Kimmel and Colbert, Joined in New York, Show a United Front
As Stephen Colbert strolled onto the stage of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” late Tuesday afternoon at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, a couple of thousand fans jumped to their feet and bellowed a deafening chant of “Stephen! Stephen! Stephen!”
A couple of hours later, the roles were reversed: Mr. Kimmel headed for the guest chair at Mr. Colbert’s theater in Midtown Manhattan amid a standing ovation and chants of “Jimmy! Jimmy! Jimmy!”
The Tuesday editions of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” on ABC and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” on CBS were effectively a stunt, a crossover event across New York City that took advantage of the trip that Mr. Kimmel’s Los Angeles production takes to Brooklyn every year.
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