US EditionJohn Oliver Defends Jimmy Kimmel Following Disney Suspension Amid FCC Pressure
- Disney suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely after Kimmel made a passing comment about the suspect in Charlie Kirk's killing in mid-September 2025.
- FCC chairman Brendan Carr criticized Kimmel's remarks and pressured broadcasters, threatening consequences if ABC affiliates did not pull the show.
- Broadcasters Nexstar and Sinclair complied by not airing Kimmel's show, while Kimmel received public defense from late-night hosts and backlash against Disney increased.
- John Oliver dedicated his September 21 HBO show segment to analyze Kimmel's suspension, calling it a blow to free speech and the 'latest canary in the coal mine.'
- The suspension highlights escalating political pressure on media companies, fueling debate over free speech and government influence in broadcasting decisions.
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John Oliver Rips 'Cowards' Who Suspended Jimmy Kimmel With Perfect 'Bully' Analogy
Last Week Tonight host John Oliver called out the companies involved in yanking Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air, saying that history would “remember the cowards who definitely knew better but still let things happen" by giving in to a bully.Last week, President Donald Trump saw an opening to get late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air and successfully pressured ABC to do so following comments Kimmel made about the assassination of far-right acti…
Oliver Doesn't Understand Why Kimmel's Remarks Were So Bad
Before ABC announced it was lifting Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension on Monday, HBO’s John Oliver used Sunday’s Last Week Tonight to express not only his confusion about why people got so mad at Kimmel in the first place but also to claim Kimmel’s point about MAGA being “desperate to weaponize Kirk’s death” has “aged pretty well” given the suspension. Unlike some people on the left, Oliver actually got the root cause for Kimmel’s suspension correct, “B…
Yes, the FCC should regulate speech on the public airwaves
Jimmy Kimmel should not have been fired for a single ill-timed, offensive joke that he told on his program following the assasination of Charlie Kirk. He deserves however to be fired for turning a non-political television program broadcast over the p...
A week ago, Disney channel ABC overturned the legendary satire show – this Tuesday it is already on the program again. The role backwards is considered a triumph of resistance against the US president and his campaign against critics.
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