Within the aftermath of The Late Present With Stephen Colbert‘s cancellation, one late-night host’s present is reportedly secure from getting the axe.
The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon will stay on the air for the following few years, as host Jimmy Fallon beforehand signed an extension to his multimillion-dollar contract with NBCUniversal by way of 2028, a number of shops reported again in June 2024. Along with The Tonight Present, Fallon will proceed to seem on the sport present collection Password and host his new actuality collection, On Model with Jimmy Fallon, which premieres subsequent month.
Nonetheless, an article printed by Web page Six on Monday, August 4, notes that each Fallon and his fellow NBC late-night host Seth Meyers just lately skilled setbacks of their reveals’ productions. “Seth and Jimmy had price range cuts final 12 months, which noticed Jimmy go from 5 days per week to 4 days,” an insider instructed the outlet. “He data Monday by way of Thursday, and the present repeats on Friday.”
It was beforehand reported in September 2024 that The Tonight Present scaled again its weekly present tapings, whereas Late Night time With Seth Meyers misplaced its home band that June resulting from price range cuts.
Amid The Late Present‘s cancellation, some have speculated that the choice was politically motivated fairly than monetary. Shortly earlier than the cancellation, CBS’s guardian firm, Paramount, settled a $16 million lawsuit with President Donald Trump after he accused 60 Minutes of closely enhancing a 2024 interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris.
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“Whereas his workers appreciated him, company didn’t… and Colbert’s contract was up … so it was an ideal storm,” a CBS supply instructed Web page Six, whereas one other insider claimed that politics at the moment don’t play a task in Fallon’s NBC future.
“Jimmy is extra motivated by entertaining his viewers [than scoring political points], and he is aware of the significance of digital-first content material,” the second supply shared.
A separate supply, in the meantime, instructed the outlet that Jimmy Kimmel‘s criticism of Trump on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! boosts his possibilities of avoiding a possible cancellation. “Even when he was pondering of retirement, he most positively will keep now,” the insider claimed, whereas one other instructed the outlet, “[Disney President] Dana [Walden] would by no means ax Kimmel.”
Trump slammed the present state of late-night TV whereas denying he was concerned in The Late Present’s cancellation in a July 29 Reality Social submit. “The rationale [Colbert] was fired was a pure lack of TALENT, and the truth that this deficiency was costing CBS $50 Million {Dollars} a 12 months in losses — And it was solely going to get WORSE!” he wrote.
Trump continued, “Subsequent up can be an excellent much less gifted Jimmy Kimmel, after which, a weak, and really insecure, Jimmy Fallon. The one actual query is, who will go first? Present Biz and Tv is a quite simple enterprise. Should you get Scores, you possibly can say or do something. Should you don’t, you at all times turn out to be a sufferer. Colbert grew to become a sufferer to himself, the opposite two will comply with.”
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