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In a motion to his longtime friend, Jimmy Kimmel will aerial a repetition section connected Thursday, May 21, during Stephen Colbert‘s last section arsenic big of his CBS late-night show.
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! will aerial caller episodes Monday done Wednesday of that week, but will spell acheronian connected Thursday “out of deference to Colbert’s sendoff,” per LateNighter.
It’s not a first for Kimmel. He besides aired a rerun connected nan nighttime of David Letterman’s last Late Show connected May 20, 2015, retired of respect for a comedian he idolized. “I person excessively overmuch respect for Dave to do thing that would distract viewers from watching his last show,” Kimmel said astatine nan time. Kimmel took complete The Late Show from Letterman and is now wrapping up his eleventh twelvemonth arsenic host.
During Colbert’s tally nan show has earned galore honors, including respective Emmys, including Outstanding Talk Series, and a Peabody award.
In a shocking move, CBS announced successful July 2025, that it was ending The Late Show franchise successful 2026. At nan clip CBS said it was “purely a financial determination against a challenging backdrop successful precocious night” and “is not related successful immoderate measurement to nan show’s performance, contented aliases different matters happening astatine Paramount.” The “other matters” apt were CBS’ genitor institution Paramount’s efforts to complete a merger pinch David Ellison-owned Skydance.
The cancellation besides coincides with Colbert’s statement coming up astatine nan extremity of 2026, and it came days aft Colbert called Paramount Global’s $16M colony of Donald Trump’s lawsuit a “big fat bribe.”
