{"id":2035728,"date":"2025-09-19T23:31:28","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2035728"},"modified":"2025-09-19T23:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T23:31:28","slug":"hacks-eerily-previewed-the-late-night-disruption-at-colbert-and-kimmels-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hacks-eerily-previewed-the-late-night-disruption-at-colbert-and-kimmels-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Hacks\u2019 eerily previewed the late-night disruption at Colbert and Kimmel\u2019s shows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sometimes life imitates art, in that order, and Jean Smart\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/04\/03\/entertainment\/hacks-forged-in-fire-season-4?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:character on \u201cHacks\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">character on \u201cHacks\u201d<\/a> this past season is providing a strange, retroactive parallel to what\u2019s been going on in the real-life world of late-night television of late.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Not long after ABC announced the indefinite suspension of \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/business\/live-news\/jimmy-kimmel-show-pulled-abc-09-18-25?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jimmy Kimmel Live!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a>\u201d over comments about the suspected killer of Charlie Kirk, Smart expressed her support for the late-night host.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWhat Jimmy said was FREE speech, not hate speech,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOud2l7Cfaw\/?igsh=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Smart wrote;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Smart wrote<\/a> in a post on Instagram on Wednesday. \u201cPeople seem to only want to protect free speech when it suits THEIR agenda. Though I didn\u2019t agree at ALL with Charlie Kirk; his shooting death sickened me; and should have sickened any decent human being. What is happening to our country?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s a question many artists and entertainers have been asking this week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Jean Smart in &#8216;Hacks.&#8217; &#8211; Jake Giles Netter\/Max<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Days before her post, Smart had won another <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/14\/entertainment\/award-winners-list-emmy?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Emmy;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Emmy<\/a> for her performance as comedian Deborah Vance in \u201cHacks.\u201d Season 4 of the HBO Max comedy saw Smart\u2019s character finally landing her dream job as the host of a network late-night show. As the first female host in the late-night sphere, she brings the show to No. 1 in the ratings, despite some moral and creative compromises along the way. (HBO Max is owned by celebrity.land\u2019s parent company.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But there\u2019s one compromise Vance isn\u2019t willing to make. When her studio head boss asks her to fire her head writer Ava Daniels (Hannah Einbinder) to appease a toxic male movie star, Vance decides to walk away, and does it in on air. That episode released in May, just two months before <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/07\/17\/media\/cbs-cancels-stephen-colbert?cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:CBS announced the No. 1 rated \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u201d;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">CBS announced the No. 1 rated \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert\u201d<\/a> would be coming to an end, citing financial reasons. And then came Kimmel\u2019s suspension this week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While \u201cHacks\u201d is fictitious, its exploration of the financial, cultural and political headwinds facing linear networks, and late-night comedians in particular, is rooted in truth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the wake of the Kimmel news, Vance\u2019s seemingly prescient resignation monologue has been recirculating on social media platforms this week. It follows in full below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>There is of course one person who really made it happen, and that\u2019s my head writer, Ava Daniels. And I\u2019ve been asked to fire her by the head of this company. But I won\u2019t do that. I refuse to fire her. And not just because she\u2019s my creative partner, but because it\u2019s a slippery slope. A few days ago, I agreed to cut a joke I made to protect Ethan Summers and the studio\u2019s interests. And now I\u2019m being asked to fire someone I love who did nothing wrong. So what will they ask of me next? Where\u2019s the line? Well, for me, it\u2019s here, right now. Which is why tonight will be my last show.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>I\u2019m not na\u00efve. In this industry, you always have to make certain sacrifices, because this is a business and I get that. And there\u2019s good people on the business side who are trying to navigate the difficult intersection of art and commerce. But thanks to Wall Street and big tech disrupting our industry, it\u2019s gone too far. It\u2019s not enough to be number one anymore, or to make a profit, or to even make you laugh. I might be a capitalist pig myself, but first and foremost, I\u2019m a comedian, and I care more about making this show the right way than I do about making shareholders happy.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><em>So, yes, this is goodbye. I loved going to bed with you every night. Sorry I\u2019m finishing too quickly. This was my dream and I\u2019m so happy I got it. But the dream changed and so did I. <\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">For more celebrity.land news and newsletters create an account at <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/account\/register?source=external-feeds_iluminar&amp;cid=external-feeds_iluminar_yahoo&amp;registration_email_campaign=https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:CNN.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">celebrity.land.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes life imitates art, in that order, and Jean Smart\u2019s character on \u201cHacks\u201d this past season is providing a strange, retroactive parallel to what\u2019s been going on in the real-life world of late-night television of late. 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