Jimmy Kimmel Reveals the Brutal Reason Nobody Can Boycott CBS for Axing Colbert During All-Star Late-Night Send Off
Kimmel mocked Paramount+ and said many viewers were canceling services, as fellow late-night hosts joked about network pressure and mergers.
- On Monday, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel joined fellow hosts on CBS' The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, where they joked about Paramount, the network's parent company, while discussing television's future.
- CBS announced the cancellation of The Late Show last year, prompting a rare reunion of the Strike Force Five podcast crew—Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, John Oliver, and Jimmy Fallon—for the series' final stretch.
- Kimmel questioned why fans don't cancel Paramount as they did Disney when ABC suspended him, claiming that viewership figures from television and YouTube "add up."
- Following the reunion, the group announced a special "emergency" episode of their Strike Force Five podcast, available Wednesday, to honor The Late Show's series finale on May 21.
- Hosts also discussed President Donald Trump's ongoing fixation with late-night television and reported pressure from First Lady Melania Trump regarding jokes about their family, agreeing the job remains culturally significant.
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Stephen Colbert Hosts His Own ‘Late Show’ Funeral with Kimmel, Fallon, Meyers, and John Oliver
Fired late-night TV host Stephen Colbert held his own 'Late Show' funeral on Monday night and invited all four late-night hosts to his show. The post Video: Stephen Colbert Hosts His Own ‘Late Show’ Funeral with Kimmel, Fallon, Meyers, and John Oliver appeared first on Breitbart.
Stephen Colbert's Strike Force Five Make Case For Late Night TV
Stephen Colbert and his guests Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and John Oliver made a “case for late night” on Colbert’s Late Show in a get-together to honor the departing CBS talk series before its final sign-off on May 21. (“Jon Stewart,” Colbert quipped, “is the designated survivor tonight – someone has to survive for the president to be mad at.”) “Wouldn’t it be great if Jon had to do all of our eulogies,” Colbert joked, with Kimme…
Colbert Welcomes 4 of His 'Best Television Friends'
Late night's most famous quintet just reunited on one stage, and they're not done teaming up. On Monday, Stephen Colbert welcomed "four of my best television friends"—Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and John Oliver—to CBS' The Late Show , reviving the "Strike Force Five" team that emerged during...
Jimmy Kimmel erupts over questions about late-night TV's relevance in star-studded 'Late Show' episode
Jimmy Kimmel unloaded on questions about late-night TV's existence on Monday alongside fellow late-night comedians Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers, John Oliver and Stephen Colbert.
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