Jimmy Kimmel Sends Love To Stephen Colbert, Blasts CBS Over ‘The Late Show' Axing
'Love you Stephen. F*ck you and all your Sheldons CBS,' Kimmel wrote in a story on his personal Instagram account while reposting the video of Colbert revealing that CBS was ending The Late Show at the start of tonight's telecast.
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It is unclear what exactly Kimmel is referring to; it may be a reference to CBS' The Bing Bang Theory franchise, whose character Sheldon got his own spinoff, Young Sheldon, which, in turn, led to a spinoff, Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage.
In a companion announcement by CBS, the network said the cancellation of The Late Show was 'purely a financial decision against a challenging backdrop in late night' and 'is not related in any way to the show's performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount,' a likely reference to the pending acquisition of CBS parent Paramount Global by Skydance.
Earlier this week, Colbert, an outspoken critic of President Donald Trump, called Paramount Global's $16M settlement of Trump's 60 Minutes lawsuit a 'big fat bribe.' Settling the suit had been considered a move by Paramount to help secure FCC approval for the Skydance merger.
Unlike their predecessors, the current late-night hosts, including Kimmel and Colbert, had showed great camaraderie and banded together during the writers strike for a podcast to support their striking staffs.
They have appeared on each other shows and had showed up together at events, including Colbert and Kimmel's bit at the 2019 Emmy Awards, pictured above.
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