Jimmy Kimmel Says 'F-- You CBS' for Canceling 'Late Show With Stephen Colbert' as Speculation Stirs

[Coventina]

Jimmy Kimmel gave a salute to “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” — and blasted rival network CBS — on Thursday evening, hours after CBS announced that it is canceling Colbert’s series in May 2026 and retiring the “Late Show” brand.

“Love you Stephen,” Kimmel wrote on his Instagram story, captioning a clip of Colbert’s on-air announcement that his show would be ending. “Fuck you and all your Sheldons CBS.”

Shortly after Colbert revealed that “The Late Show” would be ending during his taping Thursday, CBS confirmed the plans, justifying the cancelation as a “purely financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night” and emphasizing that “it is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.”

The late night format’s decline amid the rise of digital media has become a well-known business trend in recent years. Nonetheless, the timing of Colbert’s cancelation has raised eyebrows among commentators, indicative of a widespread belief that media companies are censoring themselves and capitulating to President Trump.


https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-reacts-cbs-canceling-stephen-colbert-1236464421/

**********************************************************************************************

Well, it's pretty obvious Kimmel thinks it's political. He probably is getting pressure from his bosses to "tone down" the calling out of the rising fascism.
You know, because fascism!

[Cha]

1. TY this, Coventina... ..IF they are Caving to

to the Neo Nazi Dictator.. I hope it Backfires on them.

[live love laugh]

2. ABC will follow suit.

[kkmarie]

4. Krasnov really hates Kimmel

Wonder if canceling Colbert was part of the "donation to the library "
And agree is ABC and Kimmel next?

[Irish_Dem]

5. I am thinking the same thing. Kimmel will be next?

Trump is destroying all critics.

[newdeal2]

9. I think Kimmel will retire and they will end the show

He's been doing the show longer than anyone else so there's been speculation that he would leave. He deserves to retire, but I hope it's after Trump leaves.

I think John Oliver and Jon Stewart and Seth Meyers will also face more difficulty in the coming years.

[Irish_Dem]

10. In fascist countries all critics are silenced.

Even the comedians.

[Auggie]

7. Disney -- it owns ABC

[Skittles]

3. "purely financial decision"

BULL FUCKING SHIT

[Rhiannon12866]

6. And the late night guys are all good friends, during the writers' strike they formed Strike Force Five

To raise money for their out-of-work staff. That was Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon and John Oliver...

[WSHazel]

8. Fascists take everything

Corporate media companies think they are still independent entities, but their destiny is sealed if Republicans stay in power. The "accommodations" for the fascists will keep happening, until the media companies are so neutered and weak that the fascists won't need them at all, and will just take the remaining content that they want, and eliminate the rest. This is how it always happens with fascists, and it will not be any different in America.

[Paladin]

11. That doesn't mean we have to meekly HAND THINGS OVER to them.

I'm with Kimmel: Fuck you, CBS. Same goes for the rest of the wretched, chickenshit media in what remains of this country.

[Xoan]

12. COWARDS GONNA COWER!

[UTUSN]

13. Here's the KRASNOV proof - "absolutely love" it - "I hear KIMMEL is next"

******QUOTE*******

(first : )
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-reacts-cbs-canceling-stephen-colbert-1236464421/

Jimmy Kimmel Says ‘F— You CBS’ for Canceling ‘Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ as Speculation Stirs if the Series Is Ending for ‘Political Reasons’

.... ...TV exec producer Mike Schur (“Parks and Recreation,” “The Good Place,” “A Man on the Inside”) wrote on Bluesky. “If you think for one second that this decision has nothing to do with Trump, don’t worry, he will brag about it within the next 24 hours and disabuse you of that notion. ... ....

(then, today's news: )
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/trump-says-absolutely-love-stephen-135947726.html

Trump Says ‘I Absolutely Love’ That Stephen Colbert Got ‘Fired’ and ‘I Hear Jimmy Kimmel Is Next’

********UNQUOTE*******

[BannonsLiver]

14. We should be suspicious of people who say it's not political.

[Polybius]

15. I personally preferr the days of Leno, Letterman, and Conan

They joked about politics all the time too, but you couldn't tell who's side they were on. I liked having to guess.