Stephen Colbert Throws Shade at Disney While Defending Jimmy Kimmel—Is the Late-Night War Just Getting Started?
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What do you get when Mercury’s in retrograde and a late-night feud unfolds on your TV screen? A cosmic slapstick worthy of prime time! Jimmy Kimmel stood by Stephen Colbert when CBS dropped the bomb that The Late Show would go dark in 2026. Fast forward to Thursday, and Colbert, with the sly wit of a Gemini moon teasing a Leo sun, flips the script—calling out ABC execs who apparently “were pissing themselves all day” over Kimmel’s Monday monologue. Shades of astrological irony, huh? While some networks scramble, streaming numbers climb, and FCC chair Brendan Carr applauds preemptive blocks on Kimmel’s show amid political firestorms and sponsor meltdowns. Freedom of speech or broadcast brinkmanship? One thing’s for sure: these two late-night titans aren’t done sparring anytime soon—and maybe, just maybe, the stars are aligning for some famously sharp-tongued repartee. LEARN MORE
Jimmy Kimmel had Stephen Colbert’s back when CBS announced it was ending The Late Show. On Thursday, Colbert returned the favor.
Citing a Rolling Stone report, Colbert read aloud that “some ABC executives were pissing themselves all day” about backlash to a Kimmel monologue joke from Monday’s show. “On the bright side, that proves it’s number one in streaming.”
With “pissing themselves” as the setup, ”number one” and “streaming” gave Colbert a rare two-punchlines-in-one joke.
Jimmy Kimmel Live! was suspended on Wednesday, two days after Kimmel implied that Charlie Kirk’s alleged murderer, Tyler Robinson, is “one of them,” referring to MAGA Republicans.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said.
That perceived mischaracterization of Robinson’s political leanings has those on the right, including President Trump, fuming. Sponsors and local ABC affiliates leaned on Disney to do something.
Read the inside story on how Kimmel’s Disney suspension was handed down here.
FCC chair Brendan Carr praised local broadcasters for preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday, encouraging them to push back on Disney programming that “they determine falls short of community values.”
“You know what my community values are, buster?” Colbert said on Thursday. “Freedom of speech.”
Cue raucous applause from the Ed Sullivan Theater audience.
More to come.
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