Soon after forcing Jimmy Kimmel off the airwaves, Sinclair — the broadcasting giant that operates dozens of ABC affiliates — announced it would replace the late-night show Friday with a special dedicated to Charlie Kirk. However, instead of broadcasting the special Friday, Sinclair affiliates aired a rerun of Celebrity Family …
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It was clear Donald Trump and his allies would ramp up their crackdown against any and all opposition in the wake of the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk — and this week, the president’s second administration unleashed its most authoritarian blitz yet. The Trump administration got late-night host Jimmy …
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Bill Maher joined the chorus of late-night voices defending Jimmy Kimmel Friday on the latest episode of HBO’s Real Time. “Well, I guess you all heard Jimmy Kimmel, my friend, my compatriot, he’s canned by ABC for comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s assassin,” Maher said of the controversy. “The …
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Back in 1940, Charlie Chaplin made a movie called The Great Dictator, a comedy about fascism. In it, he plays a Hitler-like character named Adenoid Hynkel, the authoritarian leader of an imaginary country called Tomainia. As parodies go, this one was relatively direct: There was a Goebbels character, a Göring …
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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 ABC’s indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! continues, Kimmel’s fellow late-night hosts took to their own monologues to mock the Trump administration on Thursday evening. The network pulled Kimmel off the air Wednesday over the comedian’s comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination during his monologue on Monday night. …
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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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Sinclair will replace the Jimmy Kimmel Live! time slot on Friday with a tribute special to Charlie Kirk. The company has also demanded that Kimmel apologize to Kirk’s family, and donate to them and Turning Point USA, which was co-founded by Kirk. The announcement was made shortly after ABC said …
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