This week, CBS announced that it would be ending "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" next May. Colbert's show was strong ratings-wise, but changes in audience habits as a whole aren't positive for late-night television. Many younger viewers aren't watching linear television, and therefore aren't as interested in the classic format.

President Donald Trump weighed in on CBS’s announcement that it is canceling Stephen Colbert’s late-night talk show — and the president is hopeful Jimmy Kimmel will be next to get axed. CBS said Thursday that it plans to end “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026, calling it a “purely a financial decision …

CBS has claimed that the cancellation of Trump-bashing show was a ‘financial decision’ despite timing of merger

Jimmy Kimmel didn’t hold back after news broke that The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will end in May 2026. On Thursday evening, just hours after CBS confirmed the cancellation, Kimmel posted a full-hearted and pointed Instagram Story that voiced his support for Colbert while taking a direct jab at the network behind the decision.