ABC pulls ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ off air ‘indefintely’ over Charlie Kirk comments
September 22, 2025, 09:15 AM
BOATTRASH1
^^^^I love that the internet is forever.....
September 22, 2025, 09:32 AM
bigwagon
Hoisted by his own petard.
September 22, 2025, 10:23 AM
12131
^^^^ What’s the source/link of that image about Kimmel? That’s a made up quote. A quick investigation shows that he never said exactly that. He said the following, according to Grok, which is verified by multiple other sources:
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On May 29, 2018, during his Jimmy Kimmel Live! monologue, Jimmy Kimmel addressed Roseanne Barr’s firing by ABC after her racist tweet, saying: “Roseanne Barr tweeted something so racist and so disgusting that even our president, who’s no stranger to racist tweets himself, was like, ‘Whoa, take it easy!’” He followed this by commending ABC’s decision: “I want to say kudos to my bosses at ABC for doing the right thing and canceling Roseanne’s show today. It’s not an easy thing to do when a show is successful, but it’s the right thing.” Additionally, on May 30, 2018, Kimmel posted on X: “What @TheRealRoseanne said is indefensible, but angrily attacking a woman who is obviously not well does no good for anyone. Please take a breath and remember that mental health issues are real. The Roseanne I know could probably use some compassion and help right now.”
Whether you’re on the left or the right, I despise people who take things out of context or twist the truth so to fit and advance their agenda. And President Trump is likely the number one victim of this tactic. The left gives us plenty of raw materials to work on, already. Why the need to fabricate things?
As Charlie used to say, pove me wrong.
Q
September 22, 2025, 10:55 AM
corsair
This is becoming all too common out here, local PD does their work to arrest someone, local-DA releases them under the well abused prosecutorial-privilege. Federal authorities waiting, re-arrest the person and get charged under federal statues where release on own recognizance is not allowed.
A Sacramento man suspected of shooting into the ABC10 television station's lobby has been arrested again, hours after he posted bail on Saturday, officials said.
The FBI said Anibal Hernandez Santana, 64, was arrested on probable cause for violating federal statute 47 USC 333, which has to do with interference with radio communications of stations that are licensed by the government.
Police said Friday they responded to reports of shots being fired from outside the ABC10 building at 400 Broadway after 1:30 p.m. No one was injured in the shooting despite the building being occupied.
Three bullet holes were seen in the window of the building's lobby. A person was in the lobby at the time of the shooting, but not physically harmed, the station said.
Police confirmed early Saturday that Hernandez Santana was arrested Friday evening at a residence in the 5400 block of Carlson Drive in River Park. Investigators had linked him to a vehicle suspected in the drive-by shooting.
He was first booked into the Sacramento County Main Jail around midnight on charges that include assault with a deadly weapon, shooting into an occupied building and negligent discharge of a firearm. Bail was set at $200,000, jail records also showed. He posted bail on Saturday, police said.
Asked Saturday afternoon whether a weapon had been recovered during the arrest, a Sacramento police spokesperson said she did not have that detail at this time. Police said a possible motive remained under investigation.
"Most of the time I see the FCC looking at knowing interference with the radio or TV station. I see references to things such as jammers or devices that prevent the effective transmission of messages over the airwaves. There have been some instances over the last decade in which people have either been charged, or there has been discussion of charging people who have been engaged in property destruction or violence that then has interfered with the effective use of the airwaves," Arizona State University Media Law Scholar Erin Coyle shared with KCRA 3 News.
The federal violation results in a $10,000 fine or up to one year in prison for a first offense.
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Hernandez Santana is set to appear in federal court Monday at 2 p.m., the FBI told KCRA 3.
The new jail documents note that Hernandez Santana is on a "federal hold" and is ineligible for bail.
Jail records also show him due in Sacramento Superior Court on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
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September 22, 2025, 03:02 PM
Johnny 3eagles
The same people that didn't watch him before will continue not watching. He will continue to be not funny and a flaming asshole. Fuck him, fuck ABC and fuck Disney.
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September 22, 2025, 03:05 PM
12131
^^^^ Yeah, but the next question is, will the two major affiliates air the show? Disney can reinstate it all they want, but if the affiliates don’t carry it, whom will Kimmel be bitching to?
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September 22, 2025, 03:07 PM
HRK
they aren't reinstating it without the affiliates agreement to air the show.
My complaint is I don't watch him, never have, so I can't turn him off and reduce his numbers LOL
September 22, 2025, 03:30 PM
Flashlightboy
Indefinitely suspended apparently means 1 week but that doesn't mean all the affiliates will carry his show. Disney also probably thought they'd already lost conservatives with their woke movies and now were going to lose the liberal leaning viewers. They had to take some action so this is surprising.
Disney also probably thought they'd get a boost in viewership by bringing him back, and perhaps that would kickstart the show.
I'll be interested in hearing what Kimmel says. If he doesn't walk back his comments then he's toast and if he does, it will be seen as bending the knee. He'll say something because he's not the type to keep his mouth shut.
September 22, 2025, 03:32 PM
uvahawk
What so many people overlook or are simply ignorant of (either willing or not) is that the "free speech" so many banter about it is "in the public square", not the federally regulated airwaves. The corporations which use these public airwaves are not only beholden to the federal government but also to their shareholders. Content which offends their viewers has a knock-on effect which their advertisers may feel. Lost revenue to the networks affects their shareholders. If Kimmel and members of the View, for example, want to exercise their "freedom of speech" resign from the corporation which employs you and go out on the street and say anything you want.
September 22, 2025, 03:39 PM
bdylan
At least the left can breathe easy with the knowledge that they have saved free speech. Letting the feces throwing monkey back out of the plexiglass cage will give them a lot of satisfaction.
September 22, 2025, 03:40 PM
CPD SIG
quote:
Originally posted by uvahawk: What so many people overlook or are simply ignorant of (either willing or not) is that the "free speech" so many banter about it is "in the public square", not the federally regulated airwaves. The corporations which use these public airwaves are not only beholden to the federal government but also to their shareholders. Content which offends their viewers has a knock-on effect which their advertisers may feel. Lost revenue to the networks affects their shareholders. If Kimmel and members of the View, for example, want to exercise their "freedom of speech" resign from the corporation which employs you and go out on the street and say anything you want.
Yes, you do have the 1st Amendment right to say whatever you please. However, there are some small exceptions (Ya can yell "FIRE" in a movie theater, but you'll get arrested if the place isn't on fire, there's not a smell of smoke... Slander, Libel, Assault...)
Checking on the Constitution and the Amendments, I'm not seeing a "Right to employment".
I think Disney is hoping their stock prices will rise is they bring Jimmy no-talent back.This message has been edited. Last edited by: CPD SIG,
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September 22, 2025, 03:43 PM
chellim1
quote:
Disney also probably thought they'd already lost conservatives with their woke movies and now were going to lose the liberal leaning viewers. They had to take some action so this is surprising.
Disney also probably thought they'd get a boost in viewership by bringing him back, and perhaps that would kickstart the show.
Interesting... you could be right. But if so, it's a bad decision to intentionally only appeal to the far left.
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September 22, 2025, 03:47 PM
dsiets
I'm thinking quite a few will toon in to see if the dog has been tamed. "What is he going to say next?" My guess is politics is going to be off the menu for awhile.
September 22, 2025, 04:20 PM
Fly-Sig
quote:
Originally posted by CPD SIG:
Yes, you do have the 1st Amendment right to say whatever you please. However, there are some small exceptions (Ya can yell "FIRE" in a movie theater, but you'll get arrested... Slander, Libel, Assault...)
To get into the weeds, you can, and should, yell "FIRE" in a crowded theater if you believe there is a fire. You have the right to say or write that a particular person is a smelly fraudster if, in fact, he is a smelly fraudster. Free speech is the right to express your beliefs and opinions without government restrictions, but not to cause harm to others through untrue speech.
The limitations on free speech are similar really to other enumerated freedoms. You have the natural right to keep and bear arms but not to commit armed robbery. You have the right to any religious belief but not the right to human sacrifices.
The reason I pick this nit is that lefties like to use the exact same example of "FIRE" in a crowded theater to justify infringements on RKBA as being reasonable restrictions.
September 22, 2025, 04:22 PM
Sig2340
quote:
Originally posted by CPD SIG: …However, there are some small exceptions (Ya can yell "FIRE" in a movie theater, but you'll get arrested...)
I hate that example as it is wrong.
You can yell “FIRE!” in a movie theatre with absolute impunity if the place is actually on fire.
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
September 22, 2025, 04:23 PM
dsiets
^^^ Thanks Fly-Sig
At some point I get tired of explaining that part and just give up. You explained it well.
September 22, 2025, 04:24 PM
fiasconva
I knew it wasn't going to be for long. He'll get a big jump in viewership the first couple of nights to see what else he is going to say. After that, it's back to the same old crap and viewership.
"Even if the world were perfect it wouldn't be." ... Yogi Berra
September 22, 2025, 04:28 PM
Bytes
I haven't watched a network (any network) show or sporting event in years. I used to watch NFL on Sundays. Not anymore. Too politically correct and golf is much more fun. More healthy too. Also, there are a lot of streaming choices. Jimmy is pretty much a dead man walking no matter how elated his "fans" are.
