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In showing his support to Stephen Colbert. Jimmy Kimmel Slamming that insin that The late show is “lost $ 40 million a year” before it is canceled.
Kimmel, 57, called those reports “beyond nonsensical,” saying Diversity On Monday, August 18, “These alleged insights are reportedly analyzing the show’s budgets – I don’t know who they are, but I know they don’t know what they are talking about.
Host Jimmy Kimmel alive! call the allegations for What led to The late showa controversial ending nowhere “almost right.”
“Even that – that’s all you need to know. Suddenly he misses $ 40 million a year?” Kimmel continued. “I will tell you, the first 10 years I did the show, they claimed we were not making any money – and we had five times as many viewers on ABC as we do now. Who knows what’s true? All I know is that they still pay us – and that’s the kind of everything you need to know.”
Colbert, 61, surprised CBS viewers when he confirmed in July that The late show has been canceled.
“Before we start the show I want to let you know something I found last night. Next year will be our last season,” Colbert announced during tapping as the audience boil. “I share your feelings. It’s not just the end of our show, but it’s the end of the late show on CBS. I’m not replaced. It’s all going away.”
He continued: “I want to say that the people in CBS have been great partners.
Colbert confirmed at the time that CBS will “end the Late Show” in May 2026, but a specific date for the final chapter has not yet been announced. In the meantime, CBS executives released a statement addressing their decision, claiming that “in no way related to performance, content or other issues that were happening in Paramount” was not “related to that it was the result of funding.
In response to CBS ‘ Decision to remove the plugThe Late Show received support from the late night -westers -including by Kimmel, which re -posted a clip of Colbert’s publication through his Instagram story with the headline, “Love you Stephen. F *** you and your sheldons CBS.”
Kimmel expanded on Monday about the state of the late night TV, saying, “Network TV is declining. There is no question about that. is being chased, which happened greatly.
Host of the late night talk show pointing to his peers and their success.
“Seth Meyers gets 2 million on YouTube alone. We’re not even talking about Instagram than the other platforms. The daily show – Jon Stewart on a Monday night will get 5 million scenes. Then you add the TV score. So the idea that late night is simply dead is untrue. ”“ So the advertising model may die, but late night TV is the opposite. If you look at streaming numbers – how many streaming shows get 10 million scenes a week? Twenty million? Very little. I think if you really look at how people watch these shows, and the numbers, it’s fine up there with the top shows on Netflix and Hulu. “
Kimmel denied that late night shows are “a decaying body,” adding, “it is not certain that it doesn’t add up. It’s a great story line … but simply not.”
Kimmel went on to praise Colbert, who have been hosting The late show Since 2015.
“It’s not just a sweet man. He’s very moral – he’s a very ethical person,” said Kimmel. “He is the salt of the Earth. He is a humble person and a very insightful person. Hopefully whatever he does is even more powerful than he had been doing. And I think that’s very possible.”
