{"id":3337,"date":"2026-05-12T08:16:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/?p=3337"},"modified":"2026-05-12T08:16:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T08:16:26","slug":"late-night-hosts-joked-colbert-host-shows-2026-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/owspakistan.com\/?p=3337","title":{"rendered":"Late-Night Hosts Joked Colbert Could Host Their Shows Anytime"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>Late-night hosts joked about giving Stephen Colbert a gig on their shows once his is canceled.<\/p>\n<div class=\"audio-player-container\">\n<div class=\"audio-player is-loading\" data-component-type=\"audio-player\" data-load-strategy=\"lazy\" data-audio-url=\"https:\/\/ai-audio.insider-prd.engineering\/post\/late-night-hosts-joked-colbert-host-shows-2026-5\/narration.mp3\" data-track-view=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;ai_audio_narrator&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;subscription_experience&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\">\n                      <button class=\"audio-player-toggle-button\" aria-label=\"Play audio\"><\/p>\n<p>\n                          <span class=\"audio-player-label label-md-strong\">Loading audio narration&#8230;<\/span>\n                        <\/p>\n<p>                      <\/button>\n                    <\/div><\/div>\n<p>Colbert brought five of the biggest names in late-night under his roof for his Monday taping of &#8220;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, John Oliver, and Seth Meyers joined Colbert to talk about the future of late-night, getting slammed by President Donald Trump, and Colbert&#8217;s <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/stephen-colbert-late-show-canceled-politicians-react-2025-7\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">looming exit from CBS<\/a> on May 21.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert said it was a &#8220;bummer&#8221; to end the journey because he wanted to keep the late-night show going with the crew. &#8220;Now I can be a guest on all your shows,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel immediately jumped in, saying &#8220;You can host my show.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Colbert asked if he could host &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221; in the summertime, and Kimmel replied that he could be there all year. Fallon also told Colbert that he was welcome on his show &#8220;anytime you want to go on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>When Colbert asked him when it would be convenient for Fallon to let him substitute, Fallon jokingly dodged the question, saying, &#8220;Enjoy a little time off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CBS announced in July that &#8220;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert&#8221; would be canceled in May, after more than three decades on air.<\/p>\n<p>The network said it was a purely financial decision. News of the cancellation came shortly after Colbert made a joke about CBS paying a $16 million settlement to Trump over a lawsuit that accused CBS of &#8220;deceptive editing&#8221; in a &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; episode.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert&#8217;s exit comes as late-night has faced a stressful year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221; was suspended for about a week in September after Kimmel&#8217;s comments on political activist Charlie Kirk&#8217;s shooting angered the Trump administration. His show was reinstated <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/hollywood-reacts-jimmy-kimmel-live-canceled-2025-9\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">after support<\/a> poured in from Hollywood and politicians.<\/p>\n<p>Trump and first lady Melania Trump slammed Kimmel again in April for a joke he made about Melania having a &#8220;glow like an <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/jimmy-kimmel-melania-trump-calls-for-firing-widow-joke-2026-4\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">expectant widow<\/a>,&#8221; and called for his suspension again.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>window.allScripts = window.allScripts || []; window.allScripts.push({ type: \"load\", script: \"%3Cscript%20id%3D%22meta-pixel-script%22%20%3E(()%3D%3E%7Bvar%20e%3D%7B69531()%7Blet%20e%3D!1%3Bfunction%20n()%7Bvar%20n%2Co%2Ct%2Cr%2Ci%2Ca%3Be%7C%7C(window.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.vppaApplies%7C%7Cdocument.querySelectorAll('iframe%5Bsrc*%3D%22jwplayer%22%5D').length%7C%7C(e%3D!0%2Cn%3Dwindow%2Co%3Ddocument%2Ct%3D%22script%22%2Cn.fbq%7C%7C(r%3Dn.fbq%3Dfunction()%7Br.callMethod%3Fr.callMethod.apply(r%2Carguments)%3Ar.queue.push(arguments)%7D%2Cn._fbq%7C%7C(n._fbq%3Dr)%2Cr.push%3Dr%2Cr.loaded%3D!0%2Cr.version%3D%222.0%22%2Cr.queue%3D%5B%5D%2C(i%3Do.createElement(t)).async%3D!0%2Ci.src%3D%22https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Ffbevents.js%22%2C(a%3Do.getElementsByTagName(t)%5B0%5D).parentNode.insertBefore(i%2Ca))%2Cwindow.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.cmStarted%3Fc()%3AsetTimeout(c%2C1e3)))%3Bfunction%20c()%7Bwindow.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.usPrivacyApplies%26%26window.Fenrir%3F.cm%3F.isOptedOutOfAds%3Ffbq(%22dataProcessingOptions%22%2C%5B%22LDU%22%5D%2C0%2C0)%3Afbq(%22dataProcessingOptions%22%2C%5B%5D)%2Cfbq(%22init%22%2C%221988166924554892%22)%2Cfbq(%22track%22%2C%22PageView%22)%7D%7DBoolean(window.Fenrir%3F.config%3F.ads%3F.enabled)%3F(window.googletag%3Dwindow.googletag%7C%7C%7Bcmd%3A%5B%5D%7D%2Cwindow.googletag.cmd.push(()%3D%3E%7B!function()%7Bconst%20o%3Dwindow.Fenrir%3F.config%3F.ads%3F.services%2Ct%3Do%3F.amazonTam%3F.enabled%2Cr%3Do%3F.rubiconPrebid%3F.enabled%3Bif(!t%26%26!r)return%20void%20n()%3Bconst%20i%3DDate.now()%3B!function%20a()%7Bif(e)return%3Bconst%20c%3D!t%7C%7Co.amazonTam.loaded%2Cs%3D!r%7C%7Co.rubiconPrebid.loaded%3Bc%26%26s%7C%7CDate.now()-i%3E%3D1e4%3Fn()%3AsetTimeout(a%2C200)%7D()%7D()%7D)%2CsetTimeout(n%2C1e4))%3An()%7D%7D%2Cn%3D%7B%7D%3Bfunction%20o(t)%7Bvar%20r%3Dn%5Bt%5D%3Bif(void%200!%3D%3Dr)return%20r.exports%3Bvar%20i%3Dn%5Bt%5D%3D%7Bexports%3A%7B%7D%7D%3Breturn%20e%5Bt%5D(i%2Ci.exports%2Co)%2Ci.exports%7Do.m%3De%2Co.c%3Dn%2Co.o%3D(e%2Cn)%3D%3EObject.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(e%2Cn)%2C(()%3D%3E%7Bo.S%3D%7B%7D%3Bvar%20e%3D%7B%7D%2Cn%3D%7B%7D%3Bo.I%3D(t%2Cr)%3D%3E%7Br%7C%7C(r%3D%5B%5D)%3Bvar%20i%3Dn%5Bt%5D%3Bif(i%7C%7C(i%3Dn%5Bt%5D%3D%7B%7D)%2C!(r.indexOf(i)%3E%3D0))%7Bif(r.push(i)%2Ce%5Bt%5D)return%20e%5Bt%5D%3Bo.o(o.S%2Ct)%7C%7C(o.S%5Bt%5D%3D%7B%7D)%3Bo.S%5Bt%5D%3Bvar%20a%3D%5B%5D%3Breturn%20a.length%3Fe%5Bt%5D%3DPromise.all(a).then(()%3D%3Ee%5Bt%5D%3D1)%3Ae%5Bt%5D%3D1%7D%7D%7D)()%3Bo(69531)%7D)()%3B%3C%2Fscript%3E\" });<\/script><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late-night hosts joked about giving Stephen Colbert a gig on their shows once his is canceled. 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