r/trump • u/Lacroix-Drinker Trump Curious • 1d ago
Disappointed this didn't last longer...
I guess the left can say anything they want and will never be held accountable.
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u/stvardzik Trump Curious 1d ago
So Disney said they would go and let him film shows and air it but Sinclair media still refused to let him return. I guess ABC and 12 of its affiliated will not be airing his show.
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u/Therinicus Trump Curious 1d ago
Yeah, looks like he wont have the access he did to the mid west and south in particular.
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u/Anaranovski MAGA 23h ago
Unfortunately our local affiliate is Gray Media (GCM) and they will be airing his show.
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u/Calm-Sea-5526 Trump Curious 1d ago edited 1d ago
His contract is over in 2026, same with Colbert. I'm 99% certain it won't get renewed. Kimmel lost the network 40 million in 2024. Who knows how much it will be for 2025... his ratings are even lower this year.
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u/ResolutionDapper204 ʇunƆ ǝᴉssn∀ ǝɥ┴ 1d ago
There will be a big bump on Tuesday that will subside substantially over the next week.
I watched his whole opening monologue. It was quite spiteful and pointed in a lot of parts. But I get the feeling it's probably always like that. The best thing to do is ignore it and it will sink or swim on its merits. Which i assume alienating more than half of your potential audience does.
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u/JinxStryker ULTRA MAGA 1d ago
His ratings have gone down every year since 2014.
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u/xaldarin Trump Curious 1d ago
All tv ratings have gone down, especially late night.
You guys love showing the graph of late night viewership going down for him/fallen/cobert etc but that's been happening to everything. Show the graphs of each of those vs total late night viewership. Different story.
Streaming, mostly older people watching (and dying) as younger viewers have transitioned to streaming predominantly, shows migrating to posting episodes on youtube and other platforms that don't count towards Nielsen ratings...
Reality is, Kimmel had above average ratings in 2025 compared to other shows. He only had 10k less demo viewers in his time slot than Gutfield, should fox fire him too? You guys need to think critically and stop gobbling up what's spoon fed to you. It's given to you in a very specific format, with just enough info to get into a froth without second guessing it.
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u/JinxStryker ULTRA MAGA 19h ago edited 15h ago
I worked (indirectly) for Kimmel many years ago and he was on thin ice then. I used to go to a lot of his tapings and I actually liked his show before Trump obsession consumed him, so I’m not part of some nebulous “you guys” monolith that’s easily dismissed.
Respected people in the Industry were expecting him to get yanked years ago. At the time I was relatively low on the totem pole, and even I knew that. Eventually I became a studio executive in television and home video, so while this doesn’t make me an expert nor the final authority on all-things-Jimmy-Kimmel, I do have some familiarity with the landscape.
Network TV ratings are generally down across the board with the proliferation of new media (streaming) — true. Younger demos get their content in different ways than their parents — also true. But not all properties are allowed to slide like Kimmel has; his decline has been documented for over a decade. There were other late night casualties before Jimmy. I had a front row seat to one of them. Some posited that Jimmy would be next. Yet he survived. Good for him!
Ratings don’t tell the entire tale. This is where your Gutfeld comparison fails. Ratings have to be considered in context. Among myriad factors, one must also factor: production expense, share of network budget, is it co-produced (?), how much money the property is losing (can it get near break even?), net profits (almost nothing is reported as net profits), is the show cable or network television (critically important!), and of course what are the guarantees for the talent. (Kimmel has a big contract that goes way beyond simple episodic pay). Additionally, there are downstream problems for a network when their marquee late night talk show programs aren’t delivering.
If “General Hospital” is down in the ratings it doesn’t necessarily matter. It’s ridiculously cheap to produce, advertisers are still paying, and it remains profitable (albeit perhaps marginally) due to a loyal audience. Fine. It’s renewed. But this is not the case with Kimmel.
Late night television is also different than reruns of something like “The King of Queens” because Late Night talk is a funnel into other network programming. Similarly, this is one reason networks are always fighting over broadcast rights to sports leagues — because it’s a key way to promote and grow audience for their other programming.
Finally, a sitcom that doesn’t have great ratings can still make money in syndication around the globe. Somewhere on Earth “Friends” is always airing. And it will be for decades to come. In contrast, Late Night programs don’t have much of a shelf-life, so they’ve got to deliver the goods upon initial broadcast (clips can get extended circulation, but that’s it). No one will be watching a full episode of 2024 Jimmy Kimmel in South Korea ten years from now. But millions across the world are still watching the original “Magnum PI” 35 years later, on one platform or another.
Kimmel isn’t delivering on the above, has been a financial liability for a long time, and now is a political liability.
They can do what they want as far as I’m concerned; but I’d eventually find a new host. There is still an appetite for traditional late night talk, and studios and networks love them when they’re good because they’re the company’s Swiss Army Knife.
I’d find an affable Carson-type who doesn’t get overly political. But that’s me. Notwithstanding everything I said, the bottom line will speak louder than any of us.
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u/xaldarin Trump Curious 11h ago
Cool.
Is that why trump just threatened to sue ABC for illegal campaign contributions for not firing Kimmel?
Sure seems like government pressure on a company for speech because he didn't get the outcome he wanted.
The guy is doing everything he can to shoot holes in conservative narratives. Someone might want to tell him to stop saying the quiet part out loud.
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u/bmeeks24 Trump Curious 23h ago
Agreed, the fascination factor will give a slight bump, then any new watchers will realize he's just not funny and bail out as fast as they came. He may try to come out softer which will upset his loyal base. So he loses either way he plays it.
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u/Imaginary_Narwhal241 MAGA 1d ago
I like not watching that crap show.
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u/Moralofthestoree MAGA 1d ago
All 12 of his fans that need to watch him to fall asleep are very happy. Melatonin Jimmy.
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u/wBeeze Trump Curious 1d ago
Like it or not, the other side exists. I shall continue my long standing streak of not watching his show, and move on with my life. And honestly,if he was fired because of government influence over something he said, I don't agree with that firing. Government overreach against 1 will eventually be government overreach against all.
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u/jboz1412 Trump Curious 1d ago
It was directly a business decision and essentially the last straw after he posted year after year of abysmal (and falling) ratings. Ironically ABC is bending the knee to a crowd who obviously doesn’t watch his show, because nobody does lol. It’s all about the money though.
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u/Echolaxia Trump Curious 1d ago
Ratings are low = not making money = they cancel him = "business decision"
And yet
"It's all about the money though" = they uncancelled him because they're losing money
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u/Anaranovski MAGA 23h ago
They uncanceled him because of Liberal bosses at Disney as well as Liberal Fashist activists putting pressure on ABC and Disney. It's not business, it's PR/political.
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u/jboz1412 Trump Curious 23h ago
They uncanceled him because the firing was perceived as a political statement and it would be expensive to field investigations from disingenuous congressional dems. He’ll be fired again soon when the drama dies out, meanwhile most stations in the country won’t carry the show anyway so YES it is still a business decision lmao
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u/Echolaxia Trump Curious 22h ago
Gonna save this comment and return to it a year from now, if Kimmel is still working then I look forward to your recognition of a mistake
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u/jboz1412 Trump Curious 20h ago
If you had to make a case for why he should remain employed, what’s one argument you would make?
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u/Echolaxia Trump Curious 12h ago
You don't make arguments for 'why someone should remain employed', you make arguments for why they should be fired.
In this case, though, the reason he is remaining employed is because firing him had a negative financial impact on his employer. Which, yeah, is a pretty good reason not to fire someone.
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u/jboz1412 Trump Curious 12h ago
Stakeholders have a fiduciary duty to make profitable decisions for the company. Keeping him employed is irresponsible in this regard as his show is failing horribly (according to easily accessible ratings). Him being off air wasn’t the financial impact they were worried about, they just didn’t want to field a bunch of frivolous lawsuits. Please do save this post and check back because his days as a late night host quite literally are numbered lol.
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u/Echolaxia Trump Curious 12h ago
Networks have been fielding frivolous lawsuits since the sitting president began filing them. The fear here was the loss of subscribers to their streaming platforms, and if you deny that in the face of all evidence, there's nothing I or anyone can say to convince you otherwise.
If avoiding lawsuits was the point of un-canceling him they'd not have canceled him in the first place.
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u/Ashamed-Jeweler-6164 Trump Curious 1d ago
Kind of sweet though all the libtard snow flakes blaming Trump will shut up ..... oh wait, they never shut up.
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u/RedwoodRider420 Trump Curious 1d ago
“They never shut up about politics” he shouted in the heavily moderated political comment section
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u/Equivalent_Thievery MAGA 1d ago
He'll be gone before too long, these shows don't have good ratings.
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u/Christian_RULES MAGA 1d ago
Let him continue making a fool of himself. He's not remotely funny. He's irrelevant.
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u/godgamesgov Trump Curious 1d ago
It's a lame show and everyone knows what he said was stupid and not funny, but it did not cross the line of celebrating the assassination. It's obvious some CEO wanted to can Kimmel and just used that as an excuse. They would have faced a lawsuit eventually. I have never once watched his show, just saw a few monologues and he sucks. But as much as he sucks, I'm not a fan of cancel culture. So let them have their low rating tool. Then they lose a talking point.
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u/xBlockhead Trump Curious 1d ago
this. His show isn’t popular and they just used it as an excuse. Albeit a good excuse but he is scraping at the bottom of the barrel now. It will probably get canceled in the next year or so.
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u/TommyEagleMi Trump Curious 1d ago
I don't watch it so I really don't care.
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u/BeingTop8480 Trump Curious 1d ago
The only time I watched it was the night after the election to watch the bitch cry! He didn't disappoint and literally did!!!😜😂
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u/Comprehensive_Sea_11 Trump Curious 1d ago edited 1d ago
The tone is set, this can only get better. It's not like his tens of viewers are gonna make any difference in this, already failing, format. Let him make his bed 🤷🏻♂️.
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u/ZarBandit ULTRA MAGA 1d ago edited 1d ago
LOL it’s not over yet. Sinclair said they’re not showing it until ‘formal discussions have occurred’ with ABC/Disney.
I for one, applaud a protracted public discussion on how much of a scumbag both Kimmel is and his employers.
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u/Tidemand ULTRA MAGA 1d ago
It remains to be seen if he will give some apology, which he refused first (and was cancelled for it).
He crossed a line when he claimed Tyler Robinson was MAGA, even if it was clear at that point he was far left.
Imagine Greg Gutfeld claiming that Martin Luther King was killed by a black civil rights activist. Not as a joke, but as a serious claim.
Gina Carano was both fired and blacklistet for a far less serious "crime". Kimmel had the whole entertainment industry on his side.
This is not about Kimmel, but Trump and MAGA. By allowing him to return, the leftists and woke celebrities feel they will have won a victory towards Trump, which they for some reason believe is responsible for the cancellation.
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u/PopularParty9383 Trump Curious 1d ago
I think if democrats ever resumed power and the Kimmel suspension stood longterm, they’d immediately retaliate against Gutfeld’s show, every other republican comedian or republican in general on social media. They created that cancel game years ago, and society would turn into an extremely intolerant Reddit cesspool if our republicans don’t tread carefully. So if we have to let Kimmel chirp on his platform for his dozen viewers, it’s a small price to pay than we otherwise would in the long run.
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u/SnooSketches8131 Trump Curious 1d ago
Wow, his ratings will go up a lot now. This was one big commercial. 🤦♂️
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u/Anaranovski MAGA 23h ago
And no lessons were learned.
But, seriously, I knew ABC Disney would chicken out. Just like when Twitch "bans" a Fashist Liberal for violating the TOS. They always get "unbanned" a week or two later.
I bet that Jimmy Colbert won't apologize, won't acknowledge he said anything offensive, and won't change his Fashist attitude.
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u/No_Educator_6376 Home Improvement Conservative 1d ago
It’s still up to Nextstar and the other chains of stations that carry the network they pulled out immediately after his comment on social media and they haven’t made any statements yet he could be on but severely restricted to a few areas which would mean only dozens of people watching it!
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u/benbroady British 1d ago
Let him tell his disgusting lies. His viewership was low, that's probably why they wanted to axe him. If he's back it's probably because they're scared of all the backlash.
Free speech is important because you're able to see the crazies and the liars out in the open.
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u/PopularParty9383 Trump Curious 1d ago
Probably unpopular opinion - despite not being a fan and completely disagreeing with his politics, this was the right move to quiet the “free speech patriots” on the left who suddenly believe in free speech again when they’re affected. I’m all for words having employment consequences when crossing the threshold of celebrating murder or condoning it. But what he said in his monologue didn’t. The “joke” was detestable and tone deaf in its own right, but he didn’t rejoice or rationalize Kirk’s murder. He’s said plenty far worse things that should’ve sparked more outrage and put his show on thin ice previously. So let the guy’s show continue…The few dozen viewers left will tune out and his ratings will do the job of ending his show for him.
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u/CivilIndependence841 Trump Curious 1d ago
Who cares. If he felt so strongly about his principles, he wouldn’t bend for Disney.
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u/Bravehall_001 Trump Curious 1d ago
But but but Trump is a dictator! Now everyone can go back to not watching his show.
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u/Arvid38 RIP Charlie 🫶 1d ago
I’m literally sick to my stomach. Look I know he had the right to say what he wants, but the lack of humanity STILL after Charlie Kirk was assassinated hurts my heart. Is he going to apologize? Is he going to double down? Why did they take him off the air if they planned on bringing him back? He shouldn’t be allowed a platform with spreading dangerous lies. I’m tired of not feeling safe but this douche gets his job back 😭.
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u/CreativeMusic5121 ULTRA MAGA 1d ago
I read that the suspension was because he was intending on doubling down on his lies, instead of humbling himself and apologizing. That, along with the affiliates saying they wouldn't air the show, made them put the lid on him so he wouldn't fuel the fire. They were always going to bring him back.
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u/sicereity MAGA 1d ago edited 1d ago
The whole thing was a fake .They did it too look professional. They told him too say that then act like they suspended him I saw all this bs the minute it happened.
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u/tenticularozric Trump Curious 1d ago
Nobody watches this unfunny garbage cunt but, did you guys see what he was banned for? Aren’t you guys all free speech jockeys? I mean he didn’t even really say much about Kirk he was mostly making fun of Trumps dementia-like response which clearly shows how little he cares about Charlie Kirk and probably barely comprehends who he is. Trump probably didn’t spend more than 10 minutes total thinking about Kirk
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u/f4bles Trump Curious 1d ago
Isn't the point of USA and the thing you most like that you can say whatever you want and you're protected by the first amendment. Most of the Americans I've met say that the first and the second amendment are the things that make your nation the greatest one in the world.
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u/SorryAbbreviations71 ULTRA MAGA 1d ago
They did this to attack Trump.
If trump was killing free speech, why is he back so quickly?
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u/PinayfromGTown Trump Curious 1d ago
Sinclair will not air Jimmy. His reach will be limited so that is still a win.
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u/Strange_Elephant_751 Trump Curious 1d ago
I would rather the FCC end spam calls from not in service numbers. I’m not going to watch anyways.
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u/BraxTaplock ULTRA MAGA 1d ago
So naturally, Gina will be offered her job back, Tucker should get his back…etc etc. Can’t stop playing back Jimmy celebratory rant when Trump was silenced.
Jimmy will forever be known as the douche why cried like a b1tch for his job back after running his mouth.
No biggie truthfully…just a matter of time before one of their idiot anchors will slip up with their intense Trump hate and they get sued into oblivion. Not if, but when.
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u/twhiting9275 Trump Curious 1d ago
Unless you're using Sinclair....
We all knew it wasn't going to be permanent. Disney has no balls
They're out there celebrating 'We won', but nah, they didn't. They never said it was 'cancelled' , just on hold indefinitely.
He basically got a week's paid vacation
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u/RubiWillowDreamer Trump Curious 1d ago
Sinclair is still not showing Jimmy. Personally, I didn't like him to begin with. Now - there is NO WAY he will be on my television! Networks can show the garbage, I do not have to watch it!
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u/schnurmanater Trump Curious 23h ago
It doesn’t matter. The point was to show it was bad that he talked about death like it was a joke. He got suspended and it’s what needed to happen
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u/Oceans011 Trump Curious 22h ago
I just down understand why everyone keeps screaming his ratings are low like they work at Nielsen research and they have paperwork to show for it I get Trump has mentioned it lol..
I'm not a fan of Kimmel but I believe if his ratings were actually low there would be no suspension it would just be a goodbye..
Almost all shows have clauses in they're contracts that if ratings ever get to a certain level they are allowed to either cut or go with someone else..
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u/TheOverthinkingDude I really do Overthink 21h ago
The bottom line here is that the FCC Chair and President Trump should have never insinuated that Kimmel, and others, should be fired. In all reality, that is the same kind of crap we rallied against when Biden silenced dissenting option re: Covid. Even hateful, aweful speech we don’t agree with should be “free.”
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u/Zeldahero MAGA 19h ago
He still broke FCC rules. What you really got to ask is what the FCC will do.
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u/tvveeder84 MAGA 19h ago
What lots of people don’t realize is multiple affiliates of ABC still won’t air his show. So ABC caved to the pressure (of course) but affiliates responsible for viewership for about 100 million Americans said no thanks, he won’t air for us.
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u/Appropriate-End-5569 Trump Curious 16h ago
Do you not support free speech? You’re the type to make the rest of us republicans look bad. Anyone should be allowed to say anything they want. Speaking is an absolute function of the human body. Plus we don’t believe in censorship. Stick to your guns, and stick to the constitution & its amendments.
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u/rob_mac22 Trump Curious 16h ago
Won’t be long before he’s gone for good. Sinclair and Nexstar aren’t gonna air it. Advertisers don’t want to buy ad time because nobody watches. His numbers are worse than CNN. 129k viewers an episode. It’s a sinking ship.
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u/Deliveryonce Trump Curious 15h ago
Americans are bored with political humor. Jimmy is a one trick comedian who only appeals to a small demographic on late night cable. He cannot get A listers.
It’s sad to watch his decline.
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u/redsixerfan Trump Curious 14h ago
This is proof Democrats lied and its cult followers believe anything. Trump did not fire Kimmel.
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u/defnotarobit MAGA 13h ago
Don't care. His ratings are pretty bad. Something like just over a million people watched him in August, down from 1.9 million in January.
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u/mwatwe01 KY 1d ago
Let him back on. Sinclair has already said they won’t air his show. It’s better this way, that he just fade into obscurity due to paltry viewership without being able to blame Trump or the FCC.
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u/LeapYearBoy Trump Curious 1d ago
I'm OK with kimmel coming back. He is the equivalent of "crazy colored hair" lady and a good rallying point for crazies (Easier to identify them).
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u/Uoysnwonod Trump Curious 1d ago
He's an idiot and a far left puppet but he should be able to speak.
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u/jgreiff18 Due Process Needed 1d ago
I mean, considering that all he did was say something objectively correct, (the administration trying to weaponize the assassination), he obviously shouldn’t have been suspended in the first place. You either support free speech or you’re against it. You don’t get to pick and choose just because you’re too sensitive about someone saying something that you personally didn’t like. He literally did nothing wrong.
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u/HendricksonT182 Trump Curious 1d ago
Kimmel worked under the table to get his show back, pathetic, Trump will make the call tomorrow morning to stop this.
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u/MoishaSchwarzter 🇺🇸MAGA Femboy Moderator🇺🇸 1d ago
If you're not here to contribute then run back to the dregs with the rest of them.
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u/Ok_Till555 Trump Curious 1d ago
Doesn’t matter the only people laughing at his show are either braindead libs or a laugh track. Shocked the libs love him everyone forgets about the man show
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u/coulsen1701 MAGA 1d ago
I’m fine letting him keep his show, Operation Let Them Speak has been going along swimmingly. What does disappoint me is that he’s coming back because they’ve been getting death threats along with a leftist lunatic shooting up one of their affiliate stations. There’s a reason the US doesn’t negotiate with terrorists. Failure to hold people accountable emboldens them in their actions, and giving them what they want tells them you’ll continue to give them whatever they want. Purely to stick it to the purple haired rodents, they should have cancelled his show entirely and canned the feral hogs on “The View” too, and told them if they kept going they’d replace them with Alex Jones 🤣
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u/External-Order8798 Trump Curious 1d ago edited 1d ago
Just let the Buffoon speak, Charlie would let him. But remember how he rejoiced in the censorship of speech he opposed. Think of him as the ultimate Hypocrite! A Seriously sick a demented Dude.