Jimmy Kimmel explains how he learned he was being yanked off the air — and thought he’d never return

“It was about 3:00; we tape our show at 4:30,” Kimmel told Stephen Colbert on an episode of “The Late Show” Tuesday. “So I go into the bathroom, and I’m on the phone with the ABC executives. Then Nexstar — the station group which airs “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in approximately two dozen markets — announced they would not air the show. And hours later, Kimmel took ABC executives’ call in the bathroom. Colbert couldn’t get the line outColbert, who also appeared as a guest on Brooklyn taping of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Tuesday, said he could empathize with Kimmel.