Stephen Colbert came to the defense of his late evening compatriot Jimmy Kimmel in “The Late Show” by CBS on Thursday, using his monologue to explode the leaders of ABC to suspend “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” After the chairman of the federal communications committee, Brendan Carr, floated an action against the network.
“Shortly after Carr made his statements on ABC, Kimmel was done. This decision intervened after senior executives from ABC, Disney and Affiliates summoned emergency meetings during which several executives estimated that Kimmel had said nothing above the line, but the threat of reprisals of the Trump administration was extended,” said Colbert. “The Late Show” shared a clip from the host monologue in the hours preceding the broadcast of the full episode. “As an ABC source said, they are pissed off all day. On the brilliant side, this proves that Disney is the number one streaming.
Colbert continued: “Carr was quick to reassure everyone publishing”, although this could be an unprecedented decision, it is important for the broadcasters to repel Disney programming that they determine are not community values. Well, you know what are the values of my community, Buster? “”
According to CNBC, who was on site for recording at Ed Sullivan Theater, Colbert described the Kimmel decision “blatant censorship” and added “with an autocrat, you cannot give a thumb”.
“Jimmy, I stand with you and your staff 100%,” said Colbert.
ABC announced Wednesday that all future episodes of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” have been “indefinitely” deleted from his schedule. The announcement came for a few moments after Nexstar Media, one of the largest television post owners in the United States, said that he would preempt the program for all “television stations owners and partners affiliated to the ABC television network” on the host’s comments on the murder of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Shortly after the announcement of the news, Donald Trump went to Truth Social to celebrate ABC’s historic decision. He wrote: “Excellent news for America: the notes challenged Jimmy Kimmel’s show.
The problems for Kimmel started after the episode on Monday evening, during which Kimmel said that the crowd “Maga” did everything he could to “characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as something other than one of them”. The comment provoked a response from the President of the FCC, Carr, who declared on the Podcast of Benny Johnson: “These companies can find ways to change their conduct and act, frankly, on Kimmel where there will be additional work for the FCC to come.”
