Trump, FCC chair praise ABC's removal ot Jimmy Kimmel

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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A firestorm grows amidst ABC’s decision to remove Jimmy Kimmel over comments he made after the assassination of Charlie Kirk. ABC has pulled his show off the air indefinitely. Trump and Carr have both celebrated ABC’s action and floated the possibility of further action against other TV stations and shows. Symone Sanders hosts as Jake Lahut, Daniella Diaz, Sam Stein, Joyce Vance, David Yaffe-Bellany, Henrietta Treyz, Justin Wolfers, and Marc Racicot join The 11th Hour this Thursday night.

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0:00.0	Tonight, the growing firestorm over ABC's decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel off the air as Trump
0:07.2	celebrates the move and threatens licenses of TV stations that criticize him.
0:12.1	Plus, FCC chairman Brendan Carr comes under scrutiny as he suggests that the agency should
0:18.5	start looking at the view in other programs.
0:21.5	Then a change in childhood vaccine recommendations from a CDC panel backed by RFK Jr.
0:28.6	As the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.
0:35.4	Greetings, everyone. I'm Simone Sanders Townsend, in for Stephanie Rule. It is day 242 of the second Trump administration.
0:43.6	Tonight, Donald Trump is back in Washington after a state visit to the UK and he returns home to a new firestorm of controversy after ABC pulled late night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air indefinitely.
0:55.9	ABC made that decision following criticism from FCC chairman Brendan Carr, as well as
1:01.5	Next Star, who is a company that operates 28 ABC affiliate stations.
1:06.3	And it was all about comments that Kimmel made concerning the suspect in Charlie Kirk's shooting.
1:12.2	At least that's what they say.
1:13.5	Today, both Trump and Carr floated the possibility of further action against TV stations and shows.
1:19.6	Now, Democratic leadership is calling on Carr to resign.
1:22.7	But it sounds like Carr has Trump's full support.
1:25.1	My colleague Liz Coyette has all the details.
1:30.7	Tonight protests outside Disney headquarters as fallout grows from the company's abrupt decision
1:36.3	to indefinitely pull Jimmy Kimmel's late night show off the air. Condemnation Swift from Democrats
1:41.8	in Washington to Hollywood heavyweights. You can't go around firing somebody because you're fearful or trying to suck up to an
1:51.6	authoritarian criminal administration in the Oval Office.
1:56.1	That's just not how this works.
1:58.5	But President Trump and many of his supporters praising the decision by ABC
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