ABC and stream the next day on Hulu, according to Deadline. Dates were first shared in a Variety report.
Mamdani and Springsteen lead a guest list built for New York. Fellow late-night hosts Seth Meyers and John Oliver will appear during the week, along with long-time radio host Howard Stern. Springsteen will pull double duty, sitting for an interview and returning to the stage to perform.
The rest of the interview line-up spans comedy, film, music and politics. It includes Mahershala Ali, Billy Crystal, Pete Davidson and Robby Hoffman. Paul McCartney, guitarist Tom Morello and Bernie Sanders are also booked to appear.
Music will run across all five nights. De La Soul, Goose and TV On the Radio are set as musical guests. Springsteen is also due to perform with Morello, giving the week a rock centrepiece alongside its talk slots.
For fans, this means five straight nights with a different energy from a normal studio show. A nightly talk show feeds off its room, and a packed theatre at BAM brings louder laughs, bigger entrances and plenty of local flavour. The Monday-to-Friday strip — meaning a new episode each weeknight in the same slot — keeps viewing simple.
It is the eighth time Kimmel has brought the programme to Brooklyn. That repeat visit makes the Opera House something of a second home, with every show taped before a live crowd. Watch at 11:35 p.m. on ABC, or catch up on Hulu the next day. Expect a busy week in Brooklyn.
