Jimmy Kimmel Live! will make its return to Nexstar’s ABC affiliate stations, the company announced on Friday, just hours after Sinclair revealed it would also allow the show on its airwaves. “We have had discussions with executives at the Walt Disney Company and appreciate their constructive approach to addressing our …
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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 acknowledged the threats made by Donald Trump after his late-night show returned on Tuesday night, describing the president as an “Eighties movie-style bully.” On the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel did a line-by-line takedown of Trump’s Truth Social post, which suggested he planned to sue ABC …
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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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It’s difficult to think of Jimmy Kimmel as a canary or imagine Stephen Colbert in a coal mine, but here we are. Having worked in late-night television during the presidency of our country’s most revered Republican icon, Ronald Reagan, I know firsthand how bizarre the harassment of talk-show hosts by …
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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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