Jimmy Kimmel will be competing with himself this coming Monday night.
Months after the Jimmy Kimmel Live! host visited Stephen Colbert’s late-night program as part of an historic same-night late-night crossover, he’ll be back in front of CBS viewers when he reappears on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert Monday, January 12—to take “The Colbert Questionert.”
Kimmel has a show of his own to tape Monday night, but it won’t be a problem. His “Colbert Questionert” appearance was recorded during his September visit.
Kimmel visited Colbert’s program while he was in New York City to film the week-long Brooklyn stint of Jimmy Kimmel Live! In return, Colbert guested on Kimmel’s show.
As LateNighter previously reported, an analysis of YouTube viewership found that Kimmel’s appearance on The Late Show was the eighth most-watched interview across all of late-night in 2025. (It was topped by Colbert’s turn on JKL, which ranked sixth.)
Kimmel’s Late Show visit came just days after JKL returned to ABC’s airwaves following his controversial, temporary ouster. In their sit-down, Kimmel offered a minute-by-minute account of finding out he had been suspended, then brought out JKL sidekick Guillermo Rodriguez for a toast to late-night TV.
The new footage coming Monday will likely see Kimmel cover more-expected ground. Colbert’s “Questionert” grilling remains the same for each of his guests, with a variety of heavy-hitting questions from “What’s the best sandwich?” to “What do you think happens when we die?”
The Late Show typically banks its “Colbert Questionert” segments for future use, airing them weeks—or even months—after the original episodes during which they were filmed. (The move gives the show a chance to double-dip the hype generated from buzzy guest bookings, and potentially pad out lower-profile episodes.)
Colbert debuted the recurring survey back in 2021, thanks to Keanu Reeves, and wound up banking too many of these segments for his own good. With The Late Show set to end in May, the show has even begun releasing some unaired segments as web-exclusives dubbed “The Colbert Questionert Extraordinert!”
Monday’s Late Show will also feature an interview with Virginia governor-elect Abigail Spanberger. Meanwhile, Monday’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! guests are set to include Michael B. Jordan and Joel McHale.
Fallon used Horatian rather than Juvenalian satire. Colbert and Kimmel (and the cadre at The Daily Show) prefer the latter.