Jimmy Kimmel will return to air on Tuesday after his show was suspended following comments he made about the death of Charlie Kirk, Disney has said in a statement released in the last few moments.
“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country,” the statement says.
“It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive. We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”
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Capitalists are incapable of thinking beyond the end of the current quarter
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I hate to open up this particular can of worms, but if you’re a “staunch capitalist,” why the hell are you here of all places?
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I only wish I could have come up with something more dismissive in the moment
They’re a troll, and you’re falling for it.
The very sad thing is that I don’t think this absolute fool isn’t a troll at all. I think they mean what they say, which is undeniably worse
Nah, I do think they’re just saying whatever will get a rise out of people.
Either way, the only winning move is to ignore them.
Is your username a Dr. Strangelove reference? Love that movie
Can you explain? What “here” are we all at that capitalists should know they aren’t welcome at?
In my opinion I don’t think some of the things you’re saying show good understanding of capitalism. I’m not saying this to offend or belittle.
Is this even thinking in this quarter? It just feels like a mistake.
Edit:to be clear the suspension feels like a mistake.
Goodhart’s Law in action
I think they thought they could get away with it, like when they fired Colbert. Maybe Colbert worked because it was a year away?
In case anyone hasn’t seen this, I’m posting it again. Here is what Kimmel did that was so wrong. He showed trump completely not care about kirk’s death.
Starts at about 2 minutes.
Video of monologue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3YdxNSzTk
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Disney is trying to get a monster merger pushed through. And here’s the Chairman of the FCC directly threatening them?
It wasn’t Disney who have the merger, it was NexStar, an owner of some 39% of local TV stations, that’s trying to merge with another company to control 80% of local stations. Current law dictates the limit to 39%, so the federal government has them over a barrel. After the FCC chairman directly told them what to do on a podcast, Nexstar did exactly that and threatened to refuse to air Kimmel if Disney didn’t kill the show. Disney did, and now they’ve capitulated to an actual massive groundswell of Disney+ cancelations. Thus the flip-flop.
So not only was there blatant corruption in both the private and public sector in a more or less open conspiracy to give a bribe to allow a violation of federal law, but by saying what he said, the FCC chairman also pretty clearly violated the first amendment of the constitution of the US.
That’s how liberalism transforms into fascism. Eventually the dictator bites the hand that feeds him, and the short-sighted business folks are shocked.
Colbert was given most of a season to carry on and all involved had a long time to figure out options, and there weren’t explicit overt threats from government. “How bad could it be if they are letting him keep saying everything he wants for months?”. Also people looking to to throw money at South Park which was been gloves off against Trump.
Kimmel was sudden and with direct specific threats from the government during such a contentuous time.
Disney could have just looked at Target as an example of exactly why they shouldn’t have done this.
That’s exactly what happened to Bud Light. Bigots hated that BL was partnering with a filthy trans person, and when they caved to the pressure everyone else said “fuck you” but the bigots didn’t all come back. It’s kind of like Target as well. Present this image of being for the minorities, and then caving under the smallest amount of pressure pissing off everyone.
Target did the same thing. They pissed off both sides and have been hurting for quite a while now.
It’s definitely opportunistic backpedalling, but it’s a good sign of sorts: We’ve proven that, if we can punish them financially, they’ll do the right thing. For the wrong reasons, obviously, but in these times, I’ll take what we can get.
What were they thinking in the first place?
FCC threatened to take their licence. They’ll force Kimmel to say “we don’t know if he was maga” or something and everything continues on eggshells.
I have a feeling Kimmel isn’t going to be forced to say anything. He (rightfully) despises Trump with every fiber of his soul and would probably choose to stay off the air rather than bend the knee in any way.
I think you’re lionizing Kimmel a bit too much, he just said a few obvious jokes that was likely written by his writing staff. He didn’t say anything brave.
"we’re still trying to wrap our heads around the senseless murder of the popular podcaster and conservative activist Charlie Kirk yesterday… Some people are cheering this, which is something I won’t ever understand.”
Those who hate Trump and his rhetoric immediately understand why Nazi fascist deaths are celebrated. They don’t describe them as senseless while heaping unnecessary praise on them. “Popular activist”? How about racist fascist propagandist?
He’ll toe the line after this correction. Ping me with his return monologue if I’m wrong.
I’ve watched it. He described Kirk as a young man, choked up while pronouncing violence is never an answer, and praised Howard Stern as a role model of his.
You think that’s brave in the face of Nazis?
And talked shit about the administration the whole time, which is what this was about in the first place.
Yet he went on and on about how wonderful the Nazis in his life are and how much he loves and looks up to them.
You felt it was adequate? You were satisfied just because he made fun of Trump and his administration?
Normalizing peace with Nazis and denouncing violence as a solution isn’t brave, would have been better to just be quiet. The country needs a revolution, not normalizing hanging out and loving Nazis. Cut the cancer out, these people need to be cast out of society, not praised and consoled when their own actions catch up to them.
First they came for the communists and all that… When they come to you, they’ll be no one left because you decided to have dinner parties with the Nazis.
The FCC doesn’t license network afaik, they license stations (eg nexstar) which pressured the network.
Keep. On. Boycotting.
They’re are just in PR damage control, they have not fired a single person or told Sinclair/Nextstar to fire those who actively voice support for fascism.
Sinclair is the one that needs to hurt at the moment since they refuse to run the show, let sponsors know you’re unhappy
Kimmel didn’t make any “Charlie Kirk comments”
He made fun of Trump for not giving a shit about Kirk’s death because he couldn’t get over his 8 year old equivalent impulse control to start bragging about the monstrosity they built on top of the Rose Garden at the White House.
Too late, fuckers. Subscription is staying cancelled and I’m not coming back.
Jimmy Kimmel Live posts their monologue to YouTube every night, so you can still enjoy it.
Don’t forget your best friend uBlock Origin (or ReVanced or Tubular or whatever other YT ad blocker you like) when you watch, just to make sure they don’t even get ad revenue from you
Nice try, I will never return to paying for Disney+ though.
There’s not even an apology anywhere to be seen. Just a spineless attempt to have it all go away.
Likewise. I didn’t get around to watching the second Andor season yet but, oh well 🤷 🚢🏴☠️
Don yer eyepatch mehearty. Yarrrrr.
Well, now let’s see what Jimmy Kimmel does. Will he come back toning down his rhetoric or will he start by thoroughly criticizing Kirk and Disney right as he gets back. I don’t think there really is a third option. If he decide to not address this, he will always weigh the consequences of saying something before saying it (even subconsciously). And in that case, he is not worth watching.
I don’t think there really is a third option. If he decide to not address this
He could intentionally avoid mentioning it while an elephant slowly wanders around behind him.
Blah blah we want your money blah blah.
Trying to rewrite history huh - they suspended the show because Kimmel criticised Trump, and the FCC threatened ABC/DIsney. Never forget.
Let’s go ahead & start calling & boycotting all of NexStar and Sinclair’s advertisers since they decided they aren’t going to have Kimmel back.
https://www.distractify.com/p/how-to-boycott-sinclair-broadcast-group
“OK, I keep getting asked about how to complain about Kimmel,” he wrote on Facebook. “The best way to complain that will have the biggest impact? See if you have a Sinclair or Nexstar station in your area. 2. Watch the local newscast tonight or sometime this week. 3. Note the companies that bought TV adverts. 4. Call them and let them know you will boycott them until they quit supporting that media company.”
“Trust me. I worked in TV for 45 years. Nothing you do will have greater impact. Nothing,” he continued. “This is a much more effective tool than cancelling Disney. We did cancel Disney but calling Joe’s Jeep dealership who is buying adds on the local Nexstar station will have a BIG impact. Joe doesn’t need that grief. He will find another station to buy adverts on.”
Also, they are fascists & deserve to be destroyed anyhow.
Money, that’s our only way of influence.
That’s a bummer for them, Ive already canceled my account and ordered a nice NAS setup and Plex.
Plex bad. Jellyfin good.
Holy shit boycotting works?
if it happens yes, the problem with boycotting is most people online who say they will boycott something usually don’t, or they weren’t using it in the first place.
this is especially true for games
It’s been sixteen fucking years.
it’s just a perfect picture. but this regularly happens in games. gAmErS are the worst bunch in boycotts because most of them don’t even have the discipline to wait for a fucking game to release let alone not play it at all. they just either “boycott” games they were never interested in at all in the first place or they just say it online for fake internet points and play the game anyway.
Isn’t that the reason Target is a fucking metronome on social issues?
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If I was Jimmy Kimmel I would absolutely not return lol. Fool me once…
Oh…. I would return… and give them a REAL reason to suspend the show this time!
Like a real Mon Motma speech scene… with the little Mouse scrambling to pull the plug live on air!
It’s not just Kimmel, there are a lot of staff that would lose their jobs on the show if he refused to return.
Exactly. He is probably swimming in money already, and could easily get another well-paying job in the industry somewhere or start his own e.g. production company. But the people working for him need their jobs, and there are around 200-250 of them. So even if he could say fuck you to Disney, he has to consider his responsibility to his colleagues/employees.
But they pay him well so…
“It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive. We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy**'s lawyers**, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”
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Sept 17th.
Nexstar and Sinclair television station owners condem Kimmel’s statements. They planned to preempt his show replacing it with other programming.
Nexstar ABC Affiliates To Preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Indefinitely Beginning Tonight
ABC decides to suspend Kimmel’s show indefinitely due to the backlash.
Here is the question. If ABC/Disney reinstate his show, will Nexstar or Sinclair follow through on their promise to preempt his show when it airs effectively killing any ad revenue?
Edit addendum: Sinclair Will Not Air ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Upon ABC Return Tuesday
That’s gonna make it hard to sell ad space on the next upfronts.
