Jimmy Kimmel makes unusual move ahead of Stephen Colbert’s final show

• The final episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is scheduled to air on CBS on Thursday, May 21.
• Jimmy Kimmel's show will air a rerun that evening as a gesture of respect for Colbert's sendoff, a decision he previously made for David Letterman's final show.
• NBC’s Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon is still planning to broadcast a new episode on the same night.
• CBS announced the cancellation of the Late Show last July, citing a "financial decision" due to declining ad revenues, though Colbert and some staffers linked it to a "Trump shakedown" following a corporate merger.
• Following his departure from late-night television, Stephen Colbert is set to write a new Lord of the Rings film, titled The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past, a project announced by Peter Jackson.

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Jimmy Kimmel announces scheduling change ‘out of deference’ to final Colbert episode