Stephen Colbert pulled out all the stops in defending his late-night competitor and friend Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday. That included pulling out his old Comedy Central character: Stephen Colbert the political pundit and host of The Colbert Report. Cue the bald eagle screech.

Stephen Colbert brought his Emmy to 'The Late Show' and thanked fellow nominee Jimmy Kimmel for campaigning on his behalf instead.

Stephen Colbert resurrected his conservative alter ego to make a pointed comment on the Jimmy Kimmel vs. MAGA saga. On Thursday’s episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the host started by joking,

Colbert quipped, “Any fancy casting opportunities there for anybody?” As a matter of fact, she revealed to him that they'd begun to do some preliminary casting in hopeful anticipation of a fifth season,

Stephen Colbert and Jasmine Crockett are politically aligned, and there's a rumor that the might be teaming up to make a new TV show.