Jimmy Kimmel pulled from the air

[Caveira]

9 minutes ago, Tripnsweep said:

I think they saw the backlash coming and the potential losses. 

People will watch an episode or two and forget about it and go back to their regular scheduled sleepy times boss.   

[ionel]

1 hour ago, JimmySpeaks said:

Sounds like Jimmy Kimmel is back on Tuesday night.  Those so called threats really did a lot huh? 

 

1 hour ago, mspart said:

Trump's a fascist, he's letting Kimmel back on the air.  

mspart

 

59 minutes ago, Caveira said:

The entire democracy we have was going to end 

 

10 minutes ago, Tripnsweep said:

I think they saw the backlash coming and the potential losses. 

But he was "fired."  Is he working for free now?  

[red viking]

HES BAAACCCKKK!

He better hit Trump hard now!!

[ionel]

If a comedian tells a joke and no one is watching is it really a joke? 

[JimmySpeaks]

All the wokster whining little biatches cried for nothing 

[ionel]

3 minutes ago, JimmySpeaks said:

All the wokster whining little biatches cried for nothing 

but ... but ... but Trump fired him!  Are we really living in a day and age when the most powerful man in the world can't fire a lousy comedian?  

[Tripnsweep]

18 minutes ago, ionel said:

but ... but ... but Trump fired him!  Are we really living in a day and age when the most powerful man in the world can't fire a lousy comedian?  

Apparently not. Unless Trump is now the boss of Disney. 

[Caveira]

14 minutes ago, Tripnsweep said:

Apparently not. Unless Trump is now the boss of Disney. 

But I thought T forced their hand with threats on tv?   Did he not all of a sudden now?   

[JimmySpeaks]

Wokester whining 

[Tripnsweep]

It must be a tiring day for you little Jimmy, having to switch accounts so often. 

[JimmySpeaks]

At least you have 18 unlawfuls in your house to post for you huh? 

[JimmySpeaks]

Jimmy Kimmel should probably thank Trump for the ratings he’ll get tomorrow night.  Too bad for black face Jimmy it will go right back in the shi$$er after that. 

[JimmySpeaks]

Trips family 

[Caveira]

2 hours ago, red viking said:

HES BAAACCCKKK!

He better hit Trump hard now!!

 

[headshuck]

Kimmel had 120,000 views before being yanked. Now half of his own network will be watching Rosanne Barr rerun episodes.

[fishbane]

If Sinclair actually follows through with preempting his show.  They said they were going to air a special tribute to Charlie Kirk on Friday and then they just air a Celebrity Family Feud re-run instead.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/09/22/sinclair-jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-replacement/86289176007/

Some outlets reported that threats to some of it's member stations impacted its decision to not air the Kirk special.  

[JimmySpeaks]

So it’s ok to threaten a station in to making them not play something they don’t like.  I thought for sure we just heard all kinds of whining about the fcc using threats.  

[fishbane]

30 minutes ago, JimmySpeaks said:

So it’s ok to threaten a station in to making them not play something they don’t like.  I thought for sure we just heard all kinds of whining about the fcc using threats.  

No one said that.  If the threats are consumers threatening to cancel their Disney+ or Hulu subscriptions either because they don't like Kimmel's show or don't like ABC not airing his show that is perfectly fine.  The FCC threatening enforcement like Carr did is inappropriate.  Threatening violence because a broadcaster cancelled a show is wrong.

It's odd because Sinclair didn't give any reason for not airing the Kirk special until earlier today.  I wonder what threat(s) were received and from whom.

[Lipdrag]

4 hours ago, Tripnsweep said:

I think they saw the backlash coming and the potential losses. 

Who?  The FCC?  FCC does not make profit or losses.  ABC/Disney made a business decision to de-escalate the situation to avoid backlash from affiliates.  Then they made another about how to get through Kimmel’s contract and sponsor’s advertising buys that have already been committed.  No first amendment issues involved.

[JimmySpeaks]

1 hour ago, fishbane said:

No one said that.  If the threats are consumers threatening to cancel their Disney+ or Hulu subscriptions either because they don't like Kimmel's show or don't like ABC not airing his show that is perfectly fine.  The FCC threatening enforcement like Carr did is inappropriate.  Threatening violence because a broadcaster cancelled a show is wrong.

It's odd because Sinclair didn't give any reason for not airing the Kirk special until earlier today.  I wonder what threat(s) were received and from whom.

Because The threat had nothing to do with Sinclair cancelling it.  It’s an ownership decision most likely based on what their viewers are telling them.  See what I did there?   I used your strategy 

[ionel]

Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming. Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potential return," the company’s statement read.

[JimmySpeaks]

1 hour ago, fishbane said:

No one said that.  If the threats are consumers threatening to cancel their Disney+ or Hulu subscriptions either because they don't like Kimmel's show or don't like ABC not airing his show that is perfectly fine.  The FCC threatening enforcement like Carr did is inappropriate.  Threatening violence because a broadcaster cancelled a show is wrong.

It's odd because Sinclair didn't give any reason for not airing the Kirk special until earlier today.  I wonder what threat(s) were received and from whom.

But it would still be ok to denounce the threats though huh?