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Jimmy Kimmel Show is back! Sinclair & Nexstar backs down TACO style

silentkisser

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Kimmel returns on Tuesday.
Disney backed down.

So, Disney caved to the pressure of the public. I heard there were a staggering number of Disney+ cancellations....

But...the right might have shot themselves in the foot. If you think Kimmel is going to back down now, I think you don't know Jimmy Kimmel. And, I bet Disney's executives will be now leaning decidedly into free speech and going to give Jimmy a lot of leeway to say what ever he wants about Trump. I mean, let's face it. What he said was so mild, the response was massively out of whack. Gives Trump's FCC idiot a black eye...and you can be sure Kimmel will come out swinging...
 

Phil C. McNasty

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How's this for karma??!!! :D

 

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Testosterone challenged Jesse Watters called for civil war. Jimmy's last broadcast.


I did a background check on Charlie Kirk, he's not affiliated with fascists, he's a social conservative. As for men with trans partners, I would have preferred him getting roasted by Jim Norton. He didn't deserve to be shot by a marksman with a trans partner.

 
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Phil C. McNasty

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Rumor is, Jimmy Kimmel has to make a public apology and also make a sizable donation to Charlie Kirk's charity
 
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ABC ends Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and his show will return Tuesday


NEW YORK (AP) — ABC will reinstate Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show in the wake of criticism over his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, officials with the network said Monday.

"We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday,” said a statement from the network.



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ABC suspended Kimmel indefinitely after comments he made about Kirk, who was killed Sept. 10, in a monologue. Kimmel said “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk” and that “the MAGA gang” was “desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.”
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Kimmel has hosted “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC since 2003 and has been a fixture in television and comedy for even longer. He is also well known as a presenter, having hosted the Academy Awards four times.

Backlash to Kimmel’s comments about Kirk was swift. Nexstar and Sinclair, two of ABC’s largest affiliate owners, said they would be pulling “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” from their stations. Others, including several fellow comedians, came to his defense.



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There was no immediate comment from Nexstar and Sinclair in response to messages from The Associated Press.

Andrew Kolvert, a spokesperson for Turning Point USA, the organization founded by Kirk and now headed by his widow, posted on X about Kimmel's reinstatement: “Disney and ABC caving and allowing Kimmel back on the air is not surprising, but it's their mistake to make. Nexstar and Sinclair do not have to make the same choice.”


Related video: Jimmy Kimmel suspended: How late-night hosts are taking a stand for free speech (Euronews)



President Donald Trump, one of Kimmel’s frequent targets, posted on social media that Kimmel’s suspension was “great news for America.” He also called for other late night hosts to be fired.

Kimmel was asked in an interview with Variety this past summer if he was worried that the administration would come after comedians. He expressed concern that a crackdown could be on the way.

“Well, you’d have to be naive not to worry a little bit,” he said. “But that can’t change what you’re doing.”

Kimmel’s suspension arrived in a time when Trump and his administration have pursued threats, lawsuits and federal government pressure to try to exert more control over the media industry. Trump has reached settlements with ABC and CBS over their coverage.

Trump has also filed defamation lawsuits against The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Republicans in Congress stripped federal funding from NPR and PBS.



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Brendan Carr, the head of the Federal Communications Commission, issued a warning prior to Kimmel’s suspension that criticized Kimmel’s remarks about the Kirk assassination.

“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said. “These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”

Carr denied on Monday that he threatened to revoke ABC's local station licenses because of Kimmel's remarks.

“Jimmy Kimmel is in the situation he’s in because of his ratings. Not because of anything that’s happened at the federal government level,” Carr said at the Concordia Annual Summit.

The suspension also happened at a time when the late night landscape is shifting. CBS announced the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s show over the summer

Kimmel’s contract with The Walt Disney Co.-owned network had been set to expire in May 2026.



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Word of the reinstatement came as hundreds of Hollywood and Broadway stars — including Robert De Niro, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Selena Gomez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep — urged Americans “fight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights” in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel's suspension.

More than 430 movie, TV and stage stars as well as comedians, directors and writers added their names to an open letter Monday from the American Civil Liberties Union that argues it is “a dark moment for freedom of speech in our nation.”

Also Monday, ABC's “The View” weighed in on the controversy after not raising it for two episodes after Kimmel was suspended. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg opened the show saying: “No one silences us” and she and her fellow hosts condemned Disney's decision.

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Associated Press Media Writer David Bauder and writers Patrick Whittle and James Pollard contributed to this report.
 
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Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show will return to ABC Tuesday evening following a nearly week-long suspension over the host’s comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Kimmel made controversial implications about the identity of Tyler Robinson, the suspected gunman behind the conservative activist’s killing, during the September 14 episode, resulting in ABC suspending his show “indefinitely.”


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Disney, the parent company of ABC, acknowledged the return of Jimmy Kimmel Live! in a statement, saying: “Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country. It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive.

“We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”

It’s not yet clear if Nexstar Media Group, the largest owner of television stations across the country, will air Kimmel’s show upon its return.

The company put out a statement after Kimmel’s comments, which, along with pressure from FCC chair Brendan Carr, prompted ABC to pull the late-night show entirely. “Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets,” the statement said.




His comments from the September 14 episode — four days after Kirk, 31, was shot and killed while speaking at a Turning Point USA event on the Utah Valley University campus — landed him in hot water.



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“We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said. He also used the subject to mock Donald Trump, who rejoiced at the news of Kimmel’s show getting pulled.

The host was set to address his comments during Wednesday’s episode, which was pulled by ABC just hours before showtime.

Kimmel’s suspension has sparked a massive debate over free speech, with celebrities, former presidents, and several current and former late-night talk show hosts voicing their outrage.

By Monday afternoon — hours before Kimmel’s return to air was announced — over 400 celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston and Meryl Streep — had signed an open letter denouncing ABC’s decision to take the late-night host off the air.



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“We the people must never accept government threats to our freedom of speech. Efforts by leaders to pressure artists, journalists and companies with retaliation for their speech strike at the heart of what it means to live in a free country,” the letter began, per the ACLU website.

Jimmy Kimmel to return to air Tuesday after outcry over suspension due to Charlie Kirk comments
 
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Phil C. McNasty

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You don't see the difference between a Network making a business decision VS an FCC chair on the order of Trump threatening a network to remove a host?
Bro, you're not keeping up with the latest news. Kimmel will be back tomorrow.
So whatever power you thought Trump had over cancelling network hosts is apparently non-existent :D
 

Shaquille Oatmeal

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Bro, you're not keeping up with the latest news. Kimmel will be back tomorrow.
So whatever power you thought Trump had over cancelling network hosts is apparently non-existent :D
The vengeance bit worked. The vibes didn't, this time around.
So Trump has to take the L on this.
Don't worry he will be back to finding any excuse to cancel Kimmel in the future.
 
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Phil C. McNasty

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The vengeance bit worked. The vibes didn't, this time around.
So Trump has to take the L on this
If Trump gets Kimmel to apologize on live TV and then make substantial donation to Kirk's charity, that will be a big win for Trump
 
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