46 h. ago FCC Chair Brendan Carr to testify before Senate panel after Jimmy Kimmel suspension backlash: reports

Carr will reportedly testify before the Senate Commerce Committee in November

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47 h. ago Jane Fonda relaunches free speech committee founded by her father after Jimmy Kimmel suspension

Fonda’s initiative has already garnered support from more than 550 celebrities, including Pedro Pascal, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billie Eilish

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52 h. ago Jane Fonda relaunches committee to protect free speech founded by her father following Jimmy Kimmel suspension

Fonda’s initiative has already garnered support from more than 550 celebrities, including Pedro Pascal, Whoopi Goldberg, and Billie Eilish

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58 h. ago Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert on one another’s shows to ‘drive Trump nuts’

Kimmel returned to TV after his show’s suspension in the wake of comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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3 d. ago FCC chair claims he never threatened TV networks over Jimmy Kimmel

Brendan Carr earlier said ‘we can do this the easy way or the hard way’ as he urged networks to take action on KimmelBrendan Carr, the tough-talking, pro-Trump chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), claimed on Tuesday that Democrats and the media had “misrepresented” critical comments he made about Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talkshow.Television conglomerates including Nexstar and Sinclair opted to pull the show for “business” reasons, Carr argued, not because of anything he said. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Kimmel controversy highlights ‘wildly dangerous’ consolidation of TV broadcasting

Rush to ‘preempt’ Kimmel’s talkshow after FCC chair’s threats comes as broadcasters seek merger approvalsIf the controversy behind Jimmy Kimmel’s show is a series of dominoes that fell one after the other, from the late-night host making his comments on Charlie Kirk’s killing to ABC halting production of his show, the first domino arguably fell this summer.Months before Kimmel was briefly pulled off the air, the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) quietly announced it was seeking to make a huge change to broadcasting rules. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel, 57, trolled after revealing his elderly mother cared for him amid Charlie Kirk suspension

Kimmel, 57, was booted off the air last week over his comments about conservative political activist Charlie Kirk 's assassination at age 31.

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8 d. ago Disney investors demand details into company’s Jimmy Kimmel suspension

Shareholders want ABC owner to turn over documents related to decision to temporarily suspend late-night showA group of Disney investors is asking the company to turn over documents related to the company’s decision to temporarily suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show, amid charges the media company may have been “complicit in succumbing” to media censorship.The investors, composed of lawyers for the American Federation of Teachers and Reporters Without Borders, noted that Disney’s stock “suffered significant declines in response to the company’s abrupt decision to suspend Mr. Kimmel and his show”, it said in a letter to Disney. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Ethan Hawke jokes about Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspension as he gatecrashes monologue

The Black Phone star Ethan Hawke crashed Jimmy Kimmel's monologue to joke about the axe and the American Civil Liberties Union letter slamming the show’s suspension

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8 d. ago They’ve finally gone there: South Park lets rip at Benjamin Netanyahu

No matter how hot the political temperature, Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s show can be counted on to go for the jugular. And with Brendan Carr in a mountain of poo and Israel’s PM in its sights, the latest episode doesn’t pull any punchesIn the three weeks since South Park last aired, things have changed. The assassination of right-wing pundit Charlie Kirk exploded already fiery political tensions, with the Trump administration and its base embarking on a campaign of retribution the likes of which haven’t been seen since the McCarthy era, and stating, without sufficient evidence, that Kirk’s murder was the result of a wide-ranging leftist plot. Scores of people in the public and private sectors have been punished for commenting on the situation, most notably late-night host Jimmy Kimmel, whose show was briefly pulled off air after the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, put parent company Disney under pressure to do so.Suffice to say, the situation is far to...

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8 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel relentlessly mocks ‘bully’ Trump after returning from suspension

Late-night host explains why he talks about the president ‘more than anything’

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8 d. ago South Park returns to brutally mock Trump's FCC chair for targeting Jimmy Kimmel

Brendan Carr has faced immense backlash from liberals and conservative free speech champions for his rebuke of Jimmy Kimmel which led his late night talk show to be pulled off air for a week.

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8 d. ago South Park takes aim at FCC chair Brendan Carr in first episode since death of Charlie Kirk

President Donald Trump is depicted attempting to abort his child with Satan in the near-the-knuckle new episode

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9 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel breaks record as comeback show's ratings are released after suspension over Charlie Kirk remarks

Monday's episode, which was still preempted in 23 percent of the country over Kimmel's comments on the assassination of Charlie Kirk, drew 6.26 million viewers to ABC.

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9 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel comeback breaks his YouTube monologue views record

The late-night host’s return after his brief suspension has found more than 15m views in less than 24 hoursSo much for low viewership: Jimmy Kimmel’s comeback monologue is now his most-viewed one on YouTube.The nearly 30-minute segment, in which Kimmel acknowledged his suspension by ABC owner Disney under pressure from the Trump administration, clarified his remarks on the killing of Charlie Kirk and passionately defended free speech, racked up more than 15m views in 16 hours. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Kimmel returns to late night with an emotional monologue but no apologies following suspension

ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel returned to his show following a nearly one-week suspension with an emotional monologue but without apologies

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9 d. ago Jimmy Kimmel's return BLASTED by Roseanne Barr seven years after ABC fired her: 'Double standard'

Kimmel's suspension was met with an explosive outcry from Hollywood, and ABC backtracked, announcing this Monday that his show was coming back Tuesday.

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9 d. ago Donald Trump meltdown in full as he threatens legal action over Jimmy Kimmel's TV return

Donald Trump has threatened to sue ABC after the network reinstated Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show following the comedian's suspension for comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk

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9 d. ago What Jimmy Kimmel said in his first monologue on return from suspension

Jimmy Kimmel has returned to his late-night show after a suspension following remarks about Charlie Kirk's killing

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9 d. ago Trump rages as Jimmy Kimmel returns to ABC a week after suspension over Charlie Kirk shooting comments: Live updates

Trump rallied against ABC for allowing Kimmel back on the air, calling the comedian ‘not funny’

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