Unlike Stephen Colbert’s late-night TV contemporaries, four of whom—Jon Stewart, John Oliver, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Fallon—showed up on his The Late Show on Monday night, David Letterman hasn’t made an official statement about the late-night series he originated back in 1993’s

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.