Media group Nexstar has joined Sinclair in blocking Jimmy Kimmel Live! from returning to broadcast on its ABC-affiliate stations. In a press release, the company stated on Tuesday that it would “continue to preempt” the series and “monitor” the late-night host’s return to television. Last week, Kimmel was “indefinitely” suspended …
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Howard Stern called ABC’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel “really dumb and fucking horrible,” and said he’s cancelling his Disney+ subscription in protest. Stern, who was off last week, addressed the still-simmering controversy when he returned to his SiriusXM show Monday, Sept. 22, saying, “When the government says, ‘I’m not …
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Artists — including Sarah McLachlan and Jewel — scheduled to take the stage at the Los Angeles premiere of the new documentary Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery canceled their performances on Sunday in a move to stand for free speech. The film about the historic Nineties festival is being distributed …
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Disney has reached a formal decision to bring Jimmy Kimmel back to the ABC airwaves on Tuesday night, just one week after his indefinite suspension following statements he made on Jimmy Kimmel Live! about Charlie Kirks’ assassin and after a threat from President Trump’s FCC chair. “Last Wednesday, we made …
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Jon Stewart stepped behind the Daily Show desk on Thursday, breaking with the show’s usual schedule of Stewart hosting on Mondays only. Following news of fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension by ABC, Stewart delivered a stinging glimpse of what a Trump administration-controlled comedy show may look like. Appearing against …
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As the entertainment community rallies behind Jimmy Kimmel in the wake of ABC’s sudden yanking of his late-night show at the behest of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, pressing questions remain about his immediate future on the network. Namely, whether the show’s upcoming residency at the Brooklyn Academy of …
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris criticized the Trump administration over its “assault on free speech,” following Jimmy Kimmel‘s suspension from ABC over his comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. “What we are witnessing is an outright abuse of power,” wrote Harris on X, without mentioning Kimmel directly. “This administration …
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Donald Trump gloated over the news that ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel’s show off the air “indefinitely” after the host’s comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The president declared on Truth Social that the suspension of the late-night show was “Great News for America” and congratulated the network “for …
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Margo Price performed her defiant anthem “Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down” on Tuesday night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! — and it just may turn out to be the late-night show’s last musical performance. On Wednesday, ABC pulled Kimmel’s show from the air over comments the host made surrounding the …
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Marc Maron and Wanda Sykes were among the many to raise serious concerns about the threat to free speech after ABC’s decision to indefinitely pull Jimmy Kimmel Live! following pressure from the Trump administration. Sykes was set to be a guest on Kimmel on Wednesday night, but ABC made its …
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