As if Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late-night wasn’t enough, South Park put FCC chair Brendan Carr through a grueling gauntlet of slapstick pain in its latest episode, Wednesday, Sept. 24. The episode isn’t a direct commentary on how the Trump administration pressured ABC and affiliate owners to preempt Jimmy Kimmel …
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Attorneys representing two groups of Disney shareholders are demanding records related to the company’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel under pressure from the Trump administration. As Variety notes, the letters were sent to Disney CEO Bob Iger on behalf of the American Federation of Teachers (which is affiliated with the …
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! is back. Last week, ABC and Disney abruptly suspended the long-running late-night series, citing an “ill-timed and thus insensitive” monologue in which the comedian criticized right-wingers for trying to “score political points” off the murder of Charlie Kirk. Jimmy Kimmel kept quiet in the days that followed, …
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Jimmy Kimmel Live returned last night after a week-long suspension, much to the delight of the general public. One person who was not a fan, however, was Donald Trump. The president responded to Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback with a rant on Truth Social, declaring that he intends to sue the late-night …
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Sarah McLachlan helped welcome Jimmy Kimmel back to the airwaves Tuesday night with a performance of “Better Broken,” the title track from her new album. McLachlan’s presence on Jimmy Kimmel Live! was especially apt: Last week, after ABC abruptly yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live! under pressure from the Trump administration, McLachlan …
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Jimmy Kimmelmade his returnto late-night on Tuesday, a week after Disney and ABC made the call to pullJimmy Kimmel Live!from the air, citing the host’s comments about the right-wing response to Charlie Kirk’s death. Media companies Sinclair and Nexstar are continuing to preempt the series. Still, while it didn’t air …
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As Jimmy Kimmel Live!returns to ABC on Tuesday night and millions of screens across America tune in, swaths of the country will only have access to “news programming” instead of the late-night show. Broadcasting giant Sinclair announced that it would not air Kimmel’s show despite its return to the airwaves …
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Late-night hosts celebrated the comeback of Jimmy Kimmel after ABC temporarily suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live last week. Speaking on The Daily Show, Jon Stewart recounted how ABC announced that Kimmel would return to TV on Tuesday night, noting that the audience response helped to convince Disney to do the right …
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Kamala Harris praised Disney‘s decision to return Jimmy Kimmel to the air during an interview with Rachel Maddow on MSNBC last night. “Talk about the power being with the people and the people making that clear with their checkbooks as it relates to the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel,” Harris told …
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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Jimmy Kimmel will return to his namesake show starting tonight. This follows Disney’s decision to pull him “indefinitely” last week following comments the late-night host made about the …
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