United Kingdom, Oct. 23 -- Jimmy Kimmel thinks Jon Stewart should have got his job on ABC.

The Jimmy Kimmel Live! host - whose show launched in January 2003 - has revealed the network almost hired the current Daily Show star before changing their minds, but he thinks bosses made a "mistake".

He told the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast: "That was a mistake by the way. They definitely should've hire Jon.

"If I'm in that position, there's no question I hire Jon 100 times out of a 100."

Jimmy explained how bosses were "about to hire Jon Stewart" because the sudden change.

He recalled: "They wanted a traditional late night talk show in that slot, which nobody knew.

"They were almost about to hire Jon Stewart, and Jon and I have t...