ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after remarks about Charlie Kirk

Nordberg said:
It is all part of the plan by the wealthy to completely control the news. The plutocrats think this is an opportunity to control any and all criticism of the right. Kirk deserves plenty of criticism. He was a racist and a bigot. That's 2 down, one more to go. They gutted PBS already. Free speech is being chopped down.
I saw this coming for years when they took over newspapers and radio. I did not think they were ready to finish off free speech.
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Explain EXACTLY what he said that was racist. Do use snippets use the full text to prove what you said.
 
BartenderElite said:
Everyone is choosing right now. We're all in the exact same place.

Are we going to be part of the problem, or part of the solution? It's that stark.

Doesn't matter if someone is on TV.
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You're on the commie side. This is America and it doesn't go well for you.
Just so you know. :dunno: America is largely full of Americans that came from Americans, and you leftist fucking dipshits cannot gaslight people like that. Good luck, or not. Actually, Fuck You, you anti-American fucking bullshitter!
 
BartenderElite said:
It's not a "stupid game." There is a chill wind blowing right now.

Did you think what he said was inflammatory?
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It doesn't matter what I think, it matters what his bosses think. This isn't a First Amendment thing, people who want to make money are pulling a product from the airwaves that they think will cause them to lose money.

Yes, he is playing stupid games, and he's now won a stupid prize...

Again, the same people who told us repeatedly that First Amendment protected activity still had consequences are finding out that they actually do.
 
Matt Dillon said:
You're on the commie side. This is America and it doesn't go well for you.
Just so you know. :dunno: America is largely full of Americans that came from Americans, and you leftist fucking dipshits cannot gaslight people like that. Good luck or not. Actually, Fuck You, you anti-American fucking bullshitter!
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I'm done w/ you, man. You guys scream about the left saying "fascist" all the time, but you can't help yourself. Commie, commie, commie, all of the time.

Even after I told you I'm not Democrat. I wanted Kasich for President. I'm fiscally conservative.

Your generalization of people is lazy, and embarrassing.

And I'm still sick to my stomach about Kirk, btw. One of us honors his legacy.
 
BartenderElite said:
I'm done w/ you, man. You guys scream about the left saying "fascist" all the time, but you can't help yourself. Commie, commie, commie, all of the time.

Even after I told you I'm not Democrat. I wanted Kasich for President. I'm fiscally conservative.

Your generalization of people is lazy, and embarrassing.

And I'm still sick to my stomach about Kirk, btw. One of us honors his legacy.
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Yeah well, I think you're a stupid commie bitch. So there's that. :dunno:
You never advocate for anything but things like one of those would. Prove me wrong!
 
BartenderElite said:
I'm done w/ you, man. You guys scream about the left saying "fascist" all the time, but you can't help yourself. Commie, commie, commie, all of the time.

Even after I told you I'm not Democrat. I wanted Kasich for President. I'm fiscally conservative.

Your generalization of people is lazy, and embarrassing.

And I'm still sick to my stomach about Kirk, btw. One of us honors his legacy.
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Sounds like you are generalizing to me.
 
I miss the days when comedians could say the edgy stuff that would ruffle feathers without prissy manbaby reactions like this. This sounds like trying to silence opposing opinions. Just how many conservative news anchors and pundits did the same thing, claiming he was liberal? Was there a call for them to be silenced? Did they lose jobs? No, heck, they probably would get a raise. It's a sad day when demagogues are unleashed while comedians are being silenced.
 
signalmankenneth said:
Damn!

Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson said, declining to share any further details.

A representative for Kimmel did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The abrupt announcement came Wednesday evening after at least one major operator of ABC-affiliated stations said it would not broadcast the show “for the foreseeable future.”

The operator, Nexstar, 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.”

The Federal Communications Commission’s Trump-aligned chairman on Wednesday threatened to “take action” against Disney and ABC over Jimmy Kimmel’s recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.

During his Monday evening monologue, Kimmel suggested Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, might have been a pro-Trump Republican. “The MAGA Gang (is) 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. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/media/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-trump-fcc-brendan-carr
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Yep, when we let the president dictate content, we may as well declare him "king". These are dark times!
 
archives said:
“The MAGA Gang (is) 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”

And that’s controversial? So much for the First Amendment
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Yep, they're doing exactly what we thought they'd do - use Kirk's murder to grab power.
 
Tobytone said:
I think the tech gods cut me off mid-sentence, lol. As I was saying he's so talented and with more time he might have been able to get at least half the viewers on his NETWORK show as Gutfeld gets on his cable show. Gutfeld has what, 1/6 the possible audience, but details aside, what a loss. LOL He'll be running around the street annoying people like his fellow radical scumbags. Maybe they could try a comedy show, it worked before the left became libtard dope addicts, remember?
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It's not about "talent". Kimmel had a huge following. It's about silencing the opposition. This is nuts. trump and a bunch of the demons on fox news made fun of Paul Pelosi's attempted murder. Can you imagine what you trumptard fucks would have done if Biden had taken Fox off the air?

Geez louise you guys are stupid!
 
signalmankenneth said:
Damn!

Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson said, declining to share any further details.

A representative for Kimmel did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The abrupt announcement came Wednesday evening after at least one major operator of ABC-affiliated stations said it would not broadcast the show “for the foreseeable future.”

The operator, Nexstar, 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.”

The Federal Communications Commission’s Trump-aligned chairman on Wednesday threatened to “take action” against Disney and ABC over Jimmy Kimmel’s recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.

During his Monday evening monologue, Kimmel suggested Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, might have been a pro-Trump Republican. “The MAGA Gang (is) 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. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/media/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-trump-fcc-brendan-carr
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Wow. The cowardice of the media bending the knee for King Donald is disturbing.
 
LurchAddams said:
It's not about "talent". Kimmel had a huge following. It's about silencing the opposition. This is nuts. trump and a bunch of the demons on fox news made fun of Paul Pelosi's attempted murder. Can you imagine what you trumptard fucks would have done if Biden had taken Fox off the air?

Geez louise you guys are stupid!
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Calm down now, take deep breaths and try to think about what your fingers are typing. Kimmel's ratings sucked, he's like the salesman that never hits his quota and is a douche to all in the office, he has horrible B.O. and he's overheard being rude to the customers on the phone losing accounts every other day. The boss has to ask, wtf are we keeping this asshole around for, he's losing money and he's a fucktard to boot. Goodbye asshole, LOL. I thought maybe an experience you've lived through might help you understand how things work in reality, since you're in sales or are trying to get back in sales.

Maybe this will help you poor grieving morons understand reality a bit better than my analogy. I admit I was reaching trying to bring it home for Lurch, being that he's looking for sales work at the moment. Let's look at the last ten years. If we see a steady decline, I wonder if that went into the decision when multiple stations said no mas'? Advertisers were probably a bit upset. Again, if you actually knew about sales, you'd know that it sucks to work on an account so hard and have them back out because of a delusional scumbag that loses his audience every single night he's on the air then goes over the edge and pisses off all the people buying the sponsors widgets. Nah, it was Trump. lmfao

reporting.

Year/SeasonAverage Total Viewers (Millions)Change from Previous YearNotes/Key Events
2014–2015 (Peak Era)~2.5–2.6+10–15% (from 2013–14's ~2.2M)Strong post-Leno/Letterman era; averaged 2.55M in 2015, boosted by celebrity guests and Oscars hosting.
2015–2016~2.4-6%Slight dip amid competition; still competitive with Colbert's debut on CBS.
2016–2017~2.3-4%Stable but early signs of decline; political content ramps up during 2016 election.
2017–2018~2.1-9%Post-election fatigue; averaged 2.04M in 2018–19 season start.
2018–2019~2.0-5%Continued erosion; 2.04M average, down from 3.81M genre leader (Colbert) but JKL competitive.
2019–2020~1.9-5%Pandemic boosts initial viewership, but overall down; summer highs offset by lows.
2020–2021~1.8-5%COVID effects; remote episodes hurt momentum.
2021–2022~1.7-6%Streaming surge accelerates decline; weekly highs around 1.7M.
2022–2023~1.6-6%Pre-strike average; 2023 strike causes summer hiatus, inflating 2023 yearly avg. slightly.
2023–2024~1.5–1.6-6–10%Strike impact skews; Q2 2024: 1.77M; full year down ~9% from 2023 due to included low summer episodes.
2024–2025 (Q1–Q2 2025)~1.4–1.5-10–15%Q1 2025: 1.4M (down 24% in 18–49 demo); Q2: 1.77M (slight QoQ uptick); August 2025 monthly avg: 1.104M (down 11% from prior month).
Overall Drop Summary:
  • Total Viewers: From 2.5 million in 2015 to ~1.1–1.4 million in 2025, a **50–55% decline**. This equates to a loss of about 1.1–1.4 million viewers per episode on average.
LOL
 
archives said:
“The MAGA Gang (is) 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”

And that’s controversial? So much for the First Amendment
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The first amendment limits government , not the private sector. It does not prevent consequences from non-government entities.


Take a civics class.
 
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