Jimmy Kimmel calls out ‘anti-American’ threats to free speech in tearful TV return
An emotional Jimmy Kimmel criticized the “anti -American” threats to speak freely when he returned to the US television late at night after his comments on the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The comedian said in his Tuesday’s show – since his first debate – “I have no intention of illuminating the murder of a young man.”
Kimmel also compared the President of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) with a mafia boss with a mafia boss and had fun in the appearance of President Donald Trump in the UN. Including a escalators.
However, Tuesday’s episode could not be displayed in all markets due to the resistance of many local stations affiliated to ABC.
However, Hulu + Live TV, owned by ABC’s parent Disney, was available for flow service.
Dozens of local TV stations operated in the USA, affiliated organizations Nexstar and Sinclair, Jimmy Kimmel Live will continue to replace! With alternative programming for now.
Carr, who leads the organization that organized American television, praised his decisions on a mission in X on Tuesday.
“We must continue to strengthen local TV stations to serve undergraduate communities,” Carr, who threatened the actions against Disney and ABC last week and threatened actions against Kimmel’s show, Disney and ABC. He said.
Speaking at the program of Tuesday, Kimmel said he didn’t want to blame any group for Kirk’s murder, and Erika Kirk praised Kirk for forgiven his husband’s murderer in a monument service for a weekend.
Kimmel, “This was a self -sacrifice act … He touched me deeply,” he said.
Kimmel criticized Carr, who wanted to be suspended by saying that his boss FCC was once a free speech defender, but he returned after Kimmel’s controversial demonstration last week.
He also criticized Trump late at night for his landlords to call his ax-often critics on everyone’s greatest news.
Kimmel, “Our leader is losing people because he can’t joke,” he said.
Kimmel also acted as if he had opened a statement written by Disney to read aloud before reading the words “how to re -activate your Disney+ subscription”.
Calls were made to cancel the stream subscriptions for Kimmel’s short suspension.
About an hour before Showtime, Trump said he could not believe that ABC had restored Kimmel on the social media platform, and said the White House had canceled the show.
“Something happened between then and now because the audience went and ‘talent’ was never there.”
Trump also threatened with “testing ABC on this issue”.
Kimmel’s guests were Glen Powell and Chad Powers, and Sarah McLachlan.
The comedian show caused Kirk’s shooting after the September 15 monologue.
He said that Trump and his allies were trying to characterize this child, who desperately killed Charlie Kirk as something other than one of them, and tried to “gain political points from him”.
He also compared Trump’s response to the murder of the impressive murder.
The jokes raised Carr’s anger, saying that Kimmel “appears to be directly misleading the American people” with his comments about Kirk’s killer.
FCC regulates radio, TV and satellite air waves and gives strength in a number of issues, including merger and courtesy complaints.
Combined with the concerns of local publishers operating ABC subsidiaries, he encouraged Kimmel’s show to “indefinitely”.
The suspension of the show reacted strongly from deputies, workers’ trade unions and free speaking advocates. Famous campaigns and boycotts targeted Disney, the mother company of ABC.
Kimmel was supported by his colleagues late at night, including CBS host Stephen Colbert, which will end in May – Jon Stewart and Seth Meyers.
On Monday, Disney announced that he would bring the show back after making thoughtful conversations with Jimmy. “
Nevertheless, Nexstar, one of the biggest owners of TV stations in the United States, said in a statement on Tuesday that Kimmel will continue to prevent the assurance that all parties are determined to promote a respectful, constructive dialogue environment in the markets we serve. “
The media company is currently trying to close an agreement of $ 6.2 billion ($ 4.86 billion) to buy the opponent Tegna, which is currently in need of FCC approval.
Sinclair, the largest ABC subsidiary group in the USA, said he would publish alternative programming.
According to the New York Times, Nexstar and Sinclair control more than 20% of ABC’s affiliated television stations.
