The host's last episode of "The Late Show" airs Thursday evening.

Jimmy Kimmel isn’t pretending to be neutral about the end of “The Late Show.” The late-night host used his own program to defend Stephen Colbert, praise his longtime rival-turned-friend, and take a parting shot at CBS over the decision to cancel the iconic franchise.

During his opening monologue on Wednesday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”, the 58-year-old comedian urged fans to tune into the final episode of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” Thursday night before pushing viewers to ditch the network entirely.

Jimmy Kimmel called out CBS for canceling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and urged viewers to tune out after Colbert’s final episode. Colbert announced last July that CBS had canceled his show, with his final episode scheduled for Thursday,

Jimmy Kimmel wants his viewers to tune into CBS "for the last time" to watch Stephen Colbert's "Late Show" finale.

CBS viewers are bidding farewell to both FBI and CIA tonight — but only temporarily. Both series have season finales on Monday, May 18, with FBI airing its season eight finale on CBS at 8pm EST, followed by CIA's season one finale at 9pm EST.