ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and NBC’s The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon denounced CBS for firing 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley after his meltdown during an internal meeting where he viciously attacked his new bosses. Both alleged, with no evidence, that CBS is moving dramatically rightward while making the same quip about Pelley being replaced by Stephen Colbert’s replacement, Byron Allen. Kimmel began by claiming, “Last night, the Trump suck-ups at CBS fired a great and deeply respected journalist, Scott Pelley, from his job at 60 Minutes because he stood up for truth and integrity at a show that's been the gold standard for broadcast journalism for 57 years. Pelley had had enough after the clowns who now run that show fired reporters Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, along with the executive producer, Tonya Simon, and replaced Tonya Simon with a guy who has no experience in TV news, and that was it for Scott Pelley.”   Jimmy Kimmel attacks CBS for firing Scott Pelley after his outburst, "Last night, the Trump suck ups at CBS fired a great and deeply respected journalist, Scott Pelley, from his job at 60 Minutes because he stood up for truth and integrity at a show that's been the gold standard… pic.twitter.com/EJI29zn1lJ — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) June 4, 2026   In reality, Pelley was fired for acting like a petulant child despite being a 68-year old man. However, Kimmel suggested his outburst was merited, “He said, 'The collapse of values at the top has become untenable,' and he let them have it in a staff meeting, right to the new guy's face. So, last night they fired him. 60 Minutes will be replaced by new episodes of Reporters Unleashed.” Trying to tie it all back to Trump, Kimmel concluded, “And the president, of course, applauded this decision. He said Scott Pelley is part of a game of ‘crooked, stupid people.’ Different from the gang of crooked, stupid people he's a part of.” Back on NBC, Fallon kicked off his show by declaring, “CBS just fired longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley after he criticized his new bosses at the network. Yeah. The story gets more bizarre because today they announced they're replacing Scott Pelley with Byron Allen.”   Jimmy Fallon did a similar thing, "CBS just fired longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley after he criticized his new boss at the network. Yeah. The story gets more bizarre because today they announced they're replacing Scott Pelley with Byron Allen.... CBS is getting more… pic.twitter.com/xTzI3p3OBs — Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) June 4, 2026   Fallon then suggested more MAGA programming was on the way, “CBS is getting more and more conservative to appease President Trump, but don't be totally shocked when they replace 60 Minutes with the Kid Rock/My Pillow Guy News Hour. Yeah, in the last few months, 60 Minutes has lost multiple producers and correspondents. You can tell they got rid of a lot of people because the show is now called 60 Seconds. It's a TikTok. It's a TikTok. And in response to Pelley's firing, Trump called him a stiff. Yeah. He's not like all those other free whaling rock star 60 Minutes correspondents we're used to.” The “guy” with “no experience in TV news” that Kimmel alluded to and that Fallon implied would make 60 Minutes more conservative is Nick Bilton, who comes from Vanity Fair, which is not exactly a MAGA publication. While there, Bilton focused heavily on tech issues with a heavy focus on AI and Elon Musk. Like the rest of CBS’s news coverage, the idea that it might become slightly less liberal does not mean it is turning into an arm of the White House’s communications team. Here are transcripts for the June 3-taped shows: ABC Jimmy Kimmel Live! 6/4/2026 12:03 AM ET JIMMY KIMMEL: Last night, the Trump suck-ups at CBS fired a great and deeply respected journalist, Scott Pelley, from his job at 60 Minutes because he stood up for truth and integrity at a show that's been the gold standard for broadcast journalism for 57 years. Pelley had had enough after the clowns who now run that show fired reporters Sharyn Alfonsi and Cecilia Vega, along with the executive producer, Tonya Simon, and replaced Tonya Simon with a guy who has no experience in TV news, and that was it for Scott Pelley. He said, "the collapse of values at the top has become untenable," and he let them have it in a staff meeting, right to the new guy's face. So, last night they fired him. 60 Minutes will be replaced by new episodes of Reporters Unleashed. And the president, of course, applauded this decision. He said Scott Pelley is part of a game of “crooked, stupid people.” Different from the gang of crooked, stupid people he's a part of. *** NBC The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 6/3/2026 11:35 PM ET JIMMY FALLON: Well, guys, everybody is talking about this. CBS just fired longtime 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley after he criticized his new bosses at the network. Yeah. The story gets more bizarre because today they announced they're replacing Scott Pelley with Byron Allen. Odd. CBS is getting more and more conservative to appease President Trump, but don't be totally shocked when they replace 60 Minutes with the Kid Rock/My Pillow Guy News Hour. Yeah, in the last few months, 60 Minutes has lost multiple producers and correspondents. You can tell they got rid of a lot of people because the show is now called 60 Seconds. It's a TikTok. It's a TikTok. And in response to Pelley's firing, Trump called him a stiff. Yeah. He's not like all those other free whaling rock star 60 Minutes correspondents we're used to.