{"id":18841,"date":"2025-07-18T11:53:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/18841\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T11:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T11:53:07","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-sends-love-to-stephen-colbert-after-the-late-show-axing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/18841\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Sends Love To Stephen Colbert After ‘The Late Show’ Axing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tABC\u2019s Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> interrupted his summer vacation to show support for fellow late-night host Stephen Colbert<\/a> following the announcement that CBS<\/a> will be ending The Late Show with Stephen Colbert<\/a> <\/a>\u2014 and the Late Show franchise altogether \u2014 at the end of the upcoming 2025-26 season. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cLove you Stephen. F*ck you and all your Sheldons CBS,\u201d Kimmel wrote in a story<\/a> on his personal Instagram account as he reposted the video of Colbert revealing CBS\u2019 decision to end The Late Show at the start of tonight\u2019s telecast.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt is unclear what exactly Kimmel is referring to; it may be a reference to CBS\u2019 The Bing Bang Theory franchise, whose character Sheldon got his own spinoff, Young Sheldon, which, in turn, led to another spinoff, Georgie & Mandy\u2019s First Marriage. <\/p>\n

\n\tIn a companion announcement by CBS, the network said that the cancellation of The Late Show was \u201cpurely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night\u201d and \u201cis not related in any way to the show\u2019s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount,\u201d a likely reference to the pending acquisition of CBS parent Paramount Global by Skydance.<\/p>\n

\n\tEarlier this week, Colbert, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, called Paramount Global\u2019s $16M settlement of Trump\u2019s 60 Minutes lawsuit a \u201cbig fat bribe.\u201d Settling the suit had been considered a move by Paramount to help secure FCC approval for the Skydance merger. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe news of the pending cancellation comes two days after The Late Show With Stephen Colbert landed another Emmy nomination for Outstanding Talk Series.<\/p>\n

\n\tUnlike their predecessors, the current late-night hosts, including Kimmel and Colbert, have showed great camaraderie and banded together during the writers strike for a podcast to support their striking staffs.<\/p>\n

\n\tThey have appeared on each other shows and had done events together, including Colbert and Kimmel\u2019s bit at the 2019 Emmy Awards, pictured above.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Late Show is the first marquee 11:30 PM broadcast late-night show to end, leaving the future of the other two, ABC\u2019s Jimmy Kimmel Live! and NBC\u2019s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, uncertain. <\/p>\n