Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel made late-night history Tuesday by showing up on each other’s talk shows on the same night.

Kimmel interviewed Colbert over his cancellation from CBS, while Colbert interviewed Kimmel about the week Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pulled from the air by ABC.

Kimmel recalled being told by ABC that they wanted to “take the temperature down” in the wake of the right-wing backlash to Kimmel’s comments, and that ABC said the best way to do that was to pull his show.

“I said, ‘I don’t think that’s a good idea.’ And they said, ‘Well, we think it’s a good idea,’” Kimmel explained.

“And then there was a vote, and I lost the vote,” Kimmel said.

The worst part for Kimmel was having to tell the live audience the bad news so soon before the show was supposed to air.

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