ABC Pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Indefinitely After Host's Charlie Kirk Comments

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Source: Variety

Sep 17, 2025 3:21pm PT


Disney’s ABC said it would take Jimmy Kimmel‘s popular late-night show off its schedule “indefinitely” after one of the biggest owners of TV stations in the U.S., Nexstar Media, said it intended to pre-empt airings of the program following remarks the host made about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Nexstar said Wednesday that its “owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” for the foreseeable future, beginning with tonight’s show.” The company said it “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.”

n his monologue Monday night , Kimmel said that the “MAGA gang” was trying to score political points off Kirk’s murder. Kirk, a prominent conservative activist, was shot and killed Sept. 10 at a debate at Utah Valley University. Three days later, authorities announced they had arrested the suspected shooter.

“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them,” Kimmel said. He also poked fun at President Trump’s response to a question from the press about how he was mourning Kirk’s death after Trump pivoted to a discussion of the construction of a new White House ballroom. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened earlier on Thursday to take action against ABC.

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Disney’s ABC said it would take Jimmy Kimmel‘s popular late-night show off its schedule “indefinitely” after one of the biggest owners of TV stations in the U.S., Nexstar Media, said it would pre-empt airings of the program following remarks the host made about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Nexstar said Wednesday that its “owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” for the foreseeable future, beginning with tonight’s show.” The company said it “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.”

In his monologue Monday night , Kimmel said that the “MAGA gang” was trying to score political points off Kirk’s murder. Kirk, a prominent conservative activist, was shot and killed Sept. 10 at a debate at Utah Valley University. Three days later, authorities announced they had arrested the suspected shooter.

“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them,” Kimmel said.

More to come..

[mikeysnot]

1. spineless

tv is a wasteland of shit

[pbmus]

3. Owned by spineless elites

That want to further the plather that is now called entertainment

I can see a future where Jimmy and Stephen and John join in a new 🆕 world of entertainment together

[mikeysnot]

178. Self serving assholes

elites…

[PittBlue]

2. My gawd...

Will they give the spot to JD Vance? Everything is out of control in this hell.

[Kali]

4. silencing the jesters worries me more than the attacks on the regular press

what a bunch of precious little assholes the magats are.

[quakerboy]

43. Its late in the transition

Fascism is here. now, not soon.

[dedl67]

142. Yes, the role played by the jesters is crucial at this time, and the administration understands that.

Simon Schama, in “Citizens” (page181), describes the role of placards, songs, and cartoons parodying and ridiculing Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in the years leading up to the Revolution. These were a source of information for the people of France about the corruption of the monarchy and laid the groundwork of popular sentiment leading to the Revolution.

Schama notes, to supply some important context of the alertness of the citizenry in pre-Revolutionary, “The literacy rates in the late eighteenth-century France were much higher than in the late twentieth century United States. ” Much of American society is perhaps too dumbed-down at this point to understand, resist, or perhaps even give a shit about what is happening in this country.

[GreenWave]

5. Media are chopping off their own heads to placate Trump.

[Doodley]

27. They have no choice. They are being told their licences will be taken away if they don't comply.

[kacekwl]

51. Bullshit, they

have lawyers don't they ? They just want aboard the trump train. Cowards

[lostincalifornia]

94. They played the same game with the law firms, and the law firms that caved to the little hitler in the WH

paid their bribes, but notably the several that refused the extortion won their cases.

Those that don't stand up to bullies, are as bad as the bullies.

[tblue37]

119. If they let the camel get its nose into the tent, they soon find that everything is covered in camel snot.

[lostincalifornia]

120. Well said.

[Bengus81]

148. +1000000

[Wiz Imp]

55. Bullshit. The FCC doesn't license networks.

[Bengus81]

153. This is TRUE people. They only license the local affiliates in your City

They merely monitor and have regulations for the major networks

[Cheezoholic]

6. These fuckers will learn the hard way, this never works n/t

[Bengus81]

149. Begs the question, just what show is ABC/Disney going to run in it's place

Re-runs of Fat Hitlers Inauguration?

[popsdenver]

163. I think that the entire main stream media

is helping to shoot themselves in the foot.

At some point, all the U.S. Media will be destroyed except for FOX news which will become the ONLY Media and installed as the only State owned and operated Media allowed, not unlike PRAVDA in Russia..

[rurallib]

7. maybe they can find some old Amos an Andy to run in that time slot

might as well bring the '50s alive

[AdamGG]

139. I'm thinking Father Robert Coughlin and George Lincoln Rockwell might be a better fit. n/t

[ificandream]

8. What Kimmel said isn't even a reason to pull the show. Shame on ABC....

[LiberalArkie]

16. Miller probably called ABC and let them know what he thought

It took CBS many years to get over The Smothers Brothers cancelation but they know not to give in and people would completely forget.

[lostincalifornia]

136. Did CBS learn? I beg to differ. They caved into trump over the 60 minuutes interview they had with VP Harris, because

the nazi in the white house didn't like what VP Harris said.

[WiVoter]

9. They aren't funny & they have no alternative

Colbert should have Kimmel on as a guest.

[Bengus81]

152. I'll guarantee he's already booked. The ratings will be huge...

[Hayabusa]

10. I give up.

This entire country is borked. That's it, I'm just gonna put my head down and play video games and watch TV for a while.

[Trueblue Texan]

21. Just don't watch anything from ABC. NT

[Grim Chieftain]

49. Or CBS for cancelling Colbert

[riversedge]

62. I won't And I just took abc news off my list.

[Polybius]

89. Soon, there will be no channels left to boycott n/t

[Grim Chieftain]

99. Trump owns the airways

We are living in very dangerous times.

[Bengus81]

150. They also own ESPN--80% which is enough in my books.....

[ReRe]

130. Borked is the right word.

One of these days, they'll be having a prayer at midnight and sign off until 6am like they did a hundred years ago. ABC, NBC and CBS are broadcast dinosaurs. Hope you have access to PBS in your area. Of course you'll have sports.

[mdbl]

11. Everyone need to blow up ABC's mailbox

https://support.abc.com/hc/en-us?return_to=%2Fhc%2Frequests

[ificandream]

19. Thanks for this....

[groundloop]

24. Irate feedback has been sent.

[Trueblue Texan]

104. Same here. nt

[Tess49]

108. Sent one, too. Used several adjectives that were lacking in civility.

[North Coast Lawyer]

26. stop paying them

There is no reason anyone should watch any of ABC's content or subscribe to any of it's services.

BTW Disney/ABC is all of these: ABC, ABC New,s Freeform, Disney Channel, Disney Jr., Disney XD, Onyx, Collective, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, FX, FXX, FX Movie Channel ...

[Wiz Imp]

57. You need to include ESPN and all of their offshoots: ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, etc.

[mdbl]

76. also disney+, HULU

[BlueKota]

86. Do they own Hulu as well?

[Bengus81]

154. They now own HULU as of June of 2025...FUCK that streaming service too!

[BlueKota]

164. Damn this sucks

[Nittersing]

33. Done

[orangecrush]

70. Done

[electric_blue68]

74. Just sent! TY for Contact Link!

👍

[ImNotGod]

78. The only reason I stayed on X was so I can send fascist poodles like ABC a nasty tweet. nt

[mdbl]

80. Could not stomach Twatter after that big twit bought it.

[ImNotGod]

101. I don't blame you. And to make things worse about this news I find out that today is National Constitution and

Citizenship day

[IzzaNuDay]

131. Done!

and used an F bomb on the way out!

[Bengus81]

151. I just sent them one in the nicest language I could muster

[Collimator]

155. Thank you for providing this link.

I was a little confused about what to do at the page where it leads. There didn't seem to be an obvious, "contact us" or "email us here" option on the screen.

What I decided to do was follow through on using all the drop-down options by making selections about another show on ABC.
This is what I sent:

"Just sort of stumbled on "High Potential" last season. Kaitlin Olson is great. Was very pleased with the season premier. Wow, what a cliffhanger! . . . Unfortunately, I will never find out what happens because of ABC's cowardly and hypocritical decision to "suspend" Jimmy Kimmel. Kaitlin Olson is great, but fascism is bad. I stand with Jimmy Kimmel."

Seriously, I was really looking forward to tuning in next Tuesday for the follow-up episode of "High Potential". But I'm not going to watch it, which shows how much I've matured since I was a kid and I used to beg my brother to let me tune into "Star Trek" reruns on the grainy signals we would get from the TV stations broadcast from the next market over from our hometown.

I also plan to stop watching "Ghosts" on CBS, which is my current light-hearted comfort show. I'm allowing myself to indulge the next season, but when Colbert goes, I go.

[Wicked Blue]

12. Maybe we need large crowds of people to shout the truth

all around the US. They can't arrest ALL of us, can they?

[Buddyzbuddy]

13. Let me see, state run television, check.

Remove passports from organized groups (Democrats) protesting the Felon or the mother country, check. Display large banners of the Supreme leader, check. Send out the military to arrest citizens and incarcerate chosen males at the age of 14 to recieve the mark, check.
Kill foreigners the gov't. deems deserving without proof of criminality or trial, check.

Well lookee here, I do believe we have our very own dictatorship with virtual Iron Curtain.

[Lovie777]

14. I'm not watching ABC no more......

[badhair77]

15. This is what trump and maga want -

punish anyone who doesn’t agree with them. How soon will they do it to The View?

The issue here is Nexstar, a media company that owns a lot of ABC affiliates. They are pre-empting airing Kimmel so ABC folded too. Nexstar has a questionable history but they keep getting bigger and more powerful. In the Harrisburg area they allowed an alleged sexual harasser to be in charge. Women ended up leaving the station.
An article from the time:

https://www.pennlive.com/life/2018/06/amanda_st_hilaire_abc27.html

[Wiz Imp]

58. NexStar also owns NewsNation

ABC27 in Harrisburg is constantly running NewsNation ads - it's sickening.

[badhair77]

64. True.

That’s my station. Well, it was my station. I am so done. They gradually got me back after the argument with Flora Posteraro and the harassment suit. We never heard the end result of that. But now I’m done.

[mwooldri]

73. NewsNation says it's a centrist news station.

Wifey followed Chris Cuomo there. He's not too horrid. However Leland Vittert that follows him to me seems to be auditioning for Fox News (not surprising considering he is ex Fox News) every night and the content reflects that. Ashley Banfield is the one show I have zero problems with as it's not about politics at all (a true crime show).

But yeah Nexstar appears to me to be a right wing organisation. Not as bad as Sinclair.

[Wiz Imp]

96. Yeah, and Fox News claimed for years to be "fair and balanced"

Just because they repeat it a million times a day, doesn't make it remotely close to being true. NewsNation employs Bill O'Reilly. Enough said. The only good thing to say about them is their ratings are almost nonexistent. Practically NOBODY watches them.

As for Nexstar, it's true (at least at this point) that they're not as bad as Sinclair because they don't force the local stations to air their self produced right wing propaganda. But after this, that may be coming soon.

[badhair77]

68. Nexstar is about to acquire Tegna and they need

government approval. Shades of the Paramount situation. Gotta please trump and MAGA. They’re going to own all media.

[Buddyzbuddy]

17. Stop going to f.cking Disney properties!

Life is not normal, stop acting as though it is. Every moment, every choice is a protest, start acting like it. No home projects, no special trips. Live like it's WWII and your Country needs your sacrifice to survive. We survived the Covid shutdown. Let's call this the "we're not gonna take it" shutdown. Save your money, your going to need it. This is not a test, not a practice run.

[BlueKota]

82. I think Disney is going to have double the problem

because health experts are already saying don't go to Florida because of their non vaccination policies. So now their tourist industry will take a hit just like Vegas did.

[Buddyzbuddy]

137. I sure hope so.

[mdbl]

18. Link to a list of Nexstar stations - the group that told ABC they wouldn't show Kimmel anymore

https://www.nexstar.tv/stations/

It's a good example why they should never have allowed the consolidation of so many stations under one company. Freedom of speech is gone.

[Doodley]

30. They have no choice. They are being told their licences will be taken away if they don't comply.

[Wiz Imp]

59. Bullshit. The FCC doesn't license networks.

[Doodley]

97. No need to be rude. They license the affiliates.

[SunSeeker]

167. That is a distinction without a difference.

If ABC affiliates won't air what the ABC Network produces, then the ABC Network is out of business.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened to yank ABC affiliates' station licenses if they continued to air Kimmel, so the ABC affiliates owned by NexStar took Kimmel off the air. Nexstar owns America’s largest local television broadcasting group comprised of top network affiliates, with more than 200 owned or partner stations in 116 U.S. markets reaching 220 million people. https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-abc-affiliates-to-preempt-jimmy-kimmel-live-indefinitely-beginning-tonight/ NexStar needs FCC approval for their upcoming $6.2 Billion merger with Tegna. https://www.newsweek.com/jimmy-kimmel-show-cancelled-charlie-kirk-2131747

It's CBS and Paramount all over again.

[Wiz Imp]

169. No it isn't anywhere close to the same

Nexstar only owns 23 ABC stations. ABC has no reason to care about whether Nexatar's merger is approved or not. 90% of their stations are not impacted by anything Nexstar does. The FCC may try to pull broadcast licenses but they will not succeed because they have no legitimate cause to. Trump would lose in court.

This is nothing like the Paramount situation who wanted a merger approved. ABC is not trying to merge with anyone. This is strictly personal because Kimmel has so successfully made fun of Trump.

[SunSeeker]

170. NexStar owns 33 ABC stations. That is significant, and certainly impacts ABC.

No station wants to get in an expensive the lawsuit with the FCC. It is much easier for them to just drop Kimmel.

[Wiz Imp]

172. I don't trust that number. I've seen like 5 different numbers

From 5 different sources so I don't know which number if any of them is accurate. But let's say 33 is correct. ABC has 250 stations. That means Nexstar owns at most 13% of ABC stations. So no, 33 or 13% isn't anywhere close to being significant.

[SunSeeker]

173. ABC thought it was significant.

ABC yanked Kimmel after the Nexstar affiliates said they would no longer air him.

[Wiz Imp]

176. ABC apparently had other non-Nexstar stations say they would pull the show at least temporarily.

And they didn't want a rush to judgement from a truly significant number of affiliates to pull the show before ABC or Kimmel himself even had a chance to address the situation. It had nothing to do with Nexstar's merger. ABC has no stake in that. The people who were trying to tie it to that were just dead wrong.

[mdbl]

69. They are all owned by Nexstar. There is no local stations.

If the FCC was breaking the first amendment, they should be fighting it not bending over.

[Doodley]

113. FCC Chair, Brenden Carr: We can do this the easy way or the hard way.

[ImNotGod]

83. ABC nor its owners need a broadcast license though individual stations can be threatened by the nazi fcc. nt

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[Doodley]

102. Brenden Carr: This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney, We can do this the easy way or the hard way.

“This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney,” Carr said during an appearance with podcaster Benny Johnson. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”

Brendan Carr emphasized that ABC and its affiliates must meet obligations tied to their licenses. “They have a license granted by us at the FCC, and that comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest,” he said.

[Trueblue Texan]

110. And every body knows the TSF administration thinks the 1st Amendment is not in the public interest. nt

[SunSeeker]

168. The ABC affiliated stations need broadcast licences. If ABC affiliates can't air what ABC produces, ABC is done.

The owners aren't Trump poodles, but they don't want to lose their business either.

[Trueblue Texan]

107. Well, if they're going to give up all integrity for fascism, they don't deserve a license. nt

[FakeNoose]

124. Also they deserve to lose their viewers

Jimmy will land on his feet somewhere else, I'm sure of it. But if ABC loses all those viewers, it's bye-bye advertisers.

[Nittersing]

35. Nexstar is taking over Denver's NBC affiliate. That includes the news that Kyle Clark reports nt

[littlemissmartypants]

20. I am sick...

So many people are suddenly out of a job. They can't count on support from their own employer. Silencing dissent. Scary.

[North Coast Lawyer]

22. ABC is spineless slim

ABC has destroyed any last vestige of credibility it may have had. They capitulated to Trump's bullying before. Now they're not even pretending to fight -- ABC has instantaneously degraded into a puddle of ooze at Trump's feet.

[MLWR]

39. Peter Jennings is spinning in his grave.

[Dave Bowman]

72. Pretty sure that Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow are spinning along.

[ReRe]

134. Johnny Carson is too.

Just wait till Jon Stewart hears about this. This is a thing now. Censorship! Freedom of Speech. First Stephen Cobert and now Jimmy Kimmel. They're taking out the comedians now. This is definitely some kind of turning point. A canary in the coal mind moment. All this because a prick dictator wannabe can't take a joke. David Letterman just to my mind.

[Smilo]

23. Did Nazi that coming

of course, we can't have anyone speaking the truth, or criticizing the reich or it's members.

Happy Constitution day y'all ...... won't be around much longer.

[PatSeg]

25. Damn! I'm speechless, but not surprised.

Who will be next?

[Dr. Shepper]

28. Canceled Disney plus

Not sure it even matters cause the masses just continue to accept this totalitarian take over.

[Skittles]

37. most people don't give a fuck

they have to have their shit shows and fascist fb

[Bengus81]

156. It does matter that people cancel. MONEY is the ONLY thing these fuckers understand

I shit canned Paramount Plus after more than a decade when they kowtowed and paid Trump off. Fuck em....

[yellow dahlia]

29. Colbert's opening monologue should be interesting tonight.

The story dropped shortly before they tape at 5:00.

[totodeinhere]

48. Colbert will probably be next I am afraid to say.

I have been saying for some time that CBS will probably pull his show sooner than was originally planned. I hope I am wrong.

[Bengus81]

157. He has a contract worth millions$$$. Again MONEY is all they understand......

They'll let him go until May because of his HUGE ratings.........

[Karma13612]

31. Two networks down, one to go

JFC
Sht just got even more real.

We are headed for some sort of meltdown I fear. From the ashes rises a phoenix. I hope it’s the one we need to get this country going in the correct direction. Cause right now we are so fckd.

[milestogo]

32. Well of course they did.

This is a fascist state.

[kimbutgar]

34. That is so bs !

I love a Jimmy Kimmel he has a great show. Shame on ABC and Disney for being so scared of truthful constructive criticism !

[Lovie777]

36. I think the free channels.. ..

2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and a few others pretty much is dying. Paid streaming is the ultimate goal. I know that the end of times people are controlling in the USA right now, but even they don’t trust each other, and unfortunately we, the sane, are in the chaos.

Nightly shows like Colbert and Kimmel will be back.

[MLWR]

38. In this country the almighty buck conquers all.

ABC: shame, shame, shame. You are more interested in your fucking profits than in the Constitution of the United States. I, for one, will not buy the products used on your programming to support you.

[MrWowWow]

40. Email ABC -Here's the Link

https://support.abc.com/hc/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360003079511

[riversedge]

42. Thanks. I wll do that.

[The Grand Illuminist]

47. It never works

nt

[iemanja]

41. This is the Nazification of America

Fucking cowards. I hope they lose many, many millions.

[surfered]

44. Is that it? Is that all he said? It's obvious that was a correct observation snd he didn't say anything negative about

Kirk.

During the Kirk news and fallout, the Senate quietly voted not to release the Epstein Files.,
Just saying…

[SunSeeker]

45. Kimmel should sue the FCC for violating his 1st Am rights. The FCC got him taken off the air

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He didn’t even criticize Kirk. How is stating the truth about MAGA "offensive"?? FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened ABC and got him taken off the air.

Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, had seemingly threatened ABC, Disney and Kimmel over his monologue about Kirk during a YouTube episode of commentator Benny Johnson's show on Sept. 17. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way," Carr said.

"There's calls for Kimmel to be fired," he added. "I think you could certainly see a path forward for suspension over this."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/09/17/jimmy-kimmel-live-suspended-charlie-kirk-comments/86209499007/?fbclid=IwdGRzaAM4J61jbGNrAzgmvWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeRLKHFIZx0IaNgXTASxpWr8Mgn0bPNii-A7DJ_mLt4lfiQ6yicIIzXxLSc60_aem_xX3WIDg2bnX7ejnnDu_wCA

[jgmiller]

135. Exactly use Trump's numbers $15B sounds good n/t

[AZ8theist]

46. WE NOW OFFICIALLY LIVE IN COMMUNIST SOVIET UNION

The American experiment with a free speech Democracy is now OVER.

[progressoid]

50. Remember when we all fell in love with Disney because they were fighting DeSantis

[Bengus81]

146. I do...and how the worm has turned to help out their Fuhrer

[Codifer]

52. fuck

that is all I have

[LostinRed]

53. Disney+ cancelled

This is ridiculous what he said was simply fact. It’s the way he mocked Trump about it right after

[Beacool]

54. What the HELL is going on in this country???

In just a few months we have descended into banana republic territory. I'm disgusted by all these parent corporations that don't have the guts to stand up to the MAGA regime. It appears that integrity and doing what is right went out the window years ago. I was thinking of the courage it took Katherine Graham to allow the publication of the content of the Pentagon Papers, and the Watergate story written by Bernstein and Woodward.

[QueerDuck]

56. YouTube will welcome him.

Fuck the FCC

[rubbersole]

60. A new South Park tonight.

donnie, we can fuck Satan the easy way or the hard way. And no, the soft way isn't an option.

[TommyT139]

114. Word I saw

...was that it was delayed a few hours. For extra legal scrutiny perhaps?

[rubbersole]

122. Now it's supposed to be delayed a week.

Somehow I don't find that reassuring. But, these guys are fearless and billionaires.

[Bread and Circuses]

61. So now we know. The first amendment is only for racists , liars, and violence instigators

This 100% Fascism.

NOW.

No constitutional protections or civil protections.

They will silence us, jail us and send us to some country to die .

[3825-87867]

63. Only solution! Total boycott on all ABC/Disney etc products

Hit 'em where it hurts. We're already paying illegal tariffs with the money going to billionaires and select families. Now the Autocratic Bullshit Company along with the Conservative Batshit Socialists is telling us what we can say and to whom. Ok, we don't need to say or support ABC, CBS or their sponsors any longer.
We need names of Corporate Big Wigs and a list of all sponsors to complain to AND about. They need publicly embarrassed!

When Cracker Barrel righties complained, corporation listened because the right actually did something. WIll the left pull a Merrick Garland? I'd put money on it.

[rhiannon55]

65. Fuck fuck fuck!

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel…. Probably Jon Stewart and Jimmy Fallon will be next. I love those shows that mix political commentary with humor. They are all truth-tellers, so of course the MAGA Nazis have to silence them. This makes me so sick, and ashamed of this country.

[GoneOffShore]

138. Really? And why do you say that? One white gang member killed the member of a different gang.

And the dead one wasn't MAGA enough.

[Kali]

147. That is not actually what he said

Interesting time to speak up.

[Dave Bowman]

66. Fascist Walt would be proud.

[Queso Delicioso]

67. Corporate media. Useless, spineless cowards.

[badhair77]

71. Nexstar is about to acquire Tegna and they need

government approval. This mirrors the Paramount situation. MAGA and trump will control all media.

[Sober Retiree]

75. Fuck Dr. Phil

You know this is some bulshit.
Were knee deep into the abyss what's next? National guard opening up on civilians? That's how it will start the complete destruction of our constitution. Thinking of some pretty rough behavior. We need a massive walk out, our society is 15 years behind of awareness to what is really happening to our country. Tell your neighbors who ever will listen this is heading to the streets. Be prepared to finally get some closure if nothing else we went down swinging, can't will not say much more probably being monitored by Hammas.

[mdbl]

77. 15 years behind? Try 40

OH, and Dr. Phil is definitely a moron.

[Sober Retiree]

84. 15 years behind? Try 40

OK

[Wiz Imp]

85. I agree, but what does this have to do with Dr. Phil?

[bromeando]

79. ABC

Another channel to boycott.

[Wiz Imp]

81. Brian Kilmeade says the government should kill the homeless. Consequence? Nothing.

Jimmy Kimmel makes a joke by stating something true without naming anybody nor being critical of any individual. Nothing remotely offensive about it. I'd dare to say he's made several hundred jokes over the past year that could be construed as offensive but they use THIS? as the pretext to try to get rid of him?

FCC Chair Brendan Carr told conservative podcaster Benny Johnson that Kimmel’s comments were “truly sick,” and that there was a “strong case” for action against ABC and Disney. NO, Brendan Carr is truly sick for even going on a Podcast by Benny Johnson who was proven to be on Vladimir Putin's payroll.

The FCC does not even license networks so they can't pull their license. They do license the individual affiliates but the FCC needs specific reasons to revoke a license.

Reasons a station can lose their license

-A station can lose their license due to serious financial corruption by the station’s owner: tax evasion, fraudulent business practices, and so forth. Bankruptcy can also see a station go off the air, and thus give up their license.
-Failing to broadcast an adequate signal, adhere to FCC technical requirements, or other technical issues (such as causing interference, etc.) can also see the FCC step in.
-Failure to renew their license
-The FCC requires radio and television station licensees to serve the public interest in some way; failure to do so can result in a station losing its license. However, this is extremely rare, as it requires something particularly egregious and ongoing on the station’s part.

There is nothing in there about being able to remove a license because they don't kiss "dear leader's" ass.

This is blatantly unconstitutional and I'm sure lawsuits may be fired before tonight is even over. Very, very chilling.

[sabrams]

87. It is time we show up!

The Red Hats will flood the station with complaints when someone says something they don't like.
It is our turn to do the same. Kimmel did not say anything out of line. We need show up by the 10s of thousands.

[YoshidaYui]

88. TRUMP SAID JIMMY KIMMEL IS NEXT

WHO will be the late night king now?? A REPUBLICAN WHO HAS NO SENSE OF HUMOR? MAYBE JESSIE WATERS WILL BE CHOSEN FOR A LATE NIGHT SPOT, meh,,, FUCK THESE ASSHOLES WHO HAVE DESTROYED LATE NIGHT

[lostincalifornia]

90. If people actually are upset by this and want to do something that is actually doable, Boycott ABC and

Disney.

This is not the first time ABC has caved into the MAGAs, and it won't be the last.

I stopped watching ABC when they caved in to trump because he didn't like what george stephanopoulos said.

Let's be honest, there are now certain so called news media outlets that are controlled by the government. ABC and CBS are two of them, Washington Post, and LA Times can be added to the list when they blocked those paper's endorsement of VP Harris.

We will see what the NY Times does for the sociopaths bullshit 15 billion dollar lawsuit.

It seems appropriate to name those outlets as pravada.

Fortunately, there are still alternatives, but the way things are going it is pretty clear if nothing is done to stop this, the first amendment will be trashed, along with the others.

[Bengus81]

158. And ESPN and HULU and......

[lostincalifornia]

159. Yes, absolutely.

[MrWowWow]

91. ABC Stands For...

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A
Bunch
of
Cranksuckers
(You know what "Crank" I'm referring to here)

[bagimin]

92. This country is dead,

and nobody is doing a fucking thing about it.

[Polybius]

93. Who's gonna replace him?

Conan would get my vote.

[3825-87867]

98. Wrong idea! Doesn't matter who replaces him...

ABC/Disney should not be watched.

[Polybius]

103. It never should have been taken from Conan to begin with

I'd make an exception for him any day. He won't get the job though, so no point in arguing.

[OneCrazyDiamond]

105. My Governor Gavin Newsom is.

He needs more blue states to help though.

[Polybius]

111. Kewl

Gavin is awesome.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

95. MAGAs can't handle the truth

And they call us snowflakes.

[iluvtennis]

100. Un-fkn-believable. I'm so sad to see what my country has become under the MAGAts. n/t

[ruth diamond]

106. If you have a Hulu Subscription - consider canceling it now.

I just canceled mine

[underpants]

109. He suggested tipped off about Tyler being a Groyper

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220651779

The killer was a Groyper
"The MAGA Gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it," Kimmel said.

[lostincalifornia]

112. They did the same thing to bill maher, caved because the sociopath didn't like what

George Stephanopolis said, and now Jimmy Kimmel.

Time to boycott ABC.

[proud patriot]

115. Complicit BASTARDS !!!

[Tadams01KC]

117. Boycott all corporate media

After watching the Emmys last week I noticed every show I was interested in was on a streaming service. I’ve had YoutubeTV for years because 10 years ago I wanted local channels. I haven’t watched a local channel since Felon was elected. So screw it all. Pick a few streaming channels ( Netflix, hbo, etc). Watch better movies and dump YoutubeTV at $80 a month.
Yea I’m a geezer. But figuring it out.

[LudwigPastorius]

121. Trump got his fee fees hurt.

...and The Leader is not to be criticized.

Gee, that's a funny way for the MAGAts to respond to the death of their supposed "champion of free speech".

The frog water is just about to boiling temperature now.

[ellise]

123. Let there be some JUSTICE...

This country has become so depressing…let the justice hurry..please!!!

[Gimpyknee]

125. We cut our ties to tv on 9 Nov 2016.

Best thing we’ve ever done.

[hunter]

133. We quit in January 2012.

After that no cable, no satellite, no broadcast.

Traditional advertising supported television made Trump.

Traditional television needs to die.

Metaphorically, as in "go out of business," not the Charlie Kirk way.

I hate that I have to clarify that.

[BigDemVoter]

126. Fucking spineless cowards.

I honestly don't think this country can ever recover from this, or at least it won't in my lifetime. I feel so disheartened.

[ramapo]

127. Spineless yes but it's all about the billionaire class

We have the 1996 Telecommunications Act to thank because this legislation removed all limits on media ownership. There never would have been corporations owning dozens or even hundreds of stations and being able to control programming for political beliefs or favors. And that's how this started. A Trump-friend, owner of lots of TV stations who wants a mega-merger approval basically stroked Trump by dumping Kimmel. We've already seen how gutless ABS/Disney is so they folded too.

Never could have happened back when there were national and market ownership limits.

Clinton signed this garbage but the bill passed both houses overwhelmingly. Thirty years later, there is far less competition and independent ownership.

This came on top of elimination of the Fairness Doctrine under Reagan.

This is all about billionaires helping billionaires.

[TygrBright]

128. The lawsuit is gonna be epic. n/t

[bmichaelh]

129. Who is next?

Trump wants Fallon and Meyers to be off the air next.

As Lawrence O'Donnell points out tonight, Trump is worse than Nixon.

Nixon never called for Johnny Carson to be fired.

This is part of authoritarian playbook.

Trump does not want to be ridiculed.

[JohnnyRingo]

132. Cue up the Lee Greenwood red white & blue happy hour.

We're living in a country where you have to watch what you say comrade.
Barbed wire is next

[AdamGG]

140. Kimmel didn't even criticize the martyred douchebag

He pointed out that the Republicans were falling over themselves to paint the kid that shot Kirk as a leftist, when his background is MAGA. Which is umm....true.

And, this isn't a live show. How can ABC blame Kimmel for something that their censors let stand and distributed for broadcast?

There needs to be some serious backlash/boycotting for ABC and reporting from other outlets of what was actually said. Removing content you don't like is about as un-American as you can get and using the Kirk shooting in this way is nstituting fascim 101.

Would love to see HBO or somebody put together a hard hitting show like the old Jon Stewart Daily Show, featuring Colbert and Kimmel. Unfortunately, HBO might end up caving to pressure on something like that also.

[Bengus81]

145. Exactly right but all they wanted was something from Kimmel to pull this NAZI stunt

[totodeinhere]

171. In fact on social media he expressed condolences to the Kirk family. n/t

[BidenRocks]

141. I'm at the bottom of a ton of posts.

Hello!? I cancelled Hulu and sent that nasty form letter to ABC.
I did request they brush up on their history. Especially Neville Chamberlain.
Do not bend for a fascist dictator. Especially a fat, no class, can't dress proper, stinky con man extorting the world.

[Johnny2X2X]

143. I can't believe this is happening so fast in America

All of the President's critics in the media are being targeted and silenced.

[infullview]

144. I went to ABC's feedback form and gave them my opinion of their actions

I called them spineless assholes and cowards for canceling JK for speaking the truth and said in my close "so much for the first amendment".

[Bengus81]

161. DU needs to sticky the ABC feedback form at the top

[BidenRocks]

177. Perhaps a 'contact' page.

We can update it with all the contacts in government, business and charity.

It would be helpful to just click, auto fill and send.

Any thoughts or ideas?

[yardwork]

160. Fascism.

[infullview]

162. We need pirate radio

To get uncensored information to the majority of democracy loving people. Perhaps France or England would help fund it.

[Mblaze]

165. He didn't even really talk about Charlie Kirk.

He talked about MAGAs rush to blame Liberals and Democrats for the murder even though it was a lone gunman.

[Initech]

166. And now the MAGA psycho fuckhead in charge of the FCC was just on Fox threatening to pull broadcast licenses.

These fuckers are sadistic. Like seriously sadistic.

[nilram]

174. It felt great to cancel Disney today!

It surprised me how good it felt. I'm not big on videos and stuff, so I was still at the intro rate, but I can't contribute to this fascism.

[dwilso40641]

175. It is obvious

that they have no balls. I believe that this will cost them in the long run.