Jimmy Kimmel

[Andrew NDB]

... has been pulled off the air "indefinitely." Seems like cancelled, in so many words.


https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/17/charlie-kirk-jimmy-kimmel-abc-disney.html

First Colbert now Kimmel? Seems like some healing is going on. Next time be funny.

[Stu_Padasso]

He and Colbert will be hailed as martyrs by all the other @$$hats at the next Emmys that almost nobody will watch.

In the meantime Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show is streaming on Roku 24/7.

[ToTheNines]

Finally someone got fired who deserved it lol.

I don’t even particularly care about the reason, I just hate Kimmel. Who’s next??

[The Deadman]

Nothing of value was lost.

[Andrew NDB]

It's sad to look at the career trajectories of Kimmel and Adam Carolla since the Man Show. Adam's never really changed and has just kept doing his thing... while Kimmel sold his soul and gave up comedy altogether. He made untold millions more than Carolla but made himself a joke in the process.

[Daytona]

Too funny.

[Barkworm]

The joke is on anyone who still believes that America‘s free speech is worth anything.

[Andrew NDB]

The joke is on anyone who still believes that America‘s free speech is worth anything.

Oh please. As opposed to countries that lock people up in jail for posting funny dog videos. If you're the host of a multi-million dollar show, maybe don't lie to the country about the killer of an innocent man and dance on his grave and your boss won't fire you. OH NO! Free speech is gone now, waoooo!, etc., etc..

[Daytona]

I love that unlike Colbert, his microphone was instantly taken away. No venting on air for sympathy or songs of “**** you” - just “shush”.

Beautiful

[Coola Yagami]

Oh please. As opposed to countries that lock people up in jail for posting funny dog videos. If you're the host of a multi-million dollar show, maybe don't lie to the country about the killer of an innocent man and dance on his grave and your boss won't fire you. OH NO! Free speech is gone now, waoooo!, etc., etc..

I mean, playing devil's advocate here but your side was the one that thought saying 'kill all the n-words and f-slurs' was freedom of speech. Before Musk bought Twitter their biggest complaint not being able to post bigotry openly.

I mean c'mon. The moment someone complains about someone using racist, bigoted or homo/transphobic stuff, their immediate response is always 'but my free speech'.

[Andrew NDB]

I mean, playing devil's advocate here but your side was the one that thought saying 'kill all the n-words and f-slurs' was freedom of speech. Before Musk bought Twitter their biggest complaint not being able to post bigotry openly.

That's not true. Calls to violence is not a protected part of the freedom of speech here and never has been.

[Coola Yagami]

That's not true. Calls to violence is not a protected part of the freedom of speech here and never has been.

Apparently the alt right missed the memo on that one.

[Andrew NDB]

Apparently the alt right missed the memo on that one.

Then they're morons. Not much to be done about morons but ignore them.

[Coola Yagami]

Then they're morons.

Someone's finally learning.

[Andrew NDB]

This is extortion, right? :roll:

https://people.com/jimmy-kimmel-asked-to-apologize-pay-charlie-kirk-family-lift-suspension-11812850

Someone's finally learning.

Nothing that I didn't already know. I've never even met anyone in my 40+ years on this planet who would say something like you describe, yet you seem to throw it around like that's a big % of people in the US that is a real concern. It's not.

It reminds me of that ridiculous post (though again, not their fault) a little while ago here about, "Aren't you afraid of getting shot living every day in the United States?"

[FredWolfLeonardo]

The joke is on anyone who still believes that America‘s free speech is worth anything.

Freedom of Speech is so cucked, I've not believed in it for a long time as its abused by every side, right and left.

"Free Speech guarantees that you won't get prosecuted, unless what you say is (long list of conditions)".

I don't even disagree with prosecuting people who are making fun of Kirk's death. I think its a good thing, but the way it's being done I think feels so hypocritical, coming from the so-called Free Speech champions.

Might as well stop pretending and go Full Facist. I do not say that Mockingly or from an Antifa lens.

[Daytona]

Come on guys, let’s take five from debating and just enjoy boycotting Disney together.

[sdp]

This thread isn't for discussing the Kimmel show, there's no threads here for it because no one in the technodrome cares about that show. It's a thinly veiled way to discuss politics in a different forum, likely because they have no one IRL who cares to hear about their rants. This thread should be locked.

[Andrew NDB]

This thread isn't for discussing the Kimmel show, there's no threads here for it

What's this?

https://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=16421

[Andrew NDB]

Kimmel to meet with Disney about the "future" of his show.

https://www.darkhorizons.com/kimmel-to-meet-with-disney-over-show-future/

Probably "will you promise to knock it off?" Or something.

[Mayhem]

Here’s George… which is how really it should be.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOw88EPjzgJ/?igsh=MW81ZDR1YXpjM3kxaw==

[Andrew NDB]

https://i.ibb.co/CsKRBgpH/FB-IMG-1758572206244.jpg

I guess this means Jimmy agreed to the public apology and big Turning Point personal donation.

[Coola Yagami]

I guess that's why they said indefinitely rather than all-out fired. Holding out hope he would play ball I guess?

[Andrew NDB]

I guess that's why they said indefinitely rather than all-out fired. Holding out hope he would play ball I guess?

You kind of knew things were going to go this way the moment there was press releases about, "Jimmy Kimmel is considering his next move, also being mindful of all of his hundreds of staffers and their jobs."

[ranger_scout]

Sinclair won't be airing the show because it sounds like Kimmel won't be apologizing on air. They are negotiating with ABC on how to bring the show back.

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/sinclair-abc-stations-wont-air-jimmy-kimmel-live-1236526649/

https://nypost.com/2025/09/22/business/jimmy-kimmel-set-to-return-to-abc-on-tuesday-after-being-yanked-off-air-over-charlie-kirk-comments/

[Andrew NDB]

Nexstar won't either. Yeesh, this isn't over yet.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/nexstar-to-preempt-abcs-jimmy-kimmel-live-despite-disney-ending-suspension

Unless Disney just wants to air the show as a non/negative-profit?

[sdp]

Who even watches over the air TV these days? I would assume it's people in their 40s and up?
Since they're all old farts I'd assume they'd lean conservative, especially those who watche late night TV. I mean I'm an old ass boomer now but even when I was young late night TV felt like something for old people, never watched any of them.
You'd think they'd make programming that would cater to that dying (literally) demographic.

It's the same when I see people complaining Teen Titans Go airs the whole day on Cartoon Network, well yeah, the only kids watching that are very young kids or parents who don't pay netflix and just put that on so kids will watch something. That's also why Adult Swim I think starts at like 5 PM. No one under 40 is watching over the air TV. And it's not like once people turn 40 they'll start watching it either, the demographic will just move to 50+ and 60+ etc until they all die out and leave those frequencies for government use.
Watching "scheduled" TV seems like a thing from cavemen times, I can't believe my childhood was speant like that. Thank god broadband existed during my teens and I could just torrent what I wanted to watch.


I'm sure his "episode back" will get great ratings, but the people complaining online aren't going to be watching more than once or twice this week.

[Andrew NDB]

Who even watches over the air TV these days? I would assume it's people in their 40s and up?

Late night TV? Just a super shrinking demographic of elderly leftists, really.

[ZariusTwo]

Nexstar won't either. Yeesh, this isn't over yet.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/nexstar-to-preempt-abcs-jimmy-kimmel-live-despite-disney-ending-suspension

Unless Disney just wants to air the show as a non/negative-profit?

Yeah, Kimmel will get utterly disenfranchised by this, they've giving him cake while still slowly easing him out the door, he'll quit himself after a few months knowing his audience is cut further in half. Late night tv is being eroded.

[Andrew NDB]

So now it's been proven the FCC and/or Trump had absolutely nothing to do with this in retrospect. It was never a free speech thing or anything like at all and that was all bullsh** despite allusions to what the FCC COULD or COULDN'T do in this situation from crap said on a podcast. ABC/Disney made a decision to suspend it when Nexstar and Sinclair pulled out, now ABC/Disney feel like they want to put it back on tonight and are doing so even though Nexstar and Sinclair have made it clear they're not.

Seems like ABC/Disney is either banking on wooing Nexstar and Sinclair in the near future away from sticking to their guns, if they're putting it out on just the remaining affiliates and losing even more money in the mean time OR they're just buying Jimmy time (like, literally buying him air time) to "go out on a high note" on his own terms in the short term. :lol:

[Roseangelo]

It was never a free speech thing or anything like at all

Free speech is only protection from persecution from the government; your employer can do whatever they want for whatever reason. And there is a lot of speech that isn't protected at all, all defined in the constitution.

[member_removed]

So now it's been proven the FCC and/or Trump had absolutely nothing to do with this in retrospect. It was never a free speech thing or anything like at all and that was all bullsh** despite allusions to what the FCC COULD or COULDN'T do in this situation from crap said on a podcast. ABC/Disney made a decision to suspend it when Nexstar and Sinclair pulled out, now ABC/Disney feel like they want to put it back on tonight and are doing so even though Nexstar and Sinclair have made it clear they're not.

Seems like ABC/Disney is either banking on wooing Nexstar and Sinclair in the near future away from sticking to their guns, if they're putting it out on just the remaining affiliates and losing even more money in the mean time OR they're just buying Jimmy time (like, literally buying him air time) to "go out on a high note" on his own terms in the short term. :lol:

Do you have an actual source or is that just opinion?

[Mayhem]

Just to counter above, Trump basically admitting the government was involved…


https://i.imgur.com/xNPwrMW.jpeg

[Barkworm]

Haha, look at Donald raging about this. Makes him look incredibly professional.

This thing is a total farce, what Kimmel said wasn‘t even controversial.

[Andrew NDB]

Haha, look at Donald raging about this. Makes him look incredibly professional.

I won't argue it's not a great look, but in light of leftists continually getting away with this stuff since actual cancel culture fiascos like the MeToo era while conservative entertainers get buried for far less offensive stuff it IS pretty frustrating to see.

This thing is a total farce, what Kimmel said wasn‘t even controversial.

Obviously it's pretty controversial given the clear, eh, controversy. But I'd agree if what Jimmy had said had been flipped, that wouldn't be controversial at all:

"The left is desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it."

Because that was what the left was doing at every step, despite every piece of evidence to the contrary that emerged. By the point in time Jimmy said what he said the right had already been pretty clearly exonerated of him being a member by all but the crazies who still are bellowing from their FBs stuff like, "He had a Christian Republican family... of COURSE he's a Republican!!!" as if that's the way this works.

[Barkworm]

Is the controversy around this just the fact that Kimmel is wrong about the murderer's political views? That just makes him badly informed or maybe even a liar but it's pretty harmless compared to other stuff that's been said publicly (like that guy from Bob Vylan? Yeesh, THAT was horrible.).

[Mayhem]

Until (if ever?) the shooter comes out and says anything on the matter, it's all conjecture and speculation.

But yes, the right are so desperate to show that the left commits political violence and not just their side, they are doubling down on persistance that he is left leaning.

[KaraiLover09]

Until (if ever?) the shooter comes out and says anything on the matter, it's all conjecture and speculation.

But yes, the right are so desperate to show that the left commits political violence and not just their side, they are doubling down on persistance that he is left leaning.

The left celebrating Kirk's death doesn't help their case though.

[member_removed]

Just to counter above, Trump basically admitting the government was involved…


https://i.imgur.com/xNPwrMW.jpeg

Hell, even Ted Cruz thinks it's cut and dry Government interference.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kwzgrwdd0o

Until (if ever?) the shooter comes out and says anything on the matter, it's all conjecture and speculation.

But yes, the right are so desperate to show that the left commits political violence and not just their side, they are doubling down on persistance that he is left leaning.

Even before the shooter was named you had Trump and Nancy Mace to name two on the right coming out pointing fingers trying to score points.

As usual the hypocrisy is so evident.

[Vegita-San]

someone show him the list of recent shootings, please. edumacate.

[member_removed]

someone show him the list of recent shootings, please. edumacate.

I can only assume "the list" would be edited.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_shootings_of_Minnesota_legislators

As usual the hypocrisy is so evident.

[Andrew NDB]

It's also pretty interesting that just about every notable leftist political violence incident in the past 10 years or so has been categorized by litigators as "non-political." Go ahead and look them up, even the "best" examples of such. Starting with the latest trans slew. Nope, apparently not politically based at all. Yet seemingly anything over the same timespan where anyone conservative is in play... oh yeah, definitely political.

[Mayhem]

Since when is being trans a political issue? Oh, since the right made it one.

There are such things as right wing trans people of course. Likewise right wingers who don’t like ICE. Can’t say probably huge numbers but they are out there.

The left celebrating Kirk's death doesn't help their case though.
The right celebrating the Minnesota reps deaths didn’t help.

Kirk calling Biden a corrupt Alzheimer’s tyrant who should be executed probably didn’t help either.

https://x.com/legionmint/status/1968097283809193990

[Stu_Padasso]

I can only assume "the list" would be edited.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_shootings_of_Minnesota_legislators

As usual the hypocrisy is so evident.

The great thing about Wikipedia is that anyone can contribute to it. The bad thing about Wikipedia is that anyone can contribute to it.

It can be a great resource to start your research, but it itself shouldn’t be used as a source for your research.

[Vegita-San]

I can only assume "the list" would be edited.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_shootings_of_Minnesota_legislators

As usual the hypocrisy is so evident.

ahh, the one where the shooter had a connection to tim walz

[Andrew NDB]

Since when is being trans a political issue?

Where have you been? Since the right started "taking away trans rights" (which never happenened). That's what they always say.

[Vegita-San]

and they probably should. people already mentally ill, getting pumped up with drugs that do who knows what...time to end it.

[Mayhem]

Where have you been? Since the right started "taking away trans rights" (which never happenened). That's what they always say.
Erm, did you like deliberately miss off the second part of that sentence? :roll: Since the right became so obsessed with the contents of everyone’s pants.