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"Be on the lookout for more of\u00A0Jimmy Kimmel's\u00A0upside-down twerking girl hoaxes and questionable exposure of \"liars\"\u00A0on \"Lie Witness News\" \u2014 ABC has extended\u00A0the\u00A0Jimmy Kimmel Live\u00A0host's contract through January 2017, a spokesperson confirmed to\u00A0Mashable.\nThe two-year extension revealed Tuesday guarantees Kimmel will go head-to-head with the\u00A0Tonight Show's\u00A0Jimmy Fallon, who\u00A0took over\u00A0for Jay Leno on NBC in February, and the recently tapped\u00A0Stephen Colbert, who will\u00A0replace\u00A0David Letterman on\u00A0Late Show\u00A0on CBS in 2015.\nSee also: An Open Letter to Jimmy Kimmel\n\nKimmel, 46, debuted his late-night show in 2003, and was the new guy when Letterman and Leno were still locked in a mano-a-mano fight for late-night supremacy. Kimmel persisted long enough to build his own audience and dominate late-night social media, which led to four years of steady ratings growth and helped flip his show into the coveted 11:35 p.m. slot.\nBut Kimmel is soon to be the veteran on the late-night circuit, as his formula has been followed by an all-new set of rivals \u2014 including Fallon, who's been regularly winning the ratings race. When Colbert takes Letterman's CBS seat sometime next year, we're in for what's likely to be a long, three-way network late-night battle.\nBONUS: 12 Comedian Quotes to Help You Laugh Through Relationship Hiccups\n\n\nComedians on Love\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1. Will Ferrell\n\n\nImage: Mark Mainz/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2. Amy Poehler\n\n\nImage: Larry Busacca/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3. Louis C.K.\n\n\nImage: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4. Chelsea Peretti\n\n\nImage: Michael Kovac/Getty Images for AmeriCares\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5. Rob Delaney\n\n\nImage: Imeh Akpanudosen/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6. Mindy Kaling\n\n\nImage: Chelsea Lauren/Getty Images for Hilarity for Charity\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7. Lucille Ball\n\n\nImage: Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8. Jerry Seinfeld\n\n\nImage: Evan Agostini/Getty Images For Mohegan Sun\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9. Chris Rock\n\n\nImage: Jemal Countess/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10. Tina Fey\n\n\nImage: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11. George Burns\n\n\nImage: Harold Clements/Express/Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12. Rob Delaney\n\n\nImage: Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty Images\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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