Stephen Colbert joked that he is now the “solely martyr in late evening,” following information that “Jimmy Kimmel Reside!” would go back on air.
The host of “The Late Present with Stephen Colbert” stated in a Monday episode that he was completely satisfied to start out the present with some excellent news.
“Only a few hours earlier than we taped this broadcast, we acquired phrase that our lengthy nationwide late-night nightmare is over, as a result of Disney introduced that ‘Jimmy Kimmel Reside!’ will return to air on ABC tomorrow, Tuesday evening,” he stated, to loud cheers and applause.
Colbert stated, “That is great information for my expensive good friend Jimmy and his wonderful workers that he can proceed his present.”
Disney suspended Kimmel’s show on Wednesday, after Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Fee, slammed Kimmel’s feedback concerning the killing of the conservative political activist Charlie Kirk.
The suspension caused an uproar from Hollywood, politicians, and late-night show hosts, who criticized the Trump administration’s clampdown on free speech.
Colbert on Thursday known as Disney’s choice a “blatant assault on the liberty of speech.”
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However on Monday, Disney reversed its choice, saying in an announcement that it had spent the final days “having considerate conversations with Jimmy” and determined to return the present on Tuesday.
In his episode, Colbert joked that he was as soon as extra the one late-night casualty, on condition that CBS had determined to drag the plug on his present, and it could cease airing from Could 2026.
“As soon as extra, I’m the one martyr in late evening. Until, wait, CBS, you need to announce something?” he stated, to laughter from the group.
One other late-night host, Jon Stewart, additionally commented on Disney reversing its choice in a Monday episode of “The Every day Present,” saying that the general public’s backlash towards the choice helped carry Kimmel’s present again. He added that People nonetheless must “struggle like hell for this constitutional republic.”
Representatives for Colbert didn’t reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider.
