Kimmel, whose Jimmy Kimmel Live! is in its 23rd season on ABC, was named last month as a 2025 Emmy nominee for Outstanding Talk Series, joined by The Daily Show and Colbert’s soon-to-end show. Also a critic of Trump and the GOP, he called the decision to cancel Colbert’s show out on social media, writing “Fuck you and all your Sheldons CBS.”

Jimmy Kimmel is standing up for Stephen Colbert amid the cancellation of 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.' Kimmel appeared on a billboard ad in Los Angeles, encouraging Emmy voters to vote for Colbert.

Kimmel hasn’t been shy about his support for CBS colleague Stephen Colbert, whose Late Show will be ending next year, having been handed a cancellation that’ll go into effect at the end of its current season.