Jay Leno and Jimmel Kimmel have come up with a way to skirt the problem of booking guests during the television writers’ strike, at least for one night: They will appear on each other’s late-night talkshows.

Leno announced Sunday that the swap will occur on Thursday, with Kimmel appearing on “The Tonight Show,” which is taped in Burbank, Calif., and Leno guesting on “Jimmel Kimmel Live,” which is taped in Hollywood.

Both shows are taped and aired on the same day.

“There are only a few people in the world that know how tough this job is,” Leno said. “Jimmy is one of them. It will be fun to discuss who’s a good guest, who’s a difficult guest and everything else that comes with sitting behind these desks.”

“If Jay and I can come together and guest on each other’s shows, then surely there is hope for peace in the Middle East,” Kimmel joked.

The late-night talkshows returned with new episodes on Wednesday, but only David Letterman and Craig Fergusons’ shows were back with their writers after a separate deal was struck between independent company Worldwide Pants and the Writers Guild of America.

The Screen Actors Guild has encouraged its members to appear on those two shows, and says appearances on other talk shows will be considered as crossing the picket line.

Meanwhile, Monday will mark the return of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” and “The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert,” but without their writers.

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Talk-show host JIMMY KIMMEL suffered a medical scare on Wednesday when he was rushed to hospital for an emergency appendectomy.

The host of Jimmy Kimmel Live is “resting comfortably” after the operation to remove his appendix, according to his publicist Lewis Kay.

He adds, “(He) is looking forward to getting back to work. The rest of this week’s tapings have been cancelled until he is back on his feet.”

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US chat show host JIMMY KIMMEL has spoken out about his decision to carry unruly guest ANDY DICK off his show on Friday night, confessing the wacky funnyman always makes him “uncomfortable.”

Kimmel called security and helped them physically remove Dick from his chat show sofa after the comic started making unwanted advances toward fellow guest IVANKA TRUMP.

The host says, “Andy did a segment, he was a little out of it. (When) she (Ivanka) came out, he wanted a big, wet kiss. It was time for Andy to go, so I escorted him out by his feet.”

But Kimmel has spoken to Dick since the JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE incident, and he insists the comic is far from upset about his rude exit.

Kimmel adds, “He’s Andy. He’s not upset. He’s not apologetic. He’s just nutty.

“He always makes me a little uncomfortable, you have no idea what he’s going to do next.”

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Obie Trice was on Jimmy Kimmel Thursday night to promote his album. Kimmel asked Trice, out of all the countries he had visited, which was his favourite.
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“London,” said the rapper.
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Kimmel didn’t know that to say.
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“I mean Europe,” Trice said, breaking the silence.

“You’re getting closer,” Kimmel said, before throwing to break.
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You thought allegedly videotaping sexual activities with a minor was the stupidest thing a hip-hop artist ever did? Well, it is, but this is still stupid.

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