Stephen Colbert’s late-night comrades are clearing the way for his goodbye.
On Tuesday, People reported that “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” will skip a new episode on May 21 — the same night “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” airs its finale. Instead, Fallon’s show will air a rerun in solidarity.
The move follows news that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will also forgo a new episode that night, opting for a repeat in honor of Colbert’s final farewell on late-night television.
Kimmel made the same gesture back in 2015, when he chose not to air a new episode as Colbert’s predecessor on “The Late Show,” David Letterman, retired from the CBS program. Letterman is also scheduled to appear as a guest on Colbert’s show this coming Thursday.
Since CBS unexpectedly canceled Colbert’s program last summer, Kimmel, Fallon, plus fellow late-night hosts Seth Meyers and John Oliver have fiercely rallied behind him.
