ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show will be "preempted indefinitely" after the host said this following the assassination of Charlie Kirk in Utah last week for which a leftist is in custody: "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it."
If you think that seems like Kimmel wanted everybody to think the killer was a MAGA guy, you're not wrong. However, media outlets like CNN tried to convince everybody that what they heard with their own ears isn't what was actually said.
But perhaps the decision to yank Kimmel's show from ABC's evening lineup will make more sense when we discover that not only was Kimmel reportedly not planning to apologize and correct the lie, but rather double down and blame, you guessed it, MAGA -- for causing what ultimately resulted in the suspension of his show:
WSJ reports Jimmy Kimmel planned to address the controversy had he gone on air Wednesday night. But Kimmel planned to blame MAGA, and Disney execs feared he would just make things worse. https://t.co/bUCESoAFrB pic.twitter.com/YWBLNBXuz1
— Byron York (@ByronYork) September 19, 2025
Is anybody surprised by this?
"A person close to the show said that Kimmel was planning to say that his words were being purposefully twisted by some members of the Make America Great Again movement."
Actually, there's no reason to "twist" anything. Kimmel said what he said, and it's all on video.
Of course Kimmel was going to blame others…
— John Howell (@HowellRJohn) September 19, 2025
Yeah, Kimmel was never going to apologize or even admit to getting ahead of himself by letting his instinctive TDS take over.
Meanwhile, the Dems and much of the media are trying to blame Trump and the FCC, when in fact the truth seems to be much different.
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Disney execs freaking out about Jimmy Kimmel blaming half the country for his false flag conspiracy theory as their local affiliates ditched Kimmel’s show is clearly Brendan Carr’s fault https://t.co/fH6ApfimxY
— Peter J. Hasson (@peterjhasson) September 19, 2025
it’s clear disney pulled kimmel for business reasons - and yes, pulling someone who wants to nose dive ratings and create controversy for you is a business decision.
— kaitlin (@thefactualprep) September 19, 2025
a corporation isn’t required to air talent that causes them problems. https://t.co/huRtSLQnlL
Exactly. This was a business decision, not a "free speech" issue.
Perhaps the network will get slightly better ratings with this:
Tonight's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will be pre-empted by a rerun of Celebrity Family Feud.
— Dylan Byers (@DylanByers) September 18, 2025
We're actually far more likely to watch that time slot on ABC now.
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