“CBS, all of a sudden out of the blue, claimed \u2018The Late Show\u2019 was losing $40 million a year and then miraculously got FCC approval to sell their company, which is what they wanted,” he said during his monologue.<\/p>\n
In its July 18 statement announcing Colbert\u2019s show would end<\/a>, CBS said the decision was “purely” financial and “not related in any way to the show\u2019s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount,” the network’s parent company.<\/p>\n Paramount’s settlement with Trump over his CBS News “60 Minutes” lawsuit was also criticized by Colbert and others as a way to appease the administration ahead of the $8 billion Skydance merger<\/a>. The merger was approved on July 24 and completed on Aug. 7.<\/p>\n NEW PARAMOUNT CHIEF BACKS COLBERT CANCELLATION, SAYS LATE-NIGHT LANDSCAPE HAS ‘HUGE PROBLEM’<\/a><\/p>\n Jimmy Kimmel said that CBS canceled Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” to appease the Trump administration and secure FCC approval for Paramount’s merger with Skydance Media. (Screenshot\/ABC)<\/p>\n There has been rampant speculation about the future of other Paramount-owned late-night programs, including “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, which has a progressive bent like Colbert’s show.<\/p>\n Following CBS’s announcement that it would end “The Late Show,” Trump fired off a celebratory Truth Social post praising the show’s cancellation and warning that other late-night hosts may be next on the chopping block, including Kimmel.<\/p>\n “The word is, and it\u2019s a strong word at that, Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go in the untalented Late Night Sweepstakes and, shortly thereafter, Fallon will be gone,” Trump posted. “These are people with absolutely NO TALENT, who were paid Millions of Dollars for, in all cases, destroying what used to be GREAT Television. It\u2019s really good to see them go, and I hope I played a major part in it!”<\/p>\n TRUMP MAY HAVE ‘JUST HANDED AN EMMY’ TO STEPHEN COLBERT, INDUSTRY REPORTER SAYS<\/a><\/p>\n Kimmel, who returned to television on Tuesday after a brief summer break, responded to Trump\u2019s July Truth Social post by saying he is “next to go.”<\/p>\n FOX NEWS’ GUTFELD DELIVERS MASSIVE RATINGS BOOST TO FALLON’S \u2018TONIGHT SHOW\u2019 WITH CROSS-NETWORK APPEARANCE<\/a><\/p>\n “Oh, you delicate, chubby little teacup, did we hurt your feelings? You want us to be canceled because we make jokes about you. I thought you were against cancel culture. I thought that was like their whole thing,” he said. “When did you become so woke?”\u00a0<\/p>\n Kimmel, dubbing Trump “Frosty the Snowflake,” assured viewers that he had no plans to leave late night<\/a>. He also revealed Colbert would be an upcoming guest on his show when he takes it on the road to New York.<\/p>\n CBS declined comment to Fox News Digital<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"Jimmy](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/jimmy-kimmel-trump-colbert.jpg\")
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