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'Jimmy Kimmel Live' will go dark next Thursday, airing a rerun against the final episode of 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.'
for 11 years, taking over the show from David Letterman in 2015. While the show has long been one of the most-watched programs in late-night, and earned numerous accolades, including an Emmy and a Peabody Award, CBS At the time, the network said it was a “purely financial decision,” adding, “It is not related in any way to the show’s performance, content or other matters happening at Paramount.
” Those “other matters” likely referred to the then-ongoing efforts at Paramount to complete a merger with David Ellison’s Skydance. Considering Colbert was a frequent critic of President Donald Trump,, Kimmel and Colbert have long been more friends than rivals. But the two seemed even more bonded after Colbert’s cancellation and Kimmel’s scrap with the Trump admin over a joke about the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk.
Last fall, in the aftermath of both events, the two appeared on each other’s shows, using the opportunities toDua Lipa Sues Samsung for $15 Million Over Unauthorized Use of Image on TV BoxesMartin Short Opens Up About Daughter’s Death in New Interview: ‘It’s Been a Nightmare’ At one point, Colbert asked Kimmel if his younger self could have imagined the President of the United States “celebrating” his brief unemployment.
“No, I never imagined that we’d ever have a president like this, and I hope we don’t ever have another president like this again,” Kimmel replied. “I never even imagined there would ever be a situation in which the president of our country was celebrating hundreds of Americans losing their jobs. But somebody who took pleasure in that — that to me is the absolute opposite of what a leader of this country is supposed to be.
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