RE: ABC has pulled the "Jimmy Kimmel Show Live" indefinitely, due to...
(09-20-2025 04:33 PM)TripleA Wrote: Ah, I was afraid those ABC wusses would let him come back. That would suck. Almost anybody could get better ratings, I bet.
Quote:The demise of disgraced ‘comedian’ Jimmy Kimmel may be premature, even after his defamatory statements regarding the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, the left-wing Kimmel told his late-night audience on Monday that a MAGA REPUBLICAN murdered Kirk and accused the right of trying to score political points off of it.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel claimed.
Nexstar later announced that all 32 of its ABC broadcast affiliates would preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” indefinitely, blasting Kimmel’s sick comments about Kirk’s murder as “offensive and insensitive.”
Disney also pulled Kimmel’s show.
“Disney is pulling ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ “indefinitely, the company confirmed to Fox News Digital, Fox reported.
While this appeared to be the end of Kimmel, Disney is apparently having second thoughts. Variety reported on Friday that the company has entered talks to bring Kimmel back into the fold.
From Variety:
Jimmy Kimmel and Disney are working toward reaching a compromise that would allow “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to return to ABC.
The veteran host’s business and legal representatives are deep in discussions with Disney and ABC leaders in the hopes of finding a path to a compromise that would allow for the return of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” according to three people with knowledge of the situation.
There is no guarantee Kimmel and Disney will come to terms on agreement to return to the airwaves, these people cautioned. Nor is it clear where Kimmel’s mindset stands on what he would and would not accept from ABC as conditions of taking the stage again for “Jimmy Kimmel Live.”
It’s understood that Kimmel is mindful of the effects a shutdown would have on dozens of his production staffers as well as vendors in Los Angeles who work on the show, according to one source with knowledge of the situation. The host is also aware some staff and crew members are still digging out of the financial hole created by the months-long writers and actors strikes in 2023.
The fact that discussions are happening cannot be welcome news to conservatives, as it would mean that slander could go largely unpunished.
Quote:Jimmy Kimmel, who was recently suspended indefinitely, has hosted only one Republican guest on his show in the past three years. Kimmel’s only Republican guest the last three years was MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, who appeared on the show in 2023. Lindell was placed inside a claw machine during the 2023 interview, with Kimmel citing that he was not vaccinated against Covid-19.
“To help him conquer his debilitating fear of machines we have installed him inside a claw machine for his interview tonight,” Kimmel said during the episode, a reference to his claims of voting-machine fraud in the 2020 election. Lindell said that Kimmel only agreed to the interview if Lindell was humiliated, per the New York Post. Additionally, Kimmel insisted that Lindell be in the machine "because it's hilarious."
This comes after as analysis from the watchdog group Media Research Center found that Kimmel hosted 13 left-leaning guests and no Republicans so far in 2025. Additionally, the group found in a separate study that a whopping 97 percent of his jokes were aimed at conservatives, with President Donald Trump being his most frequent target at 1,128 jokes. Elon Musk was mocked 154 times, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth 71 times. Former President Joe Biden was only joked about 26 times.
A review of Kimmel’s monologues by the Post found that since returning from summer vacation on September 2, he spent roughly 90 minutes across nine episodes criticizing Trump. Political adviser Roger Stone told the Post that Kimmel has “become a shill for the left and a persistent source of boring unfunny narratives.”
Kimmel’s suspension comes amid a steep decline in viewership, with his audience dropping to 1.1 million in August 2025, nearly half of what it was in January, according to Nielsen ratings. The suspension followed Kimmel’s false claim that the assassin who killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk was right-wing, which prompted ABC affiliates to refuse to air his show. Kimmel reportedly intended to continue promoting these claims and had no plans to apologize.
The move has ignited debate, with some left-wing commentators calling the suspension an attack on free speech and questioning to what extent the FCC was involved in the decision.
Quote:Andrew Kolvet, the Executive Producer of The Charlie Kirk Show and spokeman for TPUSA, took to X to push back on the false narrative peddled by leftists regarding Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension.
The left, more angered by a late-night “comedian” being suspended for knowingly peddling fake news to enflame viewers than for the political assassination of Charlie Kirk, suddenly have a problem with cancel culture (although it is actually accountability culture).
Kolvet expertly explains what the Kimmel “saga” is really about.
Kolvet wrote on X, “Something important that’s being missed with the Jimmy Kimmel saga…” (emphasis added)
“By spreading the vile lie that Charlie was assassinated by MAGA, the implicit message from Kimmel was clear: If you kill a conservative, we will cover for you. We will whitewash the murder because we don’t think conservatives deserve to live. Kill more. Assassinate more. We have your back.”
“This is evil.”
“Executives at ABC rightly received a deluge of complaints from affiliates. They asked Kimmel to apologize for lying and he refused, instead vowing to double down. Only then did he get canned.”
“Networks like ABC, NBC, and CBS enjoy massive taxpayer supported privileges and advantages because they are supposed to contribute to the ‘public good.’ Those privileges come with a responsibility to not knowingly spread harmful lies like the one Kimmel was spreading.”
RE: ABC has pulled the "Jimmy Kimmel Show Live" indefinitely, due to...
Elvis, Jimmy Kimmel's ratings sucked. ABC affiliates were pulling his show and demanded that he issue an apology. Jimmy's response? He wanted to double down even though it was proven Charlie Kirk's assassination was by a leftist with a boyfriend who wanted to have his body mutilated by getting his wiener chopped off.
Charlie Kirk, on the other hand, had his physical voice silenced forever for just wanting to have a conversation, all because the shooter didn't like what Kirk had to say. That's it.
Kimmel's firing was due to his company finally deciding it couldn't justify Kimmel's losing money for it any longer. Kirk's assassination was actual censorship. If you can't understand even that, that's neither my fault nor is it my problem.
(This post was last modified: 09-21-2025 02:20 PM by GeminiCoog.)
RE: ABC has pulled the "Jimmy Kimmel Show Live" indefinitely, due to...
This ugly incident was convenient for ABC to find a reason to invalidate Jimmy the Loser Kimmel's contract for violating ABC policy. He is a bitter spiteful person who was costing ABC millions to keep on the air for less than 150,000 viewers in the key demo. Liberal/progressives/LIBTARDS can blame Trump but this was a business decision by ABC. If Kimmel was #1 in late night he would have served a 1 day suspension.
RE: ABC has pulled the "Jimmy Kimmel Show Live" indefinitely, due to...
(09-21-2025 02:10 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote: This ugly incident was convenient for ABC to find a reason to invalidate Jimmy the Loser Kimmel's contract for violating ABC policy. He is a bitter spiteful person who was costing ABC millions to keep on the air for less than 150,000 viewers in the key demo. Liberal/progressives/LIBTARDS can blame Trump but this was a business decision by ABC. If Kimmel was #1 in late night he would have served a 1 day suspension.
That's exactly right. But the progressives/leftists don't care.
RE: ABC has pulled the "Jimmy Kimmel Show Live" indefinitely, due to...
(09-21-2025 02:10 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote: This ugly incident was convenient for ABC to find a reason to invalidate Jimmy the Loser Kimmel's contract for violating ABC policy. He is a bitter spiteful person who was costing ABC millions to keep on the air for less than 150,000 viewers in the key demo. Liberal/progressives/LIBTARDS can blame Trump but this was a business decision by ABC. If Kimmel was #1 in late night he would have served a 1 day suspension.
RE: ABC has pulled the "Jimmy Kimmel Show Live" indefinitely, due to...
(09-21-2025 02:20 PM)andybible1995 Wrote:
(09-21-2025 02:10 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote: This ugly incident was convenient for ABC to find a reason to invalidate Jimmy the Loser Kimmel's contract for violating ABC policy. He is a bitter spiteful person who was costing ABC millions to keep on the air for less than 150,000 viewers in the key demo. Liberal/progressives/LIBTARDS can blame Trump but this was a business decision by ABC. If Kimmel was #1 in late night he would have served a 1 day suspension.
Quote:Meanwhile, Greg Gutfeld, who is actually funny, has higher ratings on Fox. "Gutfeld!" has "remained cable’s late night ratings juggernaut in 2024, averaging 2.76 million viewers." He's actually performing the job he's hired to do - be funny.
I hate the late night TV shows hosted by Colbert, Fallon and Kimmel. It's great to see them tanking. That said, this claim always comes across as highly disingenuous. I agree that Gutfeld's show is better overall, but consider that Gutfeld starts at 10 pm EST while the other 3 shows claim to start at 11:35 pm EST. All 4 shows run for an hour. Most people work during the day. I'd say for the majority of people working during the day, it's not unreasonable to to go to bed at 11 pm. The 3 late night shows on the networks with the later start...who's watching these shows? Is the 3-11 shift that large? Or are they trying to tap into those guys working midnights with the hope they can sneak watch Colbert, Kimmel and Fallon while on the job? I get that people can record these shows - but is that the same as watching them live for revenue dollars? When I record shows off the networks I can easily fast foward thru commercials so I HIGHLY doubt this is a good thing for the networks to get eyeballs.
Even though they are evening shows, I don’t think Gutfield and the other three are the same. The people that watch Gutfeld are political junkies. People want to watch the shows on the big three to see celebrities come in and pimp their newest TV show, movie, book, or wax on about the antics on set for their greatest hits. Kimmel and Colbert, in particular, moved way beyond that, and put on products that should have been aired on MSNBC or CNN. Regular people do not want to watch that, they want to watch their favorite entertainer just be a person.
Agree that the audiences for Gutfeld compared to the others are different. Additional info on why they are different animals.
Yeah Gutfeld is actually funny
Others are just political lackeys pushing a biased agenda that’s a turn off.
RE: ABC has pulled the "Jimmy Kimmel Show Live" indefinitely, due to...
"I'm not married"
Liars Lie, its what they do. Check out the Hall of Fame post in my signature which, by the rules, is verbatim. One is true, and one is false. Either way, liars lie.
And guys keep lapping it up, should be an eye opener to you regarding this poster but you all can't see past the tree in front of you.
RE: ABC has pulled the "Jimmy Kimmel Show Live" indefinitely, due to...
The Dem's suppressed free speech with abandon for the flimsiest of reasons (e.g., mean tweets). They are in no position to cry with outrage now.
Nevertheless, it is important to remember a retraction of Kimmel's lie would have very likely quelled the issue. It was the ABC's decision to axe Kimmel using his lie as cover for terrible ratings.
I oppose FCC interference on the matter, assuming it occurred.
(This post was last modified: 09-22-2025 12:38 PM by Tiger1983.)