ABC suspended on September 17 Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Which has been broadcast since 2003, after the comments that the comedian made in the program after the murder of Charlie Kirk.
The return of Jimmy Kimmel To its night program generated large audience rates after its suspension, despite the fact that the ABC chain affiliates refused to transmit the episode.
Upon returning to his program on Tuesday (September 23), Kimmel approached his comments on the shooting of Charlie Kirkaffirming that he never intended to reduce the murder, but without apologizing for it. Also criticized the president Donald Trumpof whom, he said, “He wants to see me fired, already hundreds of people who work here”.
How was the audience of the Jimmy Kimmel program on his return to television
According to The New York Times, Tuesday’s episode attracted 6.2 million viewers, almost four times the usual audienceaccording to the measurements of the Nielsen audience analyst. This contradicts Trump’s statement that the program is “failing” in audience, and the figure is remarkable since 20% of ABC affiliated chains refused to issue the episode.
ABC suspended on September 17 Jimmy Kimmel Live!which has been broadcast since 2003, after the comments that the comedian made in the program after the murder of Charlie Kirk.
Kirk was shot in the neck and was killed on the Campus of the Universidad del Valle de Utah on September 10 and, after the incident, Kimmel suggested that the signals pointed out that the Kirk shooter was a Trump supporter.
Comments caused criticism by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), and the president of the organization, Brendan Carr, described them as “the most sickly behavior possible”.
The consequences led to the ABC chain, owned by Disney, to suspend the issuance of the program indefinitely, a decision that generated controversy, and Trump was among those who celebrated the news. In contrast, most Hollywood unions reacted with indignation, while figures such as David Letterman, Olivia Rodrigo and Pedro Pascal They also demonstrated against the alleged censorship.
After the clamor generated, ABC announced on September 22 that the program would return.
Donald Trump’s criticism at the return of Jimmy Kimmel to television
An hour before the broadcast of the program, Trump turned to Truth Social to criticize the return. “I can’t believe that ABC Fake News has returned the work to Jimmy Kimmel”wrote. “ABC told the White House that his program had been canceled! Something has happened between then and now because his audience has gone, and his ‘talent’ was never present.”
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