The Federal Communications Commission has ordered Disney’s ABC to seek early broadcast license renewals for the eight TV stations it owns amid backlash over Jimmy Kimmel’s joke about Melania Trump.
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Melania Trump wants ABC to ‘take a stand’ against Jimmy Kimmel after ‘hateful’ joke
Two days before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner ended in gunfire, Kimmel delivered a mock Correspondents’ Dinner speech during a sketch on his show. The first lady said it was “corrosive.”
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Cleto Escobedo III, leader of Jimmy Kimmel’s house band, dies at 59
Escobedo had been leading Kimmel’s house band since the show launched in 2003. The musician and the comedian were childhood friends in Las Vegas.
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Media companies thought late night TV was irrelevant. Kimmel proved them wrong
Jimmy Kimmel’s return to airwaves might just point the way forward for late night TV to prove its relevance to American audiences — and to itself.
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Sinclair restores ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ to its local TV stations
The major broadcasting group said in a statement the late-night talk show will return to TV stations around the country on Friday.
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There was no rapture this week, so the quiz returns. Can you score a perfect 11?
This week, Jimmy Kimmel returned, a weird statue vanished and no one (to our knowledge) got snatched up to heaven.
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‘We have to speak out,’ Jimmy Kimmel says in his late night return
The comedian was suspended for nearly a week by ABC’s parent company, Disney, before returning to airwaves on Tuesday night.
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Jimmy Kimmel will be back on air on Tuesday, Disney says
The late night comic was suspended last week under pressure from the Trump administration after comments about Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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400 entertainers co-sign ACLU letter supporting Jimmy Kimmel
Celebrities including Pedro Pascal and Selena Gomez wrote: “Our government has resorted to threatening the livelihoods of journalists, talk show hosts, artists, creatives and entertainers.”
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Social media is shattering America’s understanding of Charlie Kirk’s death
There is a deep schism in how Americans understand the assassination that took place a little more than a week ago and that gap is being widened by social media.
