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President Donald Trump predicted Tuesday that each ABC and NBC would cancel their late-night comedy exhibits on the heels of CBS axing “The Late Present with Stephen Colbert.”
In a put up to his social media platform Reality Social, Trump stated that NBC’s “The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon” and ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Stay!” are more likely to get canceled following CBS saying Colbert would go off the air in Could.
“The phrase is, and it’s a powerful phrase at that, Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go within the untalented Late Night time Sweepstakes and, shortly thereafter, Fallon might be gone,” the president acknowledged.
He continued, “These are individuals with completely NO TALENT, who had been paid Hundreds of thousands of {Dollars} for, in all instances, destroying what was once GREAT Tv. It’s actually good to see them go, and I hope I performed a significant half in it!”
SCHIFF, WARREN DEMAND TO KNOW IF CBS IS ENDING STEPHEN COLBERT’S ‘LATE SHOW’ FOR ‘POLITICAL REASONS’
President Trump stated Tuesday he believes that late-night hosts Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon might be canceled like CBS late-night comedian Stephen Colbert.
CBS introduced final Thursday that it might cancel “The Late Present” subsequent Could on the finish of its broadcast season.
The community clarified in its announcement that the cancellation was “purely a monetary resolution in opposition to a difficult backdrop in late evening,” and famous, “It’s not associated in any option to the present’s efficiency, content material or different issues occurring at Paramount.”
COLBERT’S ‘LATE SHOW’ WAS REPORTEDLY LOSING CBS $40M A YEAR AS CRITICS SPECULATE POLITICS DROVE CANCELLATION
The information got here weeks after CBS and dad or mum firm Paramount reached a $16 million settlement with Trump following his lawsuit in opposition to the community for the way it edited an interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris forward of the 2024 presidential election.
Colbert was outspoken in opposition to the settlement, calling it a “huge fats bribe” forward of Paramount’s merger with Skydance Media.
Trump predicted that Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon would have their late-night exhibits canceled like Colbert’s. (Getty Photos)
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Trump was gleeful about Colbert’s cancellation final week.
“I completely love that Colbert obtained fired,” Trump wrote on Reality Social on Thursday. “His expertise was even lower than his scores. I hear Jimmy Kimmel is subsequent. Has even much less expertise than Colbert! Greg Gutfeld is best than all of them mixed, together with the Moron on NBC who ruined the as soon as nice Tonight Present.”
Colbert responded to Trump’s preliminary response through the opening monologue of his present Monday evening, stating, “How dare you, sir? Would an untalented man have the ability to compose the next satirical witticism? Go f— your self.”
The comedian additionally joked about Trump’s Kimmel prediction, stating, “Completely not, Kimmel. I’m the martyr, OK? There’s solely room for one on this cross, and I obtained to inform you, the view is incredible from up right here!”
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Fox Information Channel’s “Gutfeld!” is the most-watched late-night program on tv and has outdrawn Colbert for 21 straight months amongst complete viewers and 13 months in a row among the many advertiser-coveted demographic of adults aged 25-54.
In 2025, “Gutfeld!” averaged 3.1 million viewers by July 20, in comparison with 1.9 million for CBS’ outgoing “Late Present.” Throughout that very same time interval, ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Stay!” averaged 1.5 million, NBC’s “The Tonight Present starring Jimmy Fallon” averaged 1.1 million, and NBC’s “Late Night time with Seth Meyers” managed 751,000.
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Gabriel Hays is an affiliate editor for Fox Information Digital.
