Stephen Colbert gave a surprise shoutout to his late-night peer Jimmy Kimmel on Monday, all to make a point about President Donald Trump’s apparent history-erasing influence over the Smithsonian. “Here’s what happened,

Jimmy Kimmel rents a West Hollywood billboard reading "I'm voting for Stephen" in support of Stephen Colbert's canceled Late Show, for Emmys campaign.

Kimmel, whose Jimmy Kimmel Live! is in its 23rd season on ABC, was named last month as a 2025 Emmy nominee for Outstanding Talk Series, joined by The Daily Show and Colbert’s soon-to-end show. Also a critic of Trump and the GOP, he called the decision to cancel Colbert’s show out on social media, writing “Fuck you and all your Sheldons CBS.”