# ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel show indefinitely because of comments about GOP response to Charlie Kirk death. (Kimmel will be back on air Tuesday 2025-09-23) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 17, 2025, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138 "2025-09-17T23:27:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/21 "2025-09-18T00:09:44Z")
If Disney is smart and wants save a little of its dignity, they should just transfer the show to their Hulu platform, where the FCC can’t touch them on grounds of bias…at least for now. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/22 "2025-09-18T00:15:47Z")
This is as big of a bad here as the FCC and ABC responses: [Nexstar ABC affiliates pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off air indefinitely](https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/nexstar-abc-affiliates-to-preempt-jimmy-kimmel-live-indefinitely/) I think that’s why ABC caved, more than what Carr said. In the past, I suggested that the big city network owned stations were an achilles’ heel where they were vulnerable to Trump threats against licenses. But now I see that the fact of the medium sized local outlets being locally or regionally owned may be an even bigger mainstream media vulnerability. The networks will cave in to threats, by red state stations, to stop running their news shows unless they become sufficiently Trumpy. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/23 "2025-09-18T00:16:54Z")
I wonder why people like Kimmel and Stephen Colbert don’t just go online with their shows, and forego the reach of corporate overseers entirely? What’s to stop them from producing the same show and just broadcasting it on YouTube? Do they really need a television network anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/24 "2025-09-18T00:17:58Z")
Do you really think Google wouldn’t do the same to appease conservative America? Trump is the most powerful person is the world and not afraid to use it. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/25 "2025-09-18T00:18:00Z")
These corporations are threatened by the government with a non-cooperation when it comes to mergers and business and such. It’s just on a whim of those who ultimately control the possibility of the merger or business. There isn’t even a fig leaf of a valid reason why. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/26 "2025-09-18T00:18:26Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > If Disney is smart and wants save a little of its dignity, they should just transfer the show to their Hulu platform, where the FCC can’t touch them on grounds of bias…at least for now. Hulu has a monthly fee, so viewership would be much lower. What about the viewers who will use over-the-air television? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/27 "2025-09-18T00:22:41Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > What’s to stop them from producing the same show and just broadcasting it on YouTube? A lot of people, like me, don’t do YouTube But I’m sure Jimmy Kimmel will find ja place to land softly. If it is online, I’ll give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/28 "2025-09-18T00:26:49Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > I wonder why people like Kimmel and Stephen Colbert don’t just go online with their shows, and forego the reach of corporate overseers entirely? The problem that worries me is not the careers of these individuals, or their strongest fans being able to see the shows. The problem is that by 2028, even though you still will be able to find critical media if you look for it, those who have plain old TV will see far more pro-Trump content than anti-Trump. This is an early but important stage on the road to more comprehensive censorship. Suppressing a big chunk of critical media, or just making it harder to get to, will make it very hard for Democrats to win. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/29 "2025-09-18T00:34:44Z")
The piece of shit is gloating. This is coming from the White House account. And he specifically says that Jimmy Fallon and Seth Myers are next. [![](https://i.ibb.co/99xq8Bpg/IMG-2105.png) ](https://i.ibb.co/99xq8Bpg/IMG-2105.png) ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/30 "2025-09-18T00:43:46Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Corporations are caving to Trump in a way I would have never previously believed possible. …that’s just the reality of living under fledgling authoritarian regimes. People and corporations have a lot less backbone than what most people think. And when they cave…there isn’t anything really we can do about it. MSNBC is about to get taken over by the alt-right. TikTok is getting bought out by a billionaire. The Talk Show hosts are being shut down. More will cave. And we are probably already past the point of no return. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/31 "2025-09-18T00:46:11Z")
Colbert and Kimmel should collaborate on a show for PBS. I’d gladly give to my local PBS station regularly if that got off the ground. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/32 "2025-09-18T00:46:37Z")
Just underscoring your post. People don’t realize what a large effect small disincentives have over the long haul. Just make it _slightly_ more difficult to access anti-authoritarian views, _slightly_ more difficult to get an education, _slightly_ more difficult to travel, and by 2028 (much less 2058) the culture will have shifted remarkably quickly. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/33 "2025-09-18T00:47:40Z")
I was one of the most pessimistic doomsayers about all of this, and even I didn’t think it would all happen this fast and without any fuss. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/34 "2025-09-18T00:54:14Z")
I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but South Park is postponed this week. The excuse being used is that they didn’t finish the episode on time, but right now it feels undetermined if the show will return. > **['South Park' postpones new episode hours before broadcast; creators say 'this...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna231953)** > > Matt Stone and Trey Parker said they didn't get the show finished in time to air on Wednesday. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/35 "2025-09-18T00:55:01Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > I hope this backfires on Trump. Kimmel can just start a new show on Youtube called “Fuck Donald Trump” and can spend an uninterrupted hour every day going up one side of him and down the other, except now with colorful metaphors for added flavor. I’m not a big fan of Kimmel but I’d subscribe to this channel. > [@Ellecram](#): > > Why is Brian “Kill The Homeless” Kilmeade is still on the air? He didn’t say anything to offend Republicans. > [@Moriarty](#): > > And he specifically says that Jimmy Fallon and Seth Myers are next. [“What the fuck did I do?”](https://youtu.be/n7ekxu43y38?si=DUA5glUXGE1fn7s1) > [@SenorBeef](#): > > was one of the most pessimistic doomsayers about all of this, and even I didn’t think it would all happen this fast and without any fuss. I totally experienced it, but then I’ve been reading a lot about the collapse of the Wiemar Republic and the rise of the Nazi regime. And, of course, a bit of Timothy Snyder: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/w3nJYpx9K5w/hqdefault.jpg "Obeying in Advance: Media billionaires ask for tyranny") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3nJYpx9K5w) Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/36 "2025-09-18T01:00:15Z")
Not excusing ABC’s action in any way but Kimmel mocked MAGA saying Robinson was one of their own and they should own up to it. It now appears that is incorrect. But the MAGAts are adamant about blaming liberals for the killing of Kirk and were outraged at the suggestion it was anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/37 "2025-09-18T01:09:12Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Kimmel mocked MAGA saying Robinson was one of their own and they should own up to it. It now appears that is incorrect. I don’t think you can say that. It seems quite clear that, if he’s 22 and Maga began 9 years ago, that a substantial portion of his formative years were MAGA, and he was one of their own, at least until recently. They should own up to that. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/38 "2025-09-18T01:12:23Z")
Also, as noted in another thread; there are, still, Gays and Trans who are republican. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Knig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/39 "2025-09-18T01:17:40Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > Not excusing ABC’s action in any way but Kimmel mocked MAGA saying Robinson was one of their own and they should own up to it. It now appears that is incorrect. But the MAGAts are adamant about blaming liberals for the killing of Kirk and were outraged at the suggestion it was anything else. Kimmel said MAGA pushed the idea the shooter was _anything_ except MAGA. MAGA people immediately blamed the shooting on the left, before any motive could be possibly known. Trump did it within minutes of the shooting, as did Nancy Mace but she got called out in real time. Even now when it looks like the shooter was maybe MAGA, maybe a non-political loon, MAGA is blaming the left loudly. Kimmel is being punished for accurate speech, by the crowd that claimed to be free speech absolutists. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2025, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138/40 "2025-09-18T01:22:13Z")
If South Park capitulates, that’s it. Game over. Kimmel’s words were so fucking mild he barely even addressed the issue. Kimmel seems like he was already pre-censored on the issue and this was his way of softballing it. They must’ve been desperately waiting for some pretext on which to fire him because this is an incredibly flimsy premise. I’m so tired of people saying “we’re going down a dangerous path, if we keep this up…” We’re already there. We’re already obviously there. A whole lot of people in the US are going to say “this is a dangerous step on the way to authoritarianism” as they’re forced into the gas chambers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-show-indefinitely-because-of-comments-about-gop-response-to-charlie-kirk-death-kimmel-will-be-back-on-air-tuesday-2025-09-23/1023138.md?page=3)