--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Spoofs the Overabundance of Election Coverage description: "I sometimes try to remember what these 24-hour news channels talked about when there wasn't an election going on" canonical: https://time.com/4260890/jimmy-kimmel-election-cable-news/ author: Nolan Feeney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-03-16T13:51:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:30:57.602Z og:title: Watch Jimmy Kimmel Spoof the Overabundance of Election Coverage og:description: "They're covering every iota of it" og:url: https://time.com/4260890/jimmy-kimmel-election-cable-news/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Jimmy Kimmel Spoof the Overabundance of Election Coverage twitter:description: "They're covering every iota of it" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Jimmy Kimmel Spoof the Overabundance of Election Coverage > Sponsored content. 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There are flashy graphics, useless statistics and talking heads that talk all over each other—it’s all probably a little too familiar for anyone who’s been keeping with the presidential race. 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