President Donald Trump weighed in on CBS’s announcement that it is canceling Stephen Colbert’s late-night talk show — and he’s hopeful Jimmy Kimmel will be next to get axed. CBS said Thursday that it plans to end "Late Show With Stephen Colbert" in May 2026,

S tephen Colbert, the CBS late-night talk show host, was unequivocal in his assessment of Paramount Global’s $16 million settlement with President Donald Trump. “I believe this kind of complicated financial settlement with a sitting government official has a technical name in legal circles,” he said. “It’s a big fat bribe.”

Plus, the Republican-led House passed a $9 billion package that includes spending cuts to NPR and PBS, as well as foreign aid. Donald Trump is expected to sign the measure.

Schiff reminded viewers of Trump’s attacks on him. “Ever since I led his first impeachment, he’s threatened me with jail, prosecution, called me a traitor, accused me of treason… blah blah blah,” he said. Then Schiff turned directly to the camera with a message for the president.

President Donald Trump celebrated the news that CBS is axing Stephen Colbert 's "The Late Show", and predicted that ABC 's Jimmy Kimmel would be the next host to get the chop. "I absolutely love that Colbert' got fired," Trump posted to his Truth Social platform on Friday morning, July 18.

Donald Trump wasted no time celebrating CBS’ decision to cancel “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert,” saying on Friday morning, “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired” before predicting (threatening?) that Jimmy Kimmel was next.

It comes days after Stephen publicly called out CBS’s parent company, Paramount, for settling a $16-million lawsuit with Trump that it previously called meritless, with Senator Elizabeth Warren now writing: “America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.