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Laura Coates Live

FCC Chair Warns Kimmel’s Show Not “The Last Shoe To Drop”

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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4.22.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Networks like ABC are facing pressure from President Donald Trump as he suggests regulators should take licenses away from broadcasters who platform entertainers that criticize him. Trump's comments come after ABC indefinitely suspended late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Tonight looks like threats are as simple as one, two, three, ABC.

0:07.0

President Trump threatens more TV broadcasters after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension,

0:13.0

and the next show on his administration's list may be another ABC staple.

0:19.0

Plus, those other late-night TV hosts, they are rallying around Jimmy Kimmel and

0:23.4

telling the president we aren't backing down. And does Kimmel have a case against the government,

0:29.6

even when his company is the one that suspended him? Why some are suggesting he should sue

0:35.1

tonight on Laura Coates live.

0:48.2

So if you thought Jimmy Kimmel getting yanked off the air was wild last night,

0:56.8

wait until you hear what happened today. You remember Kimmel's mean tweets segment? Well, this is that on steroids. But who's laughing? It's got huge implications for free speech and politics and big business. We've got

1:03.9

the Trump administration threatening more networks and already massive political divide getting

1:09.4

even deeper. And man, now we're learning what was

1:12.8

happening behind the scenes before Kimmel got pulled. And tonight, the president is not even

1:18.3

pumping the brakes. Nope. He is keeping his foot on the gas.

1:24.5

Who would you like to see replace Kimmel on late night?

1:27.2

A lot of people, anybody could replace him.

1:29.3

I had no talent.

1:30.3

Kimball had, look, he was fired, he had no talent.

1:34.3

He's a whack job, but he had no talent.

1:37.3

And more importantly, the talent he had no, because a lot of people have no talent, they get ratings.

1:42.3

But he had no ratings.

1:45.7

Tell me how you really feel.

1:48.2

You know, what we're learning tonight, though, doesn't actually line up with what was said.

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