What do you do if you’re a Hollywood lifer who is without a full-time job for the first time in decades? That’s the situation UTA Co-Founder Jeremy Zimmer is currently facing, and he is using the opportunity to try something unique: At age 68, he has launched a talk show on Twitch.
Zimmer’s foray into Twitch is called 877unmplyd. That title corresponds to a phone number that viewers can call if they have career questions for Zimmer. Alongside co-host Rachel Braun, Zimmer is dispensing advice for the unemployed, drawing from his own career in the process.
877unmplyd reflects its co-host’s long tenure at UTA. While serving as the agency’s CEO between 2012 and 2025, Zimmer maintained UTA’s Hollywood roots while steering it into new territory. It brought YouTubers into publishing through Keywords Press, was an early adopter of creator podcasts, and embraced the next generation of digital stars through ZCON. All the while, UTA has continued to rep major influencers like Alix Earle and Keith Lee.
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Though its call-in talk show format ties it to legacy formats like drive-time radio, 877unmplyd embraces the current media landscape by setting up shop on Twitch. When Zimmer gives advice to viewers, he cautions them not to devote their entire life to the job-seeking grind.
“I’m having so much fun,” Zimmer told The Ankler. “I had no idea how I was going to spend my time post-UTA, and this has been one of the real highlights.”
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877unmplyd comes from Zimmer, Braun, and Adam Faze, the founder of digital studio Gymnasium (and a speaker at the most recent ZCON). Faze is helping Zimmer connect with younger generations in a space where the former UTA head could easily get hit with the usual chorus of “OK, boomer” taunts. But there’s a precedent for sexagenarians on Twitch: The platform’s CEO, Dan Clancy, is 62 years old himself, and he frequently engages with the streaming community by hosting his own broadcasts.
For now, 877unmplyd is still playing to a relatively small audience, but the show has the potential to grow. Gen Z is all about nostalgia these days, so it’s the right time to bring the call-in talk show to a new audience.
