ABC temporarily suspends Jimmy Kimmel's show.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.7 • 817 Ratings
🗓️ 22 September 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
On Wednesday, ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show indefinitely in response to comments the host made in his comedy monologue, which discussed the assassination of Charlie Kirk and the political ideology of his suspected shooter. Kimmel’s remarks prompted significant backlash from the right and drew a rebuke from Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr, who suggested his agency could take regulatory action against ABC.
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| 2:07.0 | Isaac Saul, and on today's episode, we're going to be talking about Jimmy Kimmel's suspension from ABC. We're going to break down exactly what happened, how the FCC chairman, Brendan Carr, |
| 2:14.1 | was involved, share some views from the left and the right, and that as always, |
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