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Jimmy Kimmel Breaks Silence on Show Suspension
Less than a week after Jimmy Kimmel was suspended from his late-night show over comments made about Charlie Kirk’s murder, he returned to TV and reflected on the controversy. Jimmy Kimmel is getting the last word. Less than a week after Jimmy Kimmel Live!Charlie Kirk’s murder, Kimmel returned to the air and got emotional while…
Jimmy Kimmel will be back on air on Tuesday, Disney says
By NPR Staff Less than a week after it was taken off the air under pressure from the Trump administration, Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to late night on Tuesday, ABC parent company Disney confirmed. Disney pulled the comedian’s show last Wednesday after Brendan Carr, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, condemned Kimmel’s comments about…
Legal experts say pulling Jimmy Kimmel from air may amount to illegal ‘jawboning’
Bobby Allyn As First Amendment scholar Evelyn Douek watched the news unfold of ABC yanking Jimmy Kimmel from air, she was aghast: “The hypocrisy is enough to give one vertigo,” she said. It’s shocking to Douek, because she is a close-watcher of what’s known as “jawboning,” when regulators or government officials pressure private actors, like…
Jimmy Kimmel show is pulled by ABC after comments about the Charlie Kirk killing
By NPR Staff Late night has lost another host after ABC announced Wednesday Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension following comments he made earlier in the week regarding speculation swirling around the suspect in the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. An ABC spokesperson told NPR Wednesday evening that “Jimmy Kimmel Live will be preempted indefinitely.” Kimmel is…