Media | Stephen Colbert Trump Celebrates Colbert Cancellation President hopes Kimmel is next By John Johnson Posted Jul 18, 2025 8:56 AM CDT Copied President Trump speaks during a meeting with Bahrain's Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) It won't come as much of a surprise that President Trump is thrilled that CBS is cancelling Stephen Colbert's late-night show: "I absolutely love that Colbert' got fired," he wrote on Truth Social. "His talent was even less than his ratings. I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next. Has even less talent than Colbert! Greg Gutfeld is better than all of them combined, including the Moron on NBC who ruined the once great Tonight Show." Gutfeld is on Fox News, notes the Hill, and his show airs at 10pm on weeknights. CBS says next year's cancellation is due entirely to financial reasons, though skeptics note that CBS recently settled a lawsuit with Trump as its parent company sought federal approval for a merger. Read various takes on that here. Read These Next South Africa's weekend arrived with a grim start. Bodies found at lifetime felon's former home. Updated list of free days at national parks is raising some eyebrows. Looks like we have a date for the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce nuptials. Report an error