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Seattle Mayoral candidate Katie Wilson is calling on Sinclair Broadcast Group to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel’s show on KOMO-TV. On Thursday, Wilson announced in front of KOMO Plaza—which houses the studios of KOMO-TV—that she will not participate in the October 8 debate at Seattle University, co-hosted by KOMO, unless Sinclair reverses its decision to pull Kimmel’s program from its stations. She …

The Trump administration’s attempt to silence Jimmy Kimmel appears to have backfired. The host’s broadcast return to late-night television on Tuesday brought in 6.2 million views, four times his usual audience, according to data from Nielsen. Meanwhile, Kimmel’s monologue on YouTube has reached 21 million views and counting, making it his most-watched monologue of all time on the platform. The comedian …

A day after making an emotional return to his ABC late-night show following a six-day suspension, Jimmy Kimmel was back to cracking jokes about President Donald Trump. Cheered on stage like a proper rockstar (or as he said, Jerry Springer), Kimmel revealed he’d heard from many people, including “one very special friend,” upon his return on the air — which turned out …

The TV Boss Who Kicked Kimmel Off His Stations and Started a Firestorm  The Wall Street Journal Jimmy Kimmel’s ratings bonanza continues  CNN Lower Than Cowards  The Atlantic What’s Behind Nexstar and Sinclair Boycotting Jimmy Kimmel?  The New York Times Kimmel’s ratings spike. See the numbers, his monologue and which stations didn’t air the show  USA Today Source link

Donald Trump’s slapstick efforts to get rid of his butt baby with Satan keep befalling the hapless FCC chair in the show’s latest episode As if Jimmy Kimmel’s return to late-night wasn’t enough, South Park put FCC chair Brendan Carr through a grueling gauntlet of slapstick pain in its latest episode, Wednesday, Sept. 24.  The episode isn’t a direct commentary …

Jimmy Kimmel returned for his second show back from suspension and taunted his MAGA critics while blasting President Trump as an “’80s-movie-style bully” over his threats against Disney’s ABC network for supporting his return to the air. Kimmel opened by telling viewers his show was still off the air in swaths of the country — “most of the country, not …

A group of Disney investors is asking the company to turn over documents related to the company’s decision to temporarily suspend Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show, amid charges the media company may have been “complicit in succumbing” to media censorship. The investors, composed of lawyers for the American Federation of Teachers and Reporters Without Borders, noted that Disney’s stock “suffered significant …

A group of self-described “pro-democracy” organizations sent a letter to Disney chief Bob Iger on behalf of two shareholders demanding details about ABC’s decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel amid pressure from the Trump administration. The letter on behalf of the Disney shareholders — the American Federation of Teachers, which is affiliated with the AFL-CIO, and Reporters Without Borders — requested …

Mark Cuban is sounding the alarm bell over a television shake-up that could have unintended consequences for the entire broadcast industry. The billionaire investor and former Shark Tank star weighed in on X after two of the US’s largest local station groups — Sinclair and Nexstar — announced they would stop airing ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” The decision means dozens …

Jimmy Kimmel acknowledged the threats made by Donald Trump after his late-night show returned on Tuesday night, describing the president as an “Eighties movie-style bully.” On the latest episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Kimmel did a line-by-line takedown of Trump’s Truth Social post, which suggested he planned to sue ABC and accused the comedian of being “yet another arm” of …