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

This is fascism.

Boo! Fuck these cowards for giving into Trump

I record him every night and watch his opening monologue every morning while having breakfast - he's the only one I find 'laugh-out-loud' funny. Not sure what he said which was so offensive - he seemed to be very careful with what he said and condoned political violence.

Disgusting! Scary! Shameful! I hate what's going on here.

Fuck that free-speech shit, as long as you praise Trump and Jesus!

I hate it here.

Fuck ABC. There isn’t room for them all to be FauxNews-minded. Eventually, they’ll crash and burn from playing along with this idiocy.

R3 You find Jimmy Kimmel laugh-out-loud funny? Dear lord

Thanks for telling us what he said, OP

I can’t believe that his tentacles are so far reaching.

Haha! He’s a cunt.

There is a god!!!

r11 is hoping he's replaced with Rob Schneider

Disney isn't censoring Kimmel. Nexstar is.

What he said:

[QUOTE] The uproar started after Kimmel said suspected Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson was a MAGA Republican. “We hit 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 doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said.

[QUOTE] Kimmel’s comments about the Charlie Kirk shooting during Tuesday’s show drew condemnation from Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr. That, in turn, prompted one group of ABC affiliates, owned by Nexstar Media Group, to declare they will not air Jimmy Kimmel Live! for the immediate future, which then led ABC to announce the show was being taken off the air “indefinitely.”

r9, this is the rest of the article so far. I don't know if "more to come" means they will update this one or do a new one.

"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..

Fox News openly calls for homeless people to be killed but the right doesn't care

Whoa!

Oh, I got it wrong? First Nexstar banned it so ABC just yanked it totally?! Sheesh

Trump's minions have been pressuring ABC

The 1935 German Nuremberg laws passed and we now enter Germany - 1936 territory. viel Glück

Like Icarus getting to close to the sun, you can't think you are indestructible. There are limits, even on late night, where people have pushed the envelope maybe as far as it will go.

"Like Icarus getting to close to the sun, you can't think you are indestructible"

But if you call for homeless people to be euthanized, it's totally fine, right?

Fox News openly calls for homeless people to be killed but the right doesn't care

The person who said that apologized. Maybe Jimmy was asked to and refused.

I hope all the stars start boycotting ABC

Well now Jimmy may have no reason to stay in the United States; he has said that he wants to move to Italy anyway.

Can they pull The View too?!

I've been waiting for normal Americans who don't follow the news closely to start figuring out what's going on. This will help.

Disgusting but also not surprising. And it’s a warning — SNL better scrap any Trump skits if they want to stay on the air past October.

I just wanna say something. I’m seeing some of you say this is wrong but look at r5 comment.

You seem to want free speech yet supported a man being murdered for free speech…

Who is the idiot poster on here who wants liberal viewpoints silenced?

"The person who said that apologized"

Doesn't change what he said, if he didn't believe it, he wouldn't have said it in the first place

And other people on Fox have said worse things and kept their jobs

Or maybe not. Lorne can dig in an get canned after retire with some dignity.

Speaking as a Chinese lesbian I am appalled

[quote] I’m seeing some of you say this is wrong but look at [R5] comment.

The person at r5 was obviously being sarcastic.

Is the Kirk shooting the Reichstag Fire 2.0?

[quote]Speaking as a Chinese lesbian

That would be fun to do at parties.

I know it's a long way away, but this makes me wonder about the next Oscars and how much they will censor it and the speeches. It airs on ABC and Conan is supposed to host.

Awards shows have already been cutting back on political talk. It was allowed at this years Oscars nor Golden Globes

r36, I'd compare it to the shooting of Ernst vom Rath, which led to Kristallnacht

[quote]this makes me wonder about the next Oscars and how much they will censor it and the speeches.

The networks and the Academy haven't cared about losing a wide swath of the potential audience before now regarding viewership of the Oscars, so maybe that will still be the case.

R40 Thanks

More like Russia and Hungary every single day.

[quote]I'd compare it to the shooting of Ernst vom Rath, which led to Kristallnacht

So you're saying that Kimmel is like a German Nazi diplomat. Okay.

You're pussies ABC, grow some balls!

double thanks R40. Polish assassin Herschel Grynszpan was a snack!

[quote] this makes me wonder about the next Oscars and how much they will censor it and the speeches.

Never change, DL.

You're worried about the Oscars while the country burns down around you.

How is that even offensive or in bad taste?

[quote]More like Russia and Hungary every single day.

But that means that we can alternate between borscht and goulash instead of having only one or the other.

Jimmy used to be so entertaining.

Kimmel on BlueSky the day of Kirk's shooting:

Instead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human? On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents and innocents who fall victim to senseless gun violence.

Not good enough for the party of not-so-free speech, apparently.

"So you're saying that Kimmel is like a German Nazi diplomat."

Nope. I was saying that, when a Jewish man shot a Nazi, the Nazis used it as a pretext to demonize all Jews and crack down on dissent. Just like conservatives are using Kirk's murder to crack down on dissent

R44 no dimwit its a loose comparison but provocative. A polish jew killed nazi vom Rath and the response was Kristallnacht on jews in Germany. The loose analogy being the response to Kirk's murder might be the right exacting revenge on the "left" beause trump and his ss are determined to pin this on left extremism.

But they SWORE they would only cancel TRANS!!!!

Gimme a break, I sure deserve one.

We the American people need to revolt. Start by picking one day for no one to show up for work. Exceptions only to Hospitals, Fire Depts and Police Depts.

[quote] But that means that we can alternate between borscht and goulash instead of having only one or the other.

Both taste horrible with soy beans once destined for China

I am going to cancel my Disney+ subscription "indefinitely."

[quote] Like Icarus getting to close to the sun, you can't think you are indestructible. There are limits, even on late night, where people have pushed the envelope maybe as far as it will go.

Dump and MAGA are Icarus...

AI hoax?

There aren't a lot of third rails in American politics, but for the moment, Charlie Kirk is a third rail. People should bite their tongue until all this passes.

He spoke his mind and for that his corporate bosses will fire him, because they are caving (no surprise) to the pressure of an authoritarian-bent government.

Jimmy Kimmel said nothing that could be construed as offensive about a horrible murder.

You mean until they come with a new forbidden topic r61, which will eventually be a very, very long list. But then again, as a natural serf and a cult member, I'm sure you'll be fine with that.

r62, define "virtue-signaling"

And do you think Scott Baio and all the conservative stars are windbags, too?

Charlie Kirk was a fucking white supremacist Christian Nationalist fascist. FUCK ABC!

This is the comment that ultimately caused ABC to cancel Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher.

Comment was made shortly after the 9/11 attacks, but ABC quickly cooled toward the show, cancelling it in June 2002.

[quote]"We have been the cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, [it's] not cowardly."

[Quote] You're worried about the Oscars while the country burns down around you.

well maybe California

Nexstar wants FCC approval of its $6.2 billion merger with rival Tegna. Either FCC Chief Brendan Carr pressured them to preempt Kimmel on their stations or they did it proactively to curry favor.

The love of money is indeed the root of all evil.

I don't give a shit about Kirk. He's dead, move on.

R27 - I don’t know how The View could survive this regime and ABC’s automatic capitulation to DUMP. Their hot topics depend on talking about Dump. They might as well just pull it off the air.

And damn straight celebrities need to start boycotting ABC/Disney. See how far they get casting Kevin Sorbo and Scott Baio in everything.

I don’t think people still understand where we are headed.

Everything keeps happening that we said would happen.

Do you get it yet?

[quote]See how far they get casting Kevin Sorbo and Scott Baio in everything.

I'd be happy to be cast in anything, but I'm busy right now with my new job with ICE

r47, eh,I'm definitely worried about the country burning down as well. I was just thinking about the future (if there is one). If something this mild can get you pulled off the air indefinitely, it seems like all the old rules are out the window and I just don't see how the Oscars or anything else will be able to censor itself enough to satisfy the Dictator Wannabe. Dark times.

[quote]I don’t think people still understand where we are headed.

True, but as far we know, the expanding universe is infinite, so we're not going to hit anything.

OMG. Fascism.

I hope Seth Meyers continues to rip Trump a new one

And I hope SNL does, too

Kirk is just the excuse. Trump is the real reason this happened.

I hope Colbert burns it all down tonight in his monologue.

[quote]If something this mild can get you pulled off the air indefinitely, it seems like all the old rules are out the window

Can you imagine his monologue, maybe any of his monologues, being done by any host on national television 20 or 30 years ago? The old rules went out some time ago.

The right wing are the champions of virtue signaling. For example, them raising the confederate flag.

If SNL was really smart, they would go hard-core South Park this season. Balls to the wall.

Now I hate the MSM too, but for a different reason. I was avoiding CBS because of them caving in, now ABC which I still trusted. Are NBC and PBS long to resist. Even Meet the Press has become very tentative.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

Apparently, this is no longer valid...

for ya R61

Charlie Kirk was as beautiful on the inside as he was on the outside.

Speaking of South Park, they didn't air their show this week. Was supposed to be today. They say it's because they weren't finished with it, but if that's the truth, it's only the second time in the show's history that they've ever not done a show when planned because it wasn't complete. I think they weren't finished because there is a battle going on internally with Paramount regarding the content.. Even that show feels the power of Trump during these dark times.

The American people need to put their differences aside and come together. It's possible because it happened with 9/11.

Legacy media cannot die soon enough.

FCC Head Brendan Carr wants to see more of this ... and likely will. Any bets on who/what is next to go down?

Yes, we need to come together against Trump, the Cult, and the growing fascism in this country. Agreed r87.

Can The Data Lounge be far behind?

100 bucks says his show never comes back. This is a permanent cancellation.

No it won’t R28. He barely manages 1.5 million viewers and frequently less. He can only get around 200k from 18-49. That’s terrible. Late night is dead. It’s an echo chamber.

I don't understand how a network affiliate could get a show cancelled or suspended nationally.

Whoopi, you in danger, girl.

The new fall season on ABC will be great! Dancing with the MAGA Stars! Submit to the Bachelor. The only VIEW you need to know about. General Hospital for Muricans Only! Grey's Creationisim, The Rookie...who shoots the coloreds.

r94, they own a large number of affiliates. Pre-empting it essentially removes the ad revenue. Very few affiliates are owned and operated by ABC. Nexstar is a very conservative organisation.

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Well, was he lying?

I watch Kimmels monologues. He wasn't over the top or offensive this week. This is ABC looking for an excuse to ax Jimmy like CBS did Colbert.....He ain't cheap.

Given the media companies' eagerness to curry favor with Trump, it seems like an increasing number of outlets are competing for a decreasing (to judge from the polls) audience of Trump fans. How will that work out economically?

The mainstream media also caved for years after 9/11. The result was the fast growth of the anti-Bush blogosphere.

We have many more tools than we had in the 2000s. So do they. But Americans don’t typically react well to this kind of censorship.

You all need to realize as r97 said local news is the real villains. These conservative corporations have been buying local new stations for a long time now. They are all little malicious Fox New’s.

Damnit, they've gone too far now! I'm a big Jimmy Kimmel fan! Adios Disney and Hulu!

It's up to you Steven Colbert (for the duration) and SNL.

Sic 'em!!

*are the real villains

[bold] I don't think we come back from this. ALL of it. Trump. The GOP fear of him. The The Supreme Court. Charlie Kirk. The Maga national takeover with rigging the elections with gerrymandering. This isn't something Democrats will recover from. The people with the tanks almost always win in uprisings. [/bold] That's not us.

If anyone wants to know where this country is headed, all you have to do is watch the movie "2073". Every days news is stuff directly from it. Best advice: buy that movie before it's too late and it's removed.

Trump said "Kimmel's next" when Colbert's show was axed. Get used to this stuff.

Everyone should re-read (perhaps I should say READ) Shirer's [italic]The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,[/italic] because what he describes in the latter years of the Weimar Republic is very close to what America is dealing with right now.

Unlike Russia/USSR and its former satellites, Weimar was a strong effort at creating a genuine democracy. Hitler actually gamed the democratic system and levers of government to gain power. Ultimately the people voted in their own destructor.

Use freedom of speech to enthrall audiences.

Use freedom of assembly to hold massive marches and rallies to demonstrate their numbers and intimidate trade unions and "good government" believers.

Use freedom of the press to push your message out, until you get where you want--then shut out all voices other than yours.

Use the voting system to gain a little more in each election, until you've created a huge bloc of party faithful. Then when you have the numbers in the Reichstag, strong-arm the government, worm the top guy into the second-in-command, then look for the opportunity to nudge the #1 out, then Presto! You're now a Fascist regime!

[quote] [R94], they own a large number of affiliates. Pre-empting it essentially removes the ad revenue. Very few affiliates are owned and operated by ABC. Nexstar is a very conservative organisation.

OK. But it diminishes ad revenue for the affiliate AND the network, right? So does Nexstar have to pay Disney for the ad revenue it generates from the program that it runs instead of Kimmel?

R96 You need to try and get a job with Colbert while he's still on the air. Those jokes are better than his. (and i love Colbert)

Tonight’s guests on “Late Night with Stephen Miller” are James Woods and Scott Baio with a special musical performance from Lara Trump.

Dear Leader Trump can’t bare the humiliation by late night.

This one is going to bite them in the ass in a major way. Stupid chicken shit fucks.

I would be very nervous at The View studio right now. You know they won't be allowed to even mention Kimmel tomorrow.

I fear DL and similar platforms are next.

CNN walking on eggshells right now just trying to convey this story.

I wasn't this scared after 9/11.

I wasn’t this scared on 9/11 and I was on the 81st floor of the South tower after the second plane hit!

Charlie Kirk was all about free speech, and if you disagree you’ll be muzzled.

R19-you quite that!

He needs to create a YT channel and talk all the shit he wants - as much as YT will let him get away with at least

There was no way DL was gonna even get a chuckle out of me. I'm too stunned. Frozen.

But damn R112 made me laugh.

Every day is worse than the one before.

This Trump 2.0 term is worse than we imagined, and we imagined the worst. Just like Trump 1.0.

For everyone but especially R112 in case he hasn't seen it........

Didn't Shitler boast after Colbert was cancelled Kimmel was next? Sure Jimmy was expecting this yet he did not self censor. Bravo.

R34 In the song "It Aint' Etiquette"" by Cole Porter, he asks "Is it true what they say about Chinese girls?" 34 Can you tell us if it's true?