Jimmy Kimmel Has a Blunt Message for CBS After Colbert Cancellation

Jimmy Kimmel didn’t mince words in reacting to CBS’s surprise announcement that it will cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at the end of the 2025–26 season—and retire the franchise entirely.

Shortly after the news broke Thursday evening, Kimmel posted an Instagram Reel with a simple, two-part message:
“Love you Stephen.”
And: “F*ck you CBS and all your Sheldons.”

The post—simultaneously heartfelt and sharply barbed—was a show of solidarity from one late-night host to another. Though Kimmel and Colbert compete nightly for viewers, the two have long shared a mutual respect and genuine friendship.

Colbert himself addressed the news in a taped message for Thursday night’s Late Show, telling viewers, “Next year will be our last season. The network will be ending The Late Show in May,” and emphasizing, “I’m not being replaced. This is all just going away.”

The cancellation—announced in a joint statement from CBS leadership—was described as a “purely financial decision” unrelated to performance or “other matters happening at Paramount.” CBS called Colbert “irreplaceable” and said the Late Show franchise would be retired entirely after a ten-season run under Colbert, and more than 30 years overall, including David Letterman’s historic tenure.

In that context, Kimmel’s swipe at CBS—and its more conservative, risk-averse programming—landed as both comedic and cutting.

Kimmel, whose own contract with Disney lapses at the end of the 2025–26 season, has yet to clarify whether that will mark the end of Jimmy Kimmel Live.

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  1. DEBORAH SMITH says:

    please please please keep Stephen Colbert on . he cheered me up in my darkest hours and CBS should step up and keep Stephen Colbert on TV. seems to me trump has everyone running scared. welcome to America

    1. Dude McDudeface says:

      The people voted for Trump. There is a new america now, one where freedom is NOT TOLERATED, and people who have opinions that different from the king are traitors.

      1. Ste says:

        you’re just dumb

      2. Fuck you Ste says:

        You are correct.

      3. Brett Fattori says:

        you idiots don’t run the place. morons like you don’t know humor. you think Greg gutfeld is funny.

  2. Nunya Business says:

    I have a feeling Colbert will be around a hell of a lot longer than Fat Ass Trump. Trump looks like a pile of rotting meat, probably smells that way too. I bet he drops dead before Christmas. Sure, hope so.

    1. Dr Cruel says:

      You must be one of Stephen Colbert’s comedy writers.

  3. KJ says:

    Thank Jimmy…my thoughts exactly!

  4. Susan E Stein says:

    I’m so sorry to see you go, Steven. You will be missed by millions of us.

  5. Paul lukasiak says:

    If this was a financial decision, Colbert would have said “we were unable to reach agreement on a new contract.” He didn’t say that. So CBS is lying.

    1. Dr Cruel says:

      What “contract?” This is a $40-50 million annual bleed.

      Late night hosts got lazy and alienated their audience. Networks want to make money, and catering to hysterical angry Lefties is no longer bringing in revenue. Sorry Charlie.

  6. JC says:

    Getting rid of radical leftish scum with TDS. One more to go with that moron liberal scum Kimmel. Start crying you leftist liberal commies.

    1. JC eats Deez says:

      Ah yes, you fascists always only get pleasure at the suffering of others. Stephen Colbert will be remembered long after your Internet tantrums are over, JC. Eat a bag of em.

      1. Rob Fernandez says:

        Wow all of you playing victims. Colbert is not being silenced, his tongue is not being cut off. After his CBS gig, Colbert can still rant against Trump if he wants, the difference, companies are not paying a lot for low ratings anymore. So Colbert can still rant this time on his own dime, or for a much lower salary.

      2. Art Vandellay says:

        How many leftists know what fascism actually means?

    2. NormalHuman says:

      “Start crying” is a hugely accurate signifier of a mediocre mind that simply regurgitates cliches it has read in other comment sections.

    3. VIRGINIA kistler says:

      Amen

    4. Brett Fattori says:

      so sad you’re such a pussy JC. Afraid of real humor because you’re into sucking Trump’s dick so fucking hard

  7. Scott says:

    I really hope that Jimmy’s next….I absolutely despise that guy. Biggest cry baby (adult ?) I have ever seen.

    1. Cindy says:

      Exactly. Finally! Colbert is just an angry, humourless, moron and highly paid leftist shill.

      1. David Preston says:

        Leftist shill?! LOL Colbert is a liberal centrist as best. How brain washed do you have to be to think Colbert is left wing. Embarrassing.

      2. VIRGINIA kistler says:

        So true!

    2. Edward says:

      If you despise him don’t watch him. I despise Fox News, so I don’t watch it. It’s called freedom of speech. You sound like the CRYBABY. I wouldn’t want your right-wing news channels to be canceled because I despise them.

      1. Dr Cruel says:

        That’s the problem. That’s the reason. No one is watching Colbert’s endless shilling for the Democrats anymore. There’s nothing else. It’s just too much.

    3. VIRGINIA kistler says:

      Hopeful

  8. Darryl Eason says:

    good riddance your next Kimmel

    1. Ethan says:

      Oh Darryl I bet you diddle kids

    2. VIRGINIA kistler says:

      Kimmel can’t go soon enough!

  9. JD Vance says:

    Make sure to brush your tongue clean CBS after removing it from Trumps @SShole!

    1. Pat says:

      You are SO RIGHT, JD Vance!

  10. Pocono Chuck says:

    The King of Late Night, Gutfeld!, just signed a new contract. That’s what matters.

    1. Reality Check says:

      …to nobody who matters.
      Congrats on loving the MAGA version of The View.

  11. James Goudy says:

    Mr. Kimmel’s reaction to Stephen Colbert’s firing is spot on! F*** Larry Ellison, F*** Skydance Media, F*** Paramount, and finally F*** CBS for canceling the Late Show with Stephen Colbert! You can cancel the show but you won’t succeed in silencing the Trump regime’s critics. The resistance will continue until we have saved our democracy!

  12. Rebecca M Bussey says:

    thank you Jimmy!

  13. Brenda McQuinn says:

    I feel like Trump is behind this. These shows are really entertaining at a time when we really need it and I am not American. If Jimmy Kimmel gets cancelled then so does CBS for a lot of people.

  14. SL says:

    Colbert, Kimmel, and the rest of the late-nighters bring no value to television so who cares? And all the commenters here suffering from severe TDS would be laughable if it wasn’t to be pitied.

    1. Gaston says:

      Lots of Repub. trolls here.
      I guess DJT ain’t happy with Jimmy and Stephen.
      Is the US constitutions 1st Amendment optional?
      This administration is so friggin corrupt in all its senior appts.
      I’m tearing up my green card! Don’t want to be part of this sh@t show no more!
      Vivre la France!

    2. Kelly says:

      MAGA SUPPORTER ???

  15. Georgene Rasmussen says:

    I don’t believe the show is being cancelled for financial reasons. this has been done because of Trump. Trump didn’t like him. look at what taco did to 60 minutes. of course cbs wouldn’t stand up for themselves. sad what has happened. CBS is really going down hill

  16. Hillary Rodam says:

    FAFO

  17. John Joseph Kivlighan says:

    Jimmy does not recognize good news when it occurs.
    Maybe Disney will present the viewing public some good news regarding Jimmy.

    1. John says:

      Ever hear of ethics, morality, or. trumped up intimidation? CBS is acting like a coward rather than standing up to a Low Life.

  18. John Joseph Kivlighan says:

    Jimmy does not recognize good news when it occurs.
    Maybe Disney will present the viewing public with some good news regarding Jimmy.

  19. John Sellers says:

    Do I detect fear trumped up by a certain skunk in the woodpile?

    The fact that you all know what I mean is a hint as to its validity.

  20. Ken Klepper says:

    CBS should be ashamed of themselves for bowing down to the ORANGE KING. Canceling Colbert because he’s much smarter than the baby in Washington is beyond pathetic and insane. I will do my best to completely boycott CBS and encourage others to do the same.

  21. Robertson says:

    Have you ever heard a toddler say”I don’t like that!” Well DJT is doing that but in the process after having created political chaos is turning American towards communism; no free speech, no free media (his friends are buying up the stations for him), church run schools, and don’t live here if you aren’t white and born here. This is no surprise. The idea that he will kill PBS just destroys my heart for American children who in poverty have nothing else to brighten their day beside Sesame Street. Honestly, grow up DJT. Just because groups and people repeatedly tell you truths you don’t like doesn’t mean you should go out and ruin their lives. Maybe you should stop listening to the crazies around you and try LISTENING to what people are telling you. Aren’t you supposed to represent the American people not crazy, Maga, churches and the uber rich. Oh I forgot they elected you. Sorry, not.Farewell Stephen and thank you for letting us know there is 1 person who can look in the mirror at the end of the day and say he tried to do the right thing.

  22. Kelly Rockers says:

    With all that is going on in this world right now, the unknowns, the stresses, I look forward to winding down and watching Stephen’s monologue each and every night. He brings my husband and I both laughs and joy! I’m truly going to miss Stephen making light of our current world history!

    1. VIRGINIA kistler says:

      Stephen Cobert–absolute yuch! No humor-disgusting!

  23. Bo Gonzalez says:

    Don’t mess with Jimmy Kimmel! Can’t believe CBS! Definitely boycott them! Until they fix their screwup .

  24. Norman Graff says:

    Good riddance. Hopefully, Kimmel, Fallon abd Meyer will be next. I’m so sick of the political jargon that doesn’t belong on shows,like these that I could scream. These far left gentlemen use their shows to spout their BS and call it entertainment. They ain’t gladiators and “No” I’m not entertained. I don’t even watch these late night shows anymore for that very reason. The networks need to take a look at these guys and evaluate if they need to make a change back to real entertainment.

    1. Renotta Stainbrook says:

      Agree – stopped watching years ago (just like The Academy awards) when it became about politics instead of entertainment and my opinion predated Trump enter g polio

    2. VIRGINIA kistler says:

      You are spot on get rid of these no talent and boring people.

  25. Patrick Harris says:

    Great Good Riddance.

  26. D David Sisson says:

    Boycott Paramount and CBS. Cowards and Infidels. Your evening news sucks. Gayle King and Nate will leave. Your future is as bleak as that of most cowards. You are a bad joke.

  27. Wally says:

    it looks like the cancelation of Colbert is nothing but censorship. Just because of the jokes about trump.

  28. Larry says:

    Kimmel finished 2nd at the 2025 smug little prick world championship in Tokyo last month

  29. Thermionic says:

    Let’s just get rid of the Franchise – boycott Paramount & CBS… Kinda like Elon

  30. Coco Pazzo says:

    Hey CBS, dare you to show us the numbers. You know, how much revenue you rake in from ads, the cost of producing the Late Show, oh and maybe how many millions you pay the spineless executives who made this decision.

  31. Eileen Apple says:

    All things have their time. Podcasts, live streams and so many other influences are bringing a slow end to late night show TV . Losing that much money I am almost surprised they’re even going another year. Out with the old in with the new they say. The Letterman and Carson era has slowly tediously been coming to an end.

  32. Dan says:

    Hey both!

    Get together, built up your own show! You don’t need any channels.
    There are sufficient celebrities to fund it!
    Get Arnold and Robert on board!

  33. VIRGINIA kistler says:

    So very glad to see Colbert gone as he was not funny at all. The other late night losers need to be gone as well as they need to go back to school on how to deliver comedy as they have majorly failed.

  34. VIRGINIA kistler says:

    So happy he is gone!

  35. Linda Pedersen says:

    Every night I record Colbert and Kimmel and love watching both. It’s a national disgrace that that the powers that be at CBS would bow to pressure from our “dictator president “ like so many people in the Republican Party. I will truly miss Stephen Colbert and I hope he can return on television. I’m hoping that ABC doesn’t succumb to the same pressure!!!

  36. sherwood strommen says:

    This would be great to get rid of kimmel also. He is also a smart ass and is always cutting people down. Never did like him and never watch him.

  37. Brett Fattori says:

    Trump is such a baby

  38. Brett Fattori says:

    dipshit Trump supporters think this is great because they all have one brain cell to rub together. they share their brain cell with Trump.

    all retards, every last maga. go fuck yourselves