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Senior Executives at Disney reportedly made the decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s late night out of the air after his comments about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Disney CEO Bob Iger, together with Disney Entertainment co-chairman Dana Walden-Steel behind the decision to ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” To suspend! “For an indefinite period after the comments of the Late-Night Host about the death of Kirk, The Wall Street Journal reportedWith reference to people who are familiar with the issue.
“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Will be done indefinitely, “said ABC spokesperson on Wednesday.
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The movement of the Disney managers was partly powered by the refusal of media company Nexstar Media Group to broadcast the show, since it operates 32 ABC branches. A director of Nexstar denounced Kimmel’s comments as “offensive and insensitive”, said the Wall Street Journal.
Bob Iger, CEO, The Walt Disney Company and Dana Walden, co-chairman, Disney Entertainment at D23: the Ultimate Disney Fan event in Anaheim, California on August 9, 2024. (Rodin Eckenroth / Getty images for Disney / Getty images)
Sinclair Broadcast Group, which supervises 30 ABC stations, also said it refused to broadcast the show and was on different requirements of Kimmel, including an apology and a donation to the Kirk family, as well as Turning Point USA, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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The suspension started with the broadcast on Wednesday evening, without a fixed return date. Disney follows the situation and believes that the show can be restored in the coming days, reported the Wall Street Journal, who quoted a source with knowledge of the case.
The Disney advertisements in advance is a showcase event that brings together all Contenseken of the Walt Disney company on one stage. (Michael Le Brecht / Disney via Getty Images / Getty images)
During Monday’s show, Kimmel accused “The Maga Gang” of “desperately trying to characterize this boy who kirlie Kirk killed as something other than one of them and everything they can do to score political points.” The host also mocked President Donald Trump’s answer to the death of Kirk and accused Vice president JD Vance and others of exploiting the tragedy, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Trump celebrated the suspension of the show on the truth of the truth and said that Kimmel has “zero talent and worse reviews than even Colbert.”
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr, in an interview on CNBC, Kimmel accused the public about the death of Kirk. He also recently told The Wall Street Journal that the FCC would be a more difficult attitude against broadcasters that think it is not public interest with their programming and news in public affairs.
Earlier this month, Kimmel CBS criticized for his decision to put an end to “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”, which suggests that the network has canceled the show to shine Trump and secure FCC approval for Paramount’s fusion with Skydance Media.
“CBS, suddenly out of nowhere, claimed that ‘The Late Show’ lost $ 40 million a year and then received FCC approval in a miraculous way to sell their business what they wanted,” said Kimmel during his monologue.
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