"Kimmel mentioned how his viewers applied pressure to Disney, the owners of ABC, after the network temporarily suspended him in 2025 following outrage over a joke he made about assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “When I got knocked off the air for a few days, people cancelled Disney+,” he said. Turning to Colbert's in-studio audience, he jabbed, “Why aren't you people canceling Paramount+? Because you didn't have it in the first place!”"
"Oliver, whose show airs on HBO, a property which Paramount may take control of in a further merger with Warner Brothers Discovery, mockingly hedged, “Well, Jimmy, until the deal goes through, if I could just do a counter there, Paramount+ might have some good programming, unless it's not going through, which case it can go f*ck itself now and forever.” Reasonable people can disagree on the utility of Paramount+, right, Stephen? he joked. “100%,” Colbert laughed."
"After making a passionate case for late-night as a genre, arguing that people like it and that ratings are higher than ever, Kimmel mentioned how his viewers applied pressure to Disney, the owners of ABC, after the network temporarily suspended him in 2025 following outrage over a joke he made about assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “When I got knocked off the air for a few days, people cancelled Disney+,” he said."
"Colbert asked the panel whether, as young comedians, they ever imagined they would one day hold a job that the President of the United States would have strong feelings about? “You know what's even weirder?” Kimmel replied. “Doing a job that his wife has str”"
A farewell episode brought major late-night hosts together as Stephen Colbert prepared to end his CBS show. The conversation shifted from nostalgia to politics and criticism of President Donald Trump’s attention to late-night personalities. Jimmy Kimmel defended late-night’s popularity and claimed ratings are higher than ever. He said his audience pressured Disney after he was temporarily suspended in 2025, leading people to cancel Disney+. Kimmel then asked why Colbert’s audience was not canceling Paramount+, arguing they did not have it to begin with. John Oliver added a profane, conditional jab about Paramount+ programming tied to potential corporate deals. Colbert and the panel continued trading jokes about the unusual reality of their careers being influenced by the president.
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