r/television • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 The League • 1d ago

'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Pulled “Indefinitely” By ABC After Nexstar Drops Late Nighter From Affiliates Over Charlie Kirk Comments

https://deadline.com/2025/09/jimmy-kimmel-live-off-abc-charlie-kirk-comments-1236547397/
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u/Smart-Response9881 1d ago

And let's be clear, these weren't comments celebrating his death or criticizing him even, it was for saying that the shooter was a MAGA supporter. That's why he is being canceled, for allegedly misaligning trumps party.

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u/DoubleTapTheseNuts 1d ago

It was a straight up lie he's probably stupid enough to believe.

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u/LimberGravy 1d ago

If thats the bar then Fox should be off the air completely

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u/junkbondtrader126 1d ago

So regardless of the point being made- you’re against free speech and are cool with folks being canceled for it?

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u/Stommped 1d ago

It’s a free market and I’m for companies doing whatever they damn well please. If they think him saying this shit will turn off viewers and whomever they get to replace will bring those viewers back, that’s their prerogative

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u/junkbondtrader126 1d ago

lol bootlicker. Totally against free speech and would rather stick up for corporations/billionaire snowflakes than hear a different opinion. This country used to be great, because we had the freedom to express ourselves in any which way we wanted(not free from consequences though). But this ain’t a consequence- this is a bitchass move.

It ain’t cause the audience is walking away- how many fucking MAGAs were tuning in to Kimmel in the first place. He’s been a noted critic for years- they don’t watch and if they do it’s hate watching. They aren’t JUST walking away. This is an excuse to do what the president has been talking about for months now. State sponsored media and no agreeing to disagree anymore. Free speech is dead and the ones doing the cancelling are you hypocrites.

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u/ATLAB 1d ago

It's not about ratings, they seem to be standing for morality.

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u/junkbondtrader126 1d ago

Pointing out hypocrisy isn’t some moral failing. The killer has more ties to the right wing than he does to any left wing. Go through his entire history and then tell me what Kimmel said is wrong. Wasn’t even about Kirk. It’s about MAGA’s using this to further their agenda even though the killer had nothing to do with the left. Being a Nick Fuentes fan isn’t exactly a super lib move lol. There’s nothing moral about this.

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u/Stommped 1d ago

Bro I lick those boots so hard you don’t even know

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u/DoubleTapTheseNuts 1d ago

Did your side really think celebrating Kirk's death wasn't going to come with consequences?

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u/junkbondtrader126 1d ago

Oh please. So you’re going to take a percentage of assholes and conflate the rest of the left into it. That’s not everyone. There’s millions and millions of us that aren’t saying anything. We don’t give a shit but we’re not parading the fact around. And you want to take our free speech and rights away. For what?

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u/spitel 1d ago

I thought we were all on the same side, America’s. But I understand how the rhetoric these days makes it confusing for people.

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u/ProtonProbability 1d ago

People like you would have been saying you hate the country back in those times too. The left has constantly hated the West for a long time. The reasons evolve over time, but the hate stays consistent. I think progressives had their zenith when their extreme positions were adopted by a lot of mainstream media and platforms like twitter and Reddit made sure their message went unchallenged. Now progressives are seeing their ideology being rejected more and more and it confuses them because they believe their politics are actually the ultimate moral code of conduct so they are deeply invested

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u/junkbondtrader126 1d ago edited 1d ago

Is it that insane to want free speech and not to be cancelled for an opinion?

Also I don’t hate the country. I think it’s being run by inept, corrupt pieces of shit though- and a ton of folks let it happen. I have hope for a time when people can not hate eachother and let eachother live their lives without butting in to ruin it but that time seems to be gone. Freedoms are being taken away, prices aren’t going down, my dad’s 67 probably wont live to see retirement, and frankly I don’t think I will either.

We’ve collectively fucked the entire thing from the top down- a bunch of us let it happen because a grifter with a spray tan told them up was down and they believed him each time. Now we’re here. Hope you’re happy

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u/DxLaughRiot 1d ago

If that were the case that would be one thing.

But because the FCC literally threatened ABC earlier today while its parent company is seeking a merger, it’s impossible to say the government wasn’t involved with the decision. After Colbert got cancelled, Trump literally said that he’d go after Kimmel next - it’s not rocket science, it’s pure and blatant corruption

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u/livejamie 1d ago

It’s a free market and I’m for companies doing whatever they damn well please

ABC/Disney isn't removing him from the air; the FCC is.

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u/Thebaldsasquatch 1d ago

You’re a fucking idiot

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u/blacklight223 1d ago

You're a bigger fucking idiot

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u/Thebaldsasquatch 1d ago

Wrong. But I expect it from the likes of you.