ABC, has, as predicted here, announced they'll be replacing Bill Maher's Politically Incorrect with a talk show hosted by Jimmy Kimmel. (Apparently, that time slot can only go to a comedian who is known for making degrading remarks about women.)
On tonight's edition of his show, Maher started talking about failings of our current president and remarked, "If I had a longer show — and I hope to, soon…" He said it off-handedly but I suspect it was a calculated way of saying to his audience, "I can't say anything yet but we're in negotiations to do an hour-long show on another channel."
Maher's contract with ABC runs to the end of the year and it will probably be some time before the Kimmel show is ready to debut. If a deal for Bill Maher to move to HBO or Fox or even back to Comedy Central is announced in the next week or two, will ABC keep him on for seven more months? Especially if he no longer cares about pissing off that network? This could get interesting…