5 d. ago Jon Stewart hijacks Jimmy Kimmel monologue to deliver gag about Trump’s late

Stewart joked that ‘the job security’s not really there right now’ for late-night talk show hosts

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8 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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1 week ago ‘Free speech for me, not for thee’: how Trump’s censorship blitz is splitting the right

After Charlie Kirk’s killing, the US president has unleashed an assault on free speech. Some conservatives are questioning his razor sharp U-turnIt has taken barely two weeks for Donald Trump to turn the horrific killing of Charlie Kirk to his political advantage, unleashing an unprecedented peacetime assault on free speech and a free press on the back of the assassination.Since Kirk’s death, the president and his top team have:forced a private media company to suspend late-night TV star Jimmy Kimmel for inaccurate comments he made about Kirk’s suspected shooter;threatened other TV networks with losing their licences should they say things Trump doesn’t like;vowed to prosecute “hate speech” that is fully protected under the first amendment;declared antifa a terrorist organisation in an indiscriminate attack on political ideology;and told journalists covering the Pentagon that they will have their access revoked unless they agree to restrictions on their reporting. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Jimmy Kimmel takes swipe at Trump's United Nations escalator 'sabotage'

The 57-year-old comedian - whose late night talk show returned on Tuesday after being pulled off the air - referenced to the incident by sharing an Instagram post on Friday.

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1 week 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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1 week 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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2 w. ago Ethan Hawke CRASHES Jimmy Kimmel's opening monologue following late night host's controversial return

Ethan Hawke crashed Jimmy Kimmel's opening monologue on Wednesday, as the host returned to air following his controversial week-long suspension.

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Farage says Republicans ‘have to get used to things being said that they don’t like’ amid Jimmy Kimmel row

Nigel Farage has said Republicans "have to get used to things being said that they don't like" after late-night talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel was suspended last week having made comments about the death of MAGA commentator Charlie Kirk.

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2 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel's return slammed as a 'double standard' by axed Roseanne Barr

Roseanne Barr, whose show was axed in 2018 after she made a controversial comment, slammed the 'double standards' of Jimmy Kimmel's return to his late-night show

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2 w. 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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2 w. 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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2 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel 'never intended to make light of Charlie Kirk's murder' as show returns

Jimmy Kimmel has returned to his late-night show after being suspended indefinitely following his comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk

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2 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel monologue in full as he fights tears but refuses to apologise over Charlie Kirk

Jimmy Kimmel tearfully spoke about his return to his late-night show on Tuesday evening, with the audience whooping and cheering him on

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2 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel returns to TV with brutal attack on 'Dracula' Donald Trump

Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television on Tuesday after his show was suspended last week over remarks the comedian made about the assassination of conservative figure Charlie Kirk

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2 w. ago Jimmy Kimmel weeps he 'never intended' to 'make light of' Charlie Kirk's death

Late-night stars are celebrating Jimmy Kimmel 's return, despite nearly a third of ABC affiliates refusing to air his program after it was suspended last week.

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2 w. ago Donald Trump threatens to sue ABC in scathing rant as Jimmy Kimmel show returns

Donald Trump has threatened to sue ABC after the network announced that Jimmy Kimmel would be returning to late-night television, accusing the network of siding with Democrats

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2 w. ago Donald Trump's scathing dig at Jimmy Kimmel as host returns to TV screens

Jimmy Kimmel Live! returned to late-night television today after a nearly week-long suspension which divided opinion and triggered a discussion about freedom of speech

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2 w. ago Trump threatens to sue 'Fake News' ABC as Jimmy Kimmel returns to host his late night show after Charlie Kirk comments

Trump accused ABC of deceit before promising to 'test' them out on the move ahead of Kimmel's first show back on Tuesday night.

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