Jimmy Kimmel tells viewers to tune in to Stephen Colbert’s final “The Late Show” episode and then stop watching CBS afterward, according to multiple reports. Ahead of the finale, the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” host uses his Thursday broadcast to encourage audiences to watch Colbert’s last program. After the finale, Kimmel calls for a boycott of CBS, urging viewers not to watch the network again. Several outlets describe his message as an indefinite call to discontinue viewing CBS, framed as “never watch CBS again.”
Coverage is consistent across outlets on the timing and sequence: Colbert’s final “The Late Show” airs Thursday night, and Kimmel’s comments come on the eve of that broadcast. While the reports focus on the strong wording of Kimmel’s appeal, they also agree it is presented as viewer guidance delivered during Kimmel’s program rather than through an external campaign. The statements are widely characterized as an immediate response to the end of Colbert’s long-running late-night tenure on CBS.
