Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! (17 sept 2025 año – 22 sept 2025 año)

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From September 17th through September 22nd, 2025, the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) and its corporate parent, the Walt Disney Company, suspended production of the late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, following criticism from conservatives and public pressure from Trump administration officials over Jimmy Kimmel's monologue commentary about president Donald Trump and his supporters' reaction to the assassination of conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.

The network's suspension of Kimmel created widespread backlash from political leaders and commentators, entertainers, entertainment industry unions, constitutional scholars, and the public at large, with boycotts against Disney, ABC, and broadcast station owners Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group (whose respective decisions to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live! from their ABC-affiliated stations over his monologue remarks prompted the network's own decision to suspend the program), and sparked debate about the erosion of freedom of speech in the United States amid calls by prominent conservatives to impose retaliatory and disciplinary actions against people celebrating, justifying, or trivializing Kirk's death or encourage further political violence, though Kimmel's remarks were related to the president's reaction and condemned violence of any kind.

Critics argued that comments made earlier that day by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Brendan Carr during his appearance on the YouTube conservative talk show The Benny Johnson Show condemning Kimmel's remarks, in which he threatened punitive regulatory action against ABC and owners of its affiliated stations (including, but not limited to, potential revocation of their broadcast licenses) if Kimmel was not reprimanded, violated the First Amendment as a possible act of jawboning. Subsequent remarks by Trump celebrating the suspension and suggestions of further crackdowns on critical speech directed towards him and his presidency drew concerns about encroaching authoritarianism under the Trump administration.

On September 22nd, 2025, Disney and ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live! would resume production on September 23rd. In response, Nexstar and Sinclair said their stations would not air the show upon its return, prompting further criticism toward both companies. On September 26th, Nexstar and Sinclair announced that they would cease preempting the program.

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