US EditionJimmy Kimmel Slams JD Vance for Saying He Was Pulled From TV Due to Bad Ratings
Jimmy Kimmel dismissed Vice President JD Vance's claims about poor ratings, highlighting the show's return on all Nexstar and Sinclair stations with over 6.3 million viewers.
- Last week, Jimmy Kimmel rejected Vice President JD Vance's account on his Brooklyn, New York week program, saying `Vice President Maybelline was making the rounds, attempting to defend his boss and the chairman of the FCC with a new fairytale even a 5-year-old wouldn't believe.`
- In a Fox News interview last week, Vice President JD Vance said Kimmel was taken off air due to weak ratings and that stations and advertisers, not Brendan Carr, were responsible.
- According to Nielsen ratings, Jimmy Kimmel Live! dropped from 6.5 million Tuesday viewers to 2.3 million Thursday viewers, with adults 18-49 and 25-54 falling 73%.
- Disney announced a deal to bring Kimmel back after less than a week, and Nexstar and Sinclair resumed airing the show on Friday, restoring broadcasts to 100% of the country.
- Amid right-wing pressure and threats from Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr, Disney shareholders demanded answers while JD Vance's favorability dropped to a net-12 as of Aug. 1.
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Jimmy Kimmel melts down at VP JD Vance for mocking his ratings
Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel is not letting Vice President JD Vance’s criticism slide. The comedian used his stage in Brooklyn to unload on Vance after the vice president mocked his ratings during a recent Fox News interview. Vance had argued that broadcast giants such as ABC, NBC, and CBS “enjoy the public airwaves because they serve the public interest,” before adding that Kimmel’s ratings weren’t holding up. “He’s currently on the air, and to…
Jimmy Kimmel rips ‘VP Maybelline’ Vance for ‘bad ratings’ remarks
Jimmy Kimmel used his first night back in Brooklyn to set the record straight with Vice President JD Vance regarding his recent suspension. The Emmy-winning late-night host, who’s broadcasting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” out of BAM‘s Howard Gilman Opera House this week, took aim at the Republican’s claims that he was temporarily pulled off the air due to poor ratings. During Monday night’s opening monologue, Kimmel celebrated his long-running series be…
Jimmy Kimmel Just Had The BEST Clapback To JD Vance's Comment On His Ratings, And It's Going Viral
"Vice President Maybelline was making the rounds, attempting to defend his boss and the chairman of the FCC with a new fairytale even a 5-year-old wouldn't believe," Kimmel said on-air Monday night.View Entire Post ›
Jimmy Kimmel slams JD Vance for saying he was pulled from TV due to bad ratings
"In three and a half years, I'm not the one who's going to be doing mascara tutorials on YouTube," the late-night host said. Gabe Ginsberg/Getty; Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Jimmy Kimmel; Vice President J.D. VanceJimmy Kimmel has a bone to pick with “Vice President Maybelline” J.D. Vance after the Republican politician claimed that he was temporarily taken off the air due to being unpopular and having poor ratings. The late-night host, who is hosting …
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