--- title: Jimmy Kimmel Is on the 2018 TIME 100 List description: Democratic senator Dick Durbin says Jimmy Kimmel’s health care advocacy sparked by his son’s heart conditions makes him one of the most influential people of 2018. canonical: https://time.com/collections/most-influential-people-2018/5217539/jimmy-kimmel/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-04-19T11:14:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-21T07:22:42.779Z og:title: Jimmy Kimmel Is on the 2018 TIME 100 List og:description: Democratic senator Dick Durbin says Jimmy Kimmel’s health care advocacy sparked by his son’s heart conditions makes him one of the most influential people of 2018. og:url: https://time.com/collections/most-influential-people-2018/5217539/jimmy-kimmel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a787e556e2ba0c7/69892d48e76ad269a9631a58/time-100-jimmy-kimmel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jimmy Kimmel Is on the 2018 TIME 100 List og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Kimmel Is on the 2018 TIME 100 List twitter:description: Democratic senator Dick Durbin says Jimmy Kimmel’s health care advocacy sparked by his son’s heart conditions makes him one of the most influential people of 2018. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a787e556e2ba0c7/69892d48e76ad269a9631a58/time-100-jimmy-kimmel.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 19, 2018 # Jimmy Kimmel by Dick Durbin  JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! - "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. EST and features a diverse lineup of guests that include celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians and human interest subjects, along with comedy bits and a house band. The guests for Monday, January 22 included Zach Galifianakis ("Baskets"), Antonia Thomas ("The Good Doctor") and musical guest Tune-Yards. (Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty Images) JIMMY KIMMEL JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! - "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" airs every weeknight at 11:35 p.m. EST and features a diverse lineup of guests that include celebrities, athletes, musical acts, comedians and human interest subjects, along with comedy bits and a house band. The guests for Monday, January 22 included Zach Galifianakis ("Baskets"), Antonia Thomas ("The Good Doctor") and musical guest Tune-Yards. (Randy Holmes/ABC via Getty Images) JIMMY KIMMELRandy Holmes—ABC/Getty Images Jimmy Kimmel is a funny man, and he makes a living telling jokes about people like me. Washington never fails to give him plenty of material. But my favorite Jimmy moment was a serious monologue with only a few laughs. Last year, Jimmy told America the story of his infant son Billy, who was born with a congenital heart condition, and the extraordinary care that saved his life. And then Jimmy looked into the camera and told all of us in Washington to get real about health insurance and make sure every baby Billy had a fighting chance. Night after night he sparred with the politicians who tried to take health insurance from millions of Americans. In the end we stopped them with one vote in the Senate and one great comedian on late-night TV. Thanks, Jimmy. _Durbin is a U.S. Senator from Illinois and the Democratic whip_ See TIME's \[p-link http://time.com/time100 "full list"\] of the 100 Most Influential People of 2018 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/most-influential-people-2018/5217539/jimmy-kimmel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/most-influential-people-2018/5217539/jimmy-kimmel/"},"headline":"Jimmy Kimmel","datePublished":"2018-04-19T11:14:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:22:42.779Z","description":"Democratic senator Dick Durbin says Jimmy Kimmel’s health care advocacy sparked by his son’s heart conditions makes him one of the most influential people of 2018.","url":"https://time.com/collections/most-influential-people-2018/5217539/jimmy-kimmel/","keywords":["TIME 100","2018 Time 100"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a787e556e2ba0c7/69892d48e76ad269a9631a58/time-100-jimmy-kimmel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a787e556e2ba0c7/69892d48e76ad269a9631a58/time-100-jimmy-kimmel.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/most-influential-people-2018/5217539/jimmy-kimmel/","name":"Jimmy Kimmel"}}]}] ```