ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel interrupted his summer time trip to point out help for fellow late-night host Stephen Colbert following the announcement that CBS might be ending The Late Present with Stephen Colbert — and the Late Present franchise altogether — on the finish of the upcoming 2025-26 season.
“Love you Stephen. F*ck you and all of your Sheldons CBS,” Kimmel wrote in a narrative on his private Instagram account whereas reposting the video of Colbert revealing that CBS was ending The Late Present at first of tonight’s telecast.
It’s unclear what precisely Kimmel is referring to; it could be a reference to CBS’ The Bing Bang Idea franchise, whose character Sheldon obtained his personal spinoff, Younger Sheldon, which, in flip, led to a by-product, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage.
In a companion announcement by CBS, the community mentioned the cancellation of The Late Present was “purely a monetary determination in opposition to a difficult backdrop in late night time” and “will not be associated in any option to the present’s efficiency, content material or different issues occurring at Paramount,” a probable reference to the pending acquisition of CBS father or mother Paramount International by Skydance.
Earlier this week, Colbert, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, referred to as Paramount International’s $16M settlement of Trump’s 60 Minutes lawsuit a “large fats bribe.” Settling the swimsuit had been thought of a transfer by Paramount to assist safe FCC approval for the Skydance merger.
Not like their predecessors, the present late-night hosts, together with Kimmel and Colbert, had confirmed nice camaraderie and banded collectively throughout the writers strike for a podcast to help their hanging staffs.
They’ve appeared on one another reveals and had confirmed up collectively at occasions, together with Colbert and Kimmel’s bit on the 2019 Emmy Awards, pictured above.
