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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If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you flip on late-night TV these days, you’re not going to find much. Sure, there’s the local news and the occasional sports rerun, but as of May …
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A leader of the Federal Communications Commission is blasting Disney’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show in the face of “government pressure” that she says violates the First Amendment and endangers free speech. Anna Gomez is one of two FCC commissioners serving under chairman Brendan Carr, who was appointed …
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David Letterman denounced ABC’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live! following pressure from the Trump administration, saying, “This is misery,” during a panel at the Atlantic Festival on Thursday, Sept. 18 (via Variety). “We see where this is all going, correct?” Letterman said. “It’s managed media. And it’s no good. …
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Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show was suspended by ABC on Wednesday following a brief pressure campaign from the Trump administration as well as conservatives in the media, who successfully twisted Kimmel’s words following last week’s assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. During Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday, the comedian criticized conservatives …
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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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Stephen Colbert showed off his shiny new Emmy on The Late Show, earning a standing ovation and a chant of “Stephen, Stephen” from the audience as he kicked off his show on Tuesday night. “On Sunday night we won our first Emmy for Outstanding Talk Series,” Colbert said. “Man, I’m …
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Jimmy Kimmel is the latest late-night host to be pulled from a major network after the comedian made remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, amid pressure from Donald Trump’s administration. “Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be preempted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson told Rolling Stone today. The spokesperson did …
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John Oliver stopped by Jimmy Kimmel Live on Monday after winning two Emmys for Last Week Tonight, and he took the opportunity to reflect on being forced to keep his acceptance speech short. Oliver recounted how he managed to thank everyone in only 19 seconds after the Emmys host, Nate …
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Jimmy Kimmel used his monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Thursday night to respond to the death of Charlie Kirk and to discuss why Donald Trump‘s reaction has been so problematic. Kimmel described Kirk’s shooting death earlier this week as “a senseless murder.” “His death has amplified our anger, our …
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