ABC pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ off air ‘indefinitely’ over Charlie Kirk comments

Why was Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show suspended? Here’s what we know - The Philadelphia Sunday Sun

Jimmy Kimmel poses in the press room with the award for host for a game show for “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” during night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) By Wyatte Grantham-Philips associated press NEW YORK — ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show off the air, indefinitely — an unprecedented move that followed backlash from af…

Questions surround FCC’s authority as Kimmel set to return

As ABC ends Jimmy Kimmel's suspension, the FCC's lone Democratic member says broacasters' public interest obligation needs new attention.

Why Conservatives Should Not Abandon Free Speech – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

This week, ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air after the Trump administration threatened to revoke the broadcast licenses of local affiliates who platformed the show. President Trump commented on the cancellation while aboard Air Force One. He said: When you have a network and you have evening shows and all they do is hit Trump, that’s all they do — if you go back, I guess they haven’t had a conservative on in  years, or something — when y…

President Donald Trump ramps up retribution campaign with push for AG Pam Bondi to pursue cases against his foes

Eight months into his second term, President Donald Trump’s long-standing pledge to take on those he perceives as his political enemies has prompted debates over free speech, media censorship and political prosecutions. From late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension to Pentagon restrictions on reporters and an apparent public appeal to Attorney General Pam Bondi to pursue legal cases against his adversaries, Trump has escalated moves to cons…

Jimmy Kimmel, Broadcast Media, and Free Speech

No president likes criticism. However, Donald Trump may be the only president who has found a commercial way to suppress it. In refusing to enjoin The Washington Post and The New York Times from publishing the Pentagon Papers, Justice Hugo Black, ever a guardian of our liberties, stated his position with characteristic eloquence: “In the First Amendment, the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essentia…

Laughter in America is now a government-regulated product

Until Wednesday’s shocking announcement that ABC was cancelling Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show because of comments he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing, it was possible, if one squinted hard enough, to pretend that a broad free speech crackdown was not underway. The down-the-road cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s late-night show on CBS was chalked up to financial concerns, though anyone in the business not paid to think otherwise believes Mr. Co…