Monday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” kicked off with something especially fun for fans of television history: an appearance by the old “This is an ABC color presentation, in glorious red, white and blue” animated bumper.
The special episode, called “Intermission Accomplished: A Halftime Tribute to Trump,” is a star-studded celebration of the exact halfway point in Donald Trump’s presidency — a milestone reached on Sunday for those of you keeping track — in the style of variety show extravaganzas that used to be common. So to set the mood, it begins with a recreation of the iconic intro ABC used to deploy to let viewers know they were about to see something that wasn’t just another black and white production.