Overview

• Jimmy Kimmel announced on the May 20 episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live! that his daughter Katie, 33, gave birth to a healthy baby girl named Patti Joan on May 19.
• This marks the first time Kimmel has become a grandfather and makes him the first sitting late-night host to do so since Johnny Carson.
• Kimmel canceled his May 19 show to be present for the birth, an extremely rare decision in his 22-year tenure as host, with only one prior cancellation for a medical emergency.
• The baby’s middle name, Joan, honors Kimmel’s mother, and he shared humorous reflections on his new family role during his show’s monologue.
• Kimmel’s daughter Katie and her husband Will Logsdon welcomed their first child together, adding to Kimmel’s family of four children from two marriages.