Article continues below advertisementJimmy Kimmel once wanted out of his ABC late-night talk show, even hoping the network would pull the plug."I didn't know what I was doing, and I would pray that they canceled the show sometimes," Kimmel, 57, revealed on the October 22 edition of Ted Danson's "Everybody Knows Your Name" podcast. Since 2003, he has hosted Jimmy Kimmel Live!, but the early days were not easy."I didn't want to quit because I didn't want to disappoint all the many people who worked for me, but I couldn't.