Stephen Colbert Cheers Jimmy Kimmel Comeback With Dig At His Own Network CBS

Stephen Colbert kicked off “The Late Present” on Monday by declaring that “our lengthy, nationwide late-nightmare is over” after ABC introduced that Jimmy Kimmel’s late evening program will return to the air.

“COME ON!” Colbert shouted as his viewers erupted in applause.

“Woo! Woo! Sure, sir, as nicely it ought to be,” he added.

“It’s great information for my pricey buddy Jimmy and his superb employees,” Colbert mentioned, earlier than joking that it means he can once more brag about his not too long ago gained Emmy for Excellent Discuss Sequence, which he hadn’t executed out of mocking fake respect for Kimmel.

“As soon as extra, I’m the one martyr in late evening,” Colbert cracked, referring to his personal present presently being on borrowed time for what has been interpreted to be political causes.

Colbert then addressed his bosses at CBS: “Wait. Except, CBS, you need to announce something? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Nonetheless no? Proper, due to the cash factor, I forgot.”

Kimmel’s present will return to the air on Tuesday, simply days after it was “indefinitely” suspended (amid authorities strain) following MAGA anger over the host’s feedback after the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

Colbert’s present is ready to finish in Could, a transfer CBS has claimed is “purely a monetary determination towards a difficult backdrop in late evening” and “nothing to do” with “different issues occurring at Paramount,” such because the Trump administration’s approval the corporate was searching for in a now-finalized merger with Skydance Media.

Watch Colbert’s full monologue right here: