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By Andrew Sanford | News | September 3, 2025
It feels like forever since Stephen Colbert was given his ten-month notice over at CBS. Despite happening less than two months ago, it feels like his time should already be up, and we should be able to watch him on a new network. So much has happened since he was unceremoniously fired that it feels like a drop in the bucket, despite being something that still genuinely angers me, as it angered Jimmy Kimmel.
Kimmel has been no stranger to criticizing the man who got Colbert fired (or maybe he didn’t, or maybe go f*** yourself). He also has no love for Colbert’s soon-to-be-former home, and when the news broke, he was quick to call it for what it is: horseshit. Kimmel and Colbert are friends, yes, but it also felt like a forceful stance from someone who wouldn’t be similarly bullied. Now, he’s taking that to the next level.
Colbert will appear as a guest on Kimmel’s show when it visits Brooklyn at the end of the month. Kimmel announced the news on his return to his show after a summer hiatus. He also spent most of his monologue dragging the President and making light of his attacks on any late-night host who doesn’t excitedly kiss his ass. I have the announcement cued up below.
As Kimmel makes clear, there will be no holding back when Stephen Colbert appears on his show. Yes, they will be under the constraints of network television, but the long-running host is attacking the President with the vigor of someone who is not afraid to lose his job. To be fair, his contract at ABC is up in 2026, and he has already teased retiring, so maybe he’s just got his eye on the door.
That makes Kimmel’s show a perfect place for Colbert to let loose. He’s on borrowed time anyway; why not go on another network and burn as much to the ground as you can? Presumably, CBS will have little recourse should Colbert keep teasing the President on his own show, but there will be something extra special about being on a neighboring network that often allows its host to go hard at the man in charge (phrasing).
This kind of fearless energy is what we need right now. Yes, it can be more helpful coming out of politicians, but having someone who clearly gets under the President’s skin continue to do so is good for everybody. If that person wants to bring out someone else who has gotten under said snowflake’s ever-thinning skin, all the better. If late-night is on its way out anyway, let it go down in style.
