# 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:** 9
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 12:23pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/161 "2025-09-19T12:23:22Z")
This just doesn’t matter. The people that need to be reached believe that the violent insurrection, the attempt to overthrow the US government, was a peaceful protest. They saw this happen live with their own eyes, yet they say it wasn’t that bad. People died. No comedian is going to sway these people. Congress won’t do jack shit, SCOTUS is evil. We are screwed. ---
**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 19, 2025, 12:33pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/162 "2025-09-19T12:33:23Z")
One thing I read as a means of pushing back: Find out what your local Nexstar and Sinclair stations are, watch the evening news and write down local advertisers. Call and write them to ask them to take their ads off that specific channel. Organize pickets if calls and emails don’t work. Local businesses don’t want the hassle of this and may change where they spend their advertising dollars, and the local channels may feel the ad bucks go away. I’m on a few local Facebook groups that are always looking for things to picket beyond Tesla dealerships. This might be an action for them. Right now they’re planning on picketing our local Nexstar channel studios, but focusing on their adverstisers may be more effective. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 12:41pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/163 "2025-09-19T12:41:55Z")
I record Colbert and Kimmel to watch later. Lately, they seem to be sponsored by ICE offering a $50K bonus to come work for them. I truly do not recognize my country anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 12:44pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/164 "2025-09-19T12:44:32Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > This is the most blatant assault on our rights so far and I’m more pissed off than I’ve been (if that’s even possible). On the one hand, we have literal secret police roaming our cities and snatching citizens off the street based on the color of their skin, and the Supreme Court just told the secret police that it’s all fine. On the other hand, a comedian is off the air. On the third hand, if this is _symbolically_ what it takes to get people motivated, I’m all for it. ---
**Author:** ![DeadTreasSecretaries](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deadtreassecretaries/32/4817_2.png) [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 1:17pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/165 "2025-09-19T13:17:33Z")
I think you’re underrating how big of a deal this is. There aren’t that many media companies and the ones that exist are both in charge of late night shows and actual news. There are plenty of countries like India under Modi where through a thousand papercuts, media has experienced a chilling effect and has largely willingly given up its independence from the government, and it’s contributed to Modi’s soft authoritarianism going unchecked. If the biggest media companies on the planet voluntarily comply without a fight the hope for popular opposition to Trump is much more bleak. And that’s especially true when checks within the government fail. I agree it’s probably a good thing that this happened to such a big public figure and has seemingly sparked a significant backlash. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 1:26pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/166 "2025-09-19T13:26:35Z")
This, it is , in a way, good that it happened to such a big public figure and that it was so blatant, this is an undeniable opportunity for getting even the more moderate amongst the moderates to push back against fascism. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 1:36pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/167 "2025-09-19T13:36:28Z")
Which is why we’re hearing ‘No, no, Kimmel was fired because of his ratings, ignore the fact that Trump has been demanding Kimmel be fired!’ I have no faith that moderates aren’t going to happily accept the gaslighting. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 1:50pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/168 "2025-09-19T13:50:36Z")
It will be useful to separate the wheat from the chaff, anybody who can see the chairman of the FCC directly threatening “consequences” to get somebody fired and deny it’s an infringement of the first amendment is not going to be useful in the fight and can be ignored. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 2:38pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/169 "2025-09-19T14:38:36Z")
The infuriating thing (well, one of many….) is that even those who defend Kimmel’s free speech rights misinterpret what he actually said and state that his comments were incorrect. He didn’t say anything about Kirk, or about the shooter. He didn’t claim that the shooter was a RWNJ. He said that **MAGA** was fervently hoping and praying that the shooter was a LWNJ. That’s factually true. Whether he was or not remains to be seen. ---
**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 19, 2025, 2:58pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/170 "2025-09-19T14:58:24Z")
Yes this is driving me nuts. I’ve seen even non-MAGA people say “he got in trouble for being wrong about the shooter being MAGA” and it’s like motherfuckers do you ever try to comprehend what goes into your ears? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 3:02pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/171 "2025-09-19T15:02:08Z")
> [@SenorBeef](#): > > “he got in trouble for being wrong about the shooter being MAGA” As if _that_ would have been so bad, either! Especially as he’s a _comedian_, not a newscaster. (But even if it _were_ a newscast that got something wrong, even _that_ wouldn’t be so bad – humans make mistakes.) Pathetic snowflakes. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 3:19pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/172 "2025-09-19T15:19:24Z")
I have never seen this type of endorsement from ICE from recording that show. Can you provide a link? ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 3:26pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/173 "2025-09-19T15:26:13Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I have never seen this type of endorsement from ICE from recording that show. “Endorsement” is probably not the right word. ICE has been buying ads on a ton of TV shows (and radio stations) here in the Chicago market since the start of the Trump administration; initially, the messaging in those ads was a combination of “President Trump is making America safer!” and “if you are here illegally, leave before you are arrested and deported.” In recent weeks, I’ve also seen a few ads about “come work for ICE!” I am pretty sure that Chicago is being targeted for those ads due to being a sanctuary city, the city and state are run by Democrats, and because it’s one of Trump’s targets for ICE raids and National Guard takeovers. It also wouldn’t surprise me if the administration is intentionally purchasing ad time on “liberal” TV shows in markets like Chicago to rattle liberals’ cages. I’m pretty sure that I’ve seen those ads during Colbert’s show, but I am also pretty sure that they appeared during the “local station break” ad breaks, rather than running on the national network feed – in other words, if you don’t live in a city/market that ICE is targeting with the ads, you wouldn’t see them. I don’t know where @not_what_you_d_expect lives, but I suspect that they live in such a market. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 4:52pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/174 "2025-09-19T16:52:32Z")
The J6 committee didn’t. Although the Epstein case might get bigger ratings due to the salacious subject matter. Of course, the Dems would find a way to make even that boring. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 5:00pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/175 "2025-09-19T17:00:19Z")
The House and the Senate officially commemorate a known racist: [House, Senate pass ‘National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk’ ahead of memorial service - ABC News](https://abcnews.go.com/US/senate-passes-national-day-remembrance-charlie-kirk/story?id=125730824) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 9:25pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/176 "2025-09-19T21:25:35Z")
Yes, they are just ad buys from someone. I’m in Sacramento, which is also a sanctuary city, so maybe that’s why I’m seeing them. I was being a bit of a smart ass with the word ‘sponsored’, but I certainly wasn’t clear about it. Here’s a story about it. > **[ICE and Donald Trump target police in Chicago and other cities for...](https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/17/trump-ice-police-chicago-recruitment-nfl-ad/)** > > The U.S. Immigration and Customs Department specifically pitched jobs to Chicago cops when it ran a local advertisement during a Monday night NFL broadcast. ---
**Author:** ![CoolHandCox](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coolhandcox/32/16233_2.png) [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:37pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/177 "2025-09-19T22:37:16Z")
Thoughts? Axios Article: [# Ted Cruz: MAGA “will regret” what it did to Jimmy Kimmel](https://www.axios.com/2025/09/19/ted-cruz-jimmy-kimmel-fcc-brendan-carr) > Sen. Ted Cruz isn’t joining the MAGA celebration over the suspension of [Jimmy Kimmel](https://www.axios.com/2025/09/18/what-jimmy-kimmel-said-charlie-kirk-killing). Instead, he’s suggesting FCC chair Brendan Carr is behaving like a gangster. > “I think it is unbelievably dangerous for government to put itself in the position of saying we’re going to decide what speech we like and what we don’t, and we’re going to threaten to take you off air if we don’t like what you’re saying,” Cruz said Late: I don’t know, but I’m guessing somehow this is Disney flexing some muscle. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 10:39pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/178 "2025-09-19T22:39:36Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > [ICE, Donald Trump target Chicago police for recruitment in NFL ad](https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/17/trump-ice-police-chicago-recruitment-nfl-ad/) Yep, I’ve been seeing those. Usually around the news broadcasts. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 11:31pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/179 "2025-09-19T23:31:59Z")
People like Cruz are just there for show, and when push comes to shove he will do what he always does-Kiss the ass of the man that personally insulted his wife. Pretending to be against something to “prove” that the Republicans aren’t all in lockstep is hoary old trick, and usually prearranged. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 11:51pm 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-2025-09-23/1023138/180 "2025-09-19T23:51:56Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > He didn’t say anything about Kirk, or about the shooter. He didn’t claim that the shooter was a RWNJ. He said that **MAGA** was fervently hoping and praying that the shooter was a LWNJ. That’s factually true. Whether he was or not remains to be seen. I read that 90% of his monologue was about the Epstein files (no idea if that’s accurate), which was probably the bigger impetus to pull the plug now. Kirk was just the fake reason they thought Maga would rally behind. [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=8) [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=10)