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This weekend's live 'Strike Force' event has been canceled after ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel came down with COVID. Kimmel was set to co-host the live podcast recording alongside fellow late night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert.

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00:00 This week's live Strike Force event has been canceled

00:02 after ABC late night host Jimmy Kimmel came down with COVID.

00:06 Kimmel was set to co-host the live podcast recording

00:09 alongside fellow late night hosts,

00:11 Jimmy Fallon and Stephen Colbert.

00:13 Kimmel wrote, "Well, Las Vegas, I got COVID.

00:16 And sadly, we need to cancel

00:17 this weekend's Strike Force 3 show.

00:19 I can never live with myself

00:21 if I got my hometown friends sick.

00:23 Thanks to all who purchased tickets,

00:24 everyone will get full refunds

00:26 and we will try to reschedule if possible."

00:28 The three hosts alongside fellow late night hosts,

00:30 Seth Meyers and John Oliver,

00:32 launched the podcast Strike Force 5 last month via Spotify,

00:36 with all the proceeds going to their TV staffs

00:39 in the wake of the writers and actor strikes.

00:41 But that's not the only Vegas show cancellation due to COVID.

00:45 Steve Martin also took to social media

00:47 to announce that his and Martin Shorts'

00:49 You Won't Believe What They Look Like Today show,

00:51 which was scheduled for this week,

00:53 has also been postponed due to the virus.

00:55 For more on this story, head to thr.com.

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