Kimmel, Colbert Taunt Trump; Colbert Show Ending

Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert staged a rare late-night crossover during Kimmel’s Brooklyn week, appearing on each other’s shows to mock and admonish President Trump — at one point deriding him as 'that son of a b****' and accusing him of taking pleasure in a government shutdown that cost Americans jobs. The crossover was framed as a show of unity after months of turmoil: Kimmel had been briefly suspended by ABC over comments referencing the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and was later reinstated, while Colbert learned this summer that CBS will end his Late Show. Kimmel used the segments to lampoon Trump’s fitness lecturing — juxtaposing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “no fatties” remarks and mandatory fitness testing with jabs at the president’s escalator incident and weight — and played edited clips to underscore alleged hypocrisy. Other late-night allies including Seth Meyers and Josh Meyers joined the provocation, which was explicitly billed to irritate Trump and reflects an escalating late-night response to presidential attacks and network pressures. The crossover and surrounding coverage underscore the collision of political controversy, network economics, and free-speech debates in U.S. late-night television as lawmakers scramble to avert a government shutdown.