(09-22-2025 09:49 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

I hear ya. I feel like I want to go back to bed today, too.

Jimmy Kimmel: Stars From ABC, Hulu, Disney+ and Many More Sign ACLU Letter Protesting Late-Night Host’s Suspension

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Hundreds of celebrities, including some currently starring on ABC, Hulu and Disney+ series, signed an open letter protesting Jimmy Kimmel Live!‘s recent indefinite preemption from ABC.

The letter originates from the American Civil Liberties Union and starts: “We the people must never accept government threats to our freedom of speech. Efforts by leaders to pressure artists, journalists and companies with retaliation for their speech strike at the heart of what it means to live in a free country.” (Read it in full.)

Among the note’s 400 signatories are celebrities like Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show), Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump), Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie) and Harvey Keitel (Reservoir Dogs), as well as actors affiliated with ABC, Disney+ and/or Hulu series or movies, including Grey’s Anatomy‘s Jason George; Only Murders in the Building‘s Martin Short, Meryl Streep and Selena Gomez; The Mandalorian‘s Pedro Pascal; Agatha All Along‘s Kathryn Hahn; The Bear‘s Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Jamie Lee Curtis; and Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda.

The missive is in response to ABC’s move to take the late-night show off the air after Kimmel’s Sept. 15 monologue, in which he spoke about the murder of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk and accused the “MAGA gang” of trying to characterize Tyler Robinson, who has been charged with the killing, as “anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”

Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr then indicated that stations airing Jimmy Kimmel Live! needed to “change conduct and take action” or face penalty. Nexstar Media Group then pulled the show from its 33 ABC affiliates, and ABC announced the show would be “preempted indefinitely” soon after.

“Nexstar’s owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! for the foreseeable future beginning with tonight’s show,” Nexstar said in a statement at the time. “Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.”

Prior to the ACLU letter, several of Kimmel’s late-night brethren — including John Oliver, Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon — and former President Barack Obama publicly came to his defense.

Quote:Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air after our government threatened a private company with retaliation for Kimmel’s remarks. This is a dark moment for freedom of speech in our nation.

This is unconstitutional and un-American. The government is threatening private companies and individuals that the President disagrees with. We can’t let this threat to our freedom of speech go unanswered.

The ACLU has partnered with hundreds of creatives, artists, and journalists to send a message that government officials can never silence us. And now, we’re calling on our whole community to join us.

Read the full letter below and add your name to join us in the fight to defend our constitutional right to free speech.

Read The Letter
We the people must never accept government threats to our freedom of speech. Efforts by leaders to pressure artists, journalists, and companies with retaliation for their speech strike at the heart of what it means to live in a free country.

Last week, Jimmy Kimmel was taken off the air after the government threatened a private company with retaliation, marking a dark moment for freedom of speech in our nation. In an attempt to silence its critics, our government has resorted to threatening the livelihoods of journalists, talk show hosts, artists, creatives, and entertainers across the board. This runs counter to the values our nation was built upon, and our Constitution guarantees.

We know this moment is bigger than us and our industry. Teachers, government employees, law firms, researchers, universities, students and so many more are also facing direct attacks on their freedom of expression.

Regardless of our political affiliation, or whether we engage in politics or not, we all love our country. We also share the belief that our voices should never be silenced by those in power – because if it happens to one of us, it happens to all of us.

This is the moment to defend free speech across our nation. We encourage all Americans to join us, along with the ACLU, in the fight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights.

In solidarity,

Aasif Mandvi
Abbi Jacobson
Abby McEnany
Adam Chanler-Berat
Adam Goldberg
Adam Horovitz
Adam Scott
Adina Porter
Adrienne Warren
A.J. Shively
Al Yankovic
Alan Cumming
Aldis Hodge
Alex Serino
Alfred Molina
Alia Shawkat
Alison Brie
Allana Harkin
Allie Re
Allison Tolman
Ally Sheedy
Alysia Reiner
Alyssa Milano
Amber Ruffin
Amber Sealey
Amber Tamblyn
America Ferrera
Amy Landecker
Ana Gasteyer
Andrea Savage
Angie Pontani
Anjali Bhimani
Ann Harada
Anna Baryshnikov
Anna Camp
Annabel Oakes
Annette Bening
Annette O'Toole
Annie Murphy
Anthony Anderson
Anthony Jeselnik
Aria Mia Loberti
Arian Moayed
Ariana DeBose
Arlen Escarpeta
Art Linson
Ashlie Atkinson
Ashly Burch
Atsuko Okatsuka
Auli'i Cravalho
Barry Levinson
Ben Platt
Ben Stiller
Benito Skinner
Betty Gilpin
Billy Crystal
Billy Eichner
Bitsie Tulloch
Bob Martin
Bonnie Milligan
Brad Hall
Bradley Bredeweg
Brandon Uranowitz
Bradley Whitford
Brian Newman
Brian Usifer
Briana Evigan
Bridget Everett
Bryan Cranston
Busy Philipps
Camryn Manheim
Carrie Coon
Carrie Preston
Cecily Strong
Celia Keenan-Bolger
Chazz Palminteri
Chelsea Handler
Chelsea Peretti
Cherry Jones
Chris Chalk
Chris Henry Coffey
Christian Borle
Christina Applegate
Christine Baranski
Christine Jones
Christine Lahti
Christine Taylor
Claire Danes
Corey Hawkins
Craig Johnson
Cyndi Lauper
Cynthia Nixon
Dallas Roberts
Dan Gilroy
Danny Burstein
Daphne Rubin-Vega
D'Arcy Carden
Dave Quay
Daveed Diggs
David Alan Basche
David Arquette
David Cross
David Giuntoli
David Harewood
David Rysdahl
Debbie Gibson
Debra Messing
Demián Bichir
Denis O'Hare
Desi Lydic
Diego Luna
Donna Murphy
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
Eden Espinosa
Edie Falco
Edwin Hodge
Eliot Glazer
Elizabeth Banks
Ellen Adair
Ellen Fairey
Emily Hampshire
Emily Spivey
Emily V. Gordon
Emma Geer
Eric Bogosian
Eric Christian Olsen
Eric Newman
Erik Christopher Peterson
Eunice Bae
Ever Carradine
Florence Pugh
Frances Fisher
Frances McDormand
Gabe Liedman
Gabriel Luna
George Takei
Gianmarco Soresi
Gideon Glick
Gina Gershon
Gloria Steinem
Griffin Dunne
Gus Halper
Hank Azaria
Hannah Bos
Harvey Keitel
Holly Robinson Peete
Ike Barinholtz
Ilana Glazer
Irwin Winkler
Isis King
J. Smith Cameron
Jack Gilpin
Jack Schlossberg
Jacqueline Toboni
Jaime King
James Monroe Iglehart
Jamie Lee Curtis
Jane Fonda
Jane Krakowski
Jane Rosenthal
Janet Hubert
Jason Alexander
Jason Bateman & Amanda Anka
Jason George
Jay Gonzalez
Jean Smart
Jeff Hiller
Jen Statsky
Jen Tullock
Jenn Lyon
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Ehle
Jennifer Hale
Jennifer Mudge
Jenny Slate
Jeremy Pope
Jesse Peretz
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Jessy Hodges
Jill Eikenberry
Jill Kargman
Jim Parsons
Jim True-Frost
Joaquin Phoenix
Jodi Balfour
Jodie Sweetin
Joe Keery
Joel Coen
Joel Kim Booster
John Cho
John Ellison Conlee
John Hamburg
Jon Cryer
Jon Huertas
Jonathan Groff
Jonathan Tropper
Jordan Gelber
Jordan Klepper
Jose Llana
Josh Hamilton
Josh Radnor
Josh Singer
Josh Zuckerman
Joshua Jackson
Judd Apatow
Judy Gold
Judy Kuhn
Julia Knitel
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julianne Nicholson
Julie Halston
June Squibb
Justin Theroux
Kate Hamill
Katherine LaNasa
Kathleen Chalfant
Kathleen Hanna
Kathryn Erbe
Kathryn Gallagher
Kathryn Grody
Kathryn Hahn
Katie Finneran
Katrina Bowden
Katy O'Brian
Keith Cotton
Keith Powell
Kelley Curran
Kelli O'Hara
Kellie Overbey
Kelly Carlin-McCall
Kelly Jenrette
Kenneth Lonergan
Kerry Washington
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Cahoon
Kirsten Dunst
Kristen Johnston
Kristin Davis
Kristine Nielsen
Kumail Nanjiani
Kyra Sedgwick
Lake Bell
LaToya Tonodeo
Laura Benanti
Laura Dave
Laura Linney
Lee Rose
Lena Dunham
Lennon Parham
Lesli Linka Glatter
Lewis Black
Lilah Richcreek Estrada
Lilly Wachowski
Linda Emond
Linda Powell
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Lisa Guerrero
Lisa Kron
Lucy Freyer
Luis & Luz Miranda
Maddie Corman
Madeline Weinstein
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Maia Mitchell
Malachi Weir
Marc Kudisch
Marcia Cross
Maria Dizzia
Marin Ireland
Marjan Neshat
Mark Duplass
Mark Ruffalo
Martha Plimpton
Martin Short
Mary Beth Barone
Mary Catherine Garrison
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Mary-Louise Parker
Matt Walsh
Maude Apatow
Max Silvestri
Maya Rudolph
Megan Byrne
Melissa Benoist
Melissa Fumero
Melissa Gilbert
Melissa Villaseñor
Meredith Salenger
Merrin Dungey
Meryl Streep
Michael Cerveris
Michael Ian Black
Michael Keaton
Michael Kosta
Michael McKean
Michael Nouri
Michael Shannon
Michael Sucsy
Michael Tucker
Michaela Watkins
Michelle Visage
Miriam Shor
Miriam Silverman
Misha Collins
Molly Bernard
Molly Gordon
Molly Ringwald
Murray Hill
Naomi Watts & Billy Crudup
Natalie Portman
Nathan Lane
Neal Brennan
Nia DaCosta
Nicole Brydon Bloom
Nicole Eggert
Nicole Maines
Nicolette Robinson
Nimesh Patel
Nnamdi Asomugha
Noah Galvin
Noah Wyle
Olivia Rodrigo
Olli Haaskivi
Orfeh
Padma Lakshmi
Paige Hurd
Pamela Adlon
Parker Posey
Patricia Clarkson
Patton Oswalt
Paul Feig
Paul McCrane
Paul Scheer
Paul Thureen
Paul W. Downs & Lucia Aniello
Pauline Chalamet
Pedro Pascal
Pete Holmes
Peter Friedman
Peter Gallagher
Piper Perabo
Punkie Johnson
Rachel Bloom
Rachel Dratch
Rachel Morrison
Rafael Casal
Rainn Wilson
Ramy Youssef
Raoul Peck
Regina Hall
Regina King
Retta
Richard Kind
Richard Schiff
Rick Barrio Dill
Rita Wilson
Rob Delaney
Rob Morrow
Robert DeNiro
Robert Horn
Roma Maffia
Ronny Chieng
Rooney Mara
Rosario Dawson
Rosemary Harris
Rosie O’Donnell
Roy Wood Jr.
Rufus Wainwright
Ruth Negga
Rutina Wesley
Sally Kohn
Sam Means
Sam Morril
Sam Pinkleton
Sam Richardson
Sandy Rustin
Sarah Adina Smith
Sarah Killough
Sarah Paulson
Sarah Ramos
Sarah Sophie Flicker
Sarah Steele
Sasheer Zamata
Scott Ellis
Scott Silver
Selena Gomez
Sharon Horgan
Sharon Stone
Shawn Hatosy
Sherri Saum
Sheryl Crow
Shoshana Bean
Skye P. Marshall
Sofia Black-D'Elia
Spencer Garrett
Stephen Kay
Stephen Spinella
T.R. Knight
Tala Ashe
Taylor Schilling
Taylor Tomlinson
Terry Kinney
Tessa Thompson
Tig Notaro
Tim Bagley
Tim Matheson
Timothy Olyphant
Tom Bergeron
Tom Hanks
Tom Morello
Tony Gilroy
Tony Goldwyn
Tonya Pinkins
Troian Bellisario
Tzi Ma
Uzo Aduba
Veanne Cox
Vince Nappo
W. Kamau Bell
Wallace Shawn
Warren Adams
Wil Wheaton
Will Harrison
Wilson Cruz
Yasmeen Fletcher
Yvette Nicole Brown
Zazie Beetz
Zoë Chao
Zoë Winters
Zooey Deschanel
Zosia Mamet

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Why do these people think their opinion is important to anybody?

(09-22-2025 09:01 AM)ericsrevenge76 Wrote:  

(09-22-2025 07:16 AM)Tiger1983 Wrote:  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 FTC interference on the matter, assuming it occurred.

That is what gets me the most. They openly cheered on the complete deplatforming of several people and wanted even more of it. That is 1000% times more of an attack on free speech that losing a late night talk show with putrid ratings.

Kimmel can still go 100 different place on social media or TV and exercise his free speech at will.

Yeah, and he can get the same response wherever he goes. He’s an old wore out tired blow hard that only those radical leftists find entertaining.

Hardly mainstream and what would any network want with someone with such a small segment of the entire American audience


Kinda like going into business and excluding 70% of prospective customers to cater to a small set. Makes no sense to anyone on such a huge state to perform to a small echo chamber

A full list of people who do not seem to understand the difference between actual censorship and good (profitable) business.

(09-22-2025 11:56 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Why do these people think their opinion is important to anybody?

I think most of us on this forum are more well known than 90% of that list.

(09-22-2025 11:56 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Why do these people think their opinion is important to anybody?

Because they're egos are highly inflated and they have money. Of course, they forget the reason they have money is because we pay to see them. Whatever. We'll vote with our money and not watch their movies or TV shows.

(09-22-2025 12:40 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(09-22-2025 11:56 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Why do these people think their opinion is important to anybody?

Because they're egos are highly inflated and they have money. Of course, they forget the reason they have money is because we pay to see them. Whatever. We'll vote with our money and not watch their movies or TV shows.

The crazy thing is for them, regardless if their movie makes money or not, usually their payday isn't tied to the box office..

(09-22-2025 01:56 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(09-22-2025 12:40 PM)GeminiCoog Wrote:  

(09-22-2025 11:56 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Why do these people think their opinion is important to anybody?

Because they're egos are highly inflated and they have money. Of course, they forget the reason they have money is because we pay to see them. Whatever. We'll vote with our money and not watch their movies or TV shows.

The crazy thing is for them, regardless if their movie makes money or not, usually their payday isn't tied to the box office..

True, but if the box office sucks, the next opportunity won't pay as much.

See Economics, Trickle Down

I turn the TV off after Gutfeld.

(09-22-2025 11:56 AM)BartlettTigerFan Wrote:  Why do these people think their opinion is important to anybody?

Advertisers opinions are important.

These people are prima donnas and think they are important so Jimmy Kimmel can give a middle finger to his bosses and to half the American public and that's ok.

Of course a bunch of them only watch leftstring media and think he was suspended solely because of DJT.

Haha, Kimmel exposed as a hypocrite, once again.

(09-22-2025 09:40 AM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-22-2025 09:22 AM)gdunn Wrote:  

(09-22-2025 09:12 AM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote:  Cat was back yesterday. Must have gotten back from his All-inclusive vacation. (Since this thread has been diverted).

Sure he just didn't go get laid for a few days

Don't tomcats try to do that ALL the time?

Maybe ABC should put a GoPro on Eagleaidholic's cat. Probably would get better ratings than Kimmel.

(09-22-2025 02:44 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Haha, Kimmel exposed as a hypocrite, once again.

Yea but see he was talking about conservatives and we all know how evil conservatives are and they're open game, he should be praised, not suspended.

(09-22-2025 02:48 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(09-22-2025 02:44 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Haha, Kimmel exposed as a hypocrite, once again.

Yea but see he was talking about conservatives and we all know how evil conservatives are and they're open game, he should be praised, not suspended.

True, I don't know what I was thinking.

He’s back on starting Tuesday

(09-22-2025 02:49 PM)TripleA Wrote:  

(09-22-2025 02:48 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(09-22-2025 02:44 PM)TripleA Wrote:  Haha, Kimmel exposed as a hypocrite, once again.

Yea but see he was talking about conservatives and we all know how evil conservatives are and they're open game, he should be praised, not suspended.

True, I don't know what I was thinking.

I think you need to go have a coke and a smile, and think about what you did.

(09-22-2025 02:51 PM)450bench Wrote:  He’s back on starting Tuesday

Doesn't matter to me, never watched him to begin with, won't start now.

(09-22-2025 02:53 PM)gdunn Wrote:  

(09-22-2025 02:51 PM)450bench Wrote:  He’s back on starting Tuesday

Doesn't matter to me, never watched him to begin with, won't start now.

Same here. Never watched one second of his show. Ever.