Hollywood Stars and Creatives Call for Disney Boycott Over Jimmy Kimmel Cancellation Voices across Hollywood, including Disney stars, are speaking out against the company's actions. Inverse · Sep 19, 2025
'Hit them where it hurts': Angry Disney+ and Hulu users are closing their accounts in their droves as Jimmy Kimmel cancellation saga rumbles on Disney+ and Hulu are facing a mass exodus of users as furious fans and Hollywood creatives hit out over Jimmy Kimmel's suspension. TechRadar · Sep 19, 2025
Disney execs and Kimmel haggled over response to FCC Charlie Kirk complaint right before ABC pulled him off air, reports say Late night host and Disney reps could not agree on language that would not exacerbate the situation further The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025
US House passes resolution to honor Charlie Kirk in vote that divided Democrats Several Democrats who opposed the measure said they condemned Kirk’s murder, but could not support his speech The Guardian - US · Sep 19, 2025
'Do It NBC!': Trump Demands Fallon and Meyers Be Fired Next After Kimmel Suspension Sparks Free Speech Row Following the indefinite suspension of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' over comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination, Donald Trump demands that NBC fire Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, escalating a national debate over free speech, media pressure and broadcast regulation. International Business Times UK · Sep 19, 2025
FCC chair thinks it’s ‘worthwhile’ to investigate ‘The View’ as show skips Jimmy Kimmel firing FCC Chairman Brendan Carr discussed the potential probe into ‘The View’ one day after ABC announced Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025
Does Jimmy Kimmel’s removal over Charlie Kirk violate freedom of speech? Disney-owned ABC pulled Kimmel’s late-night show off the air after he made comments about MAGA and Tyler Robinson. Al Jazeera · Sep 19, 2025
Yanking Jimmy Kimmel’s show is a new low for free speech in America Kimmel’s sudden defenestration may be a political success for Trump but it’s a dire sign for free speech in America The Guardian - US · Sep 19, 2025
David Letterman has been in contact with Jimmy Kimmel since cancellation David Letterman has been in touch with Jimmy Kimmel since his talk show was taen off air. BANG Premier · Sep 19, 2025
Donald Trump says TV networks which criticise him could have licences revoked DONALD Trump has suggested that if TV networks only give him bad press “their licence should be taken away” The National (Scotland) · Sep 19, 2025
Trump suggests TV networks which criticise him could have licences taken away The decision by US network ABC to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live! from its schedules has led to widespread criticism and claims of government censorship. Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2025
Donald Trump is reshaping the US media landscape: After Kimmel, who’s next? Critics fear crackdowns on free speech as Donald Trump escalating his campaign to reshaping the American media landscape. After late-night hosts Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel, will media companies manage to protect other media personalities expressing their First Amendment rights? Euronews · Sep 19, 2025
Jimmy Kimmel asked to apologise by ABC affiliate Jimmy Kimmel has been asked by ABC's largest affiliate broadcaster to apologise and make a "meaningful personal donation" to Charlie Kirk's non-profit if he wants to return to air. BANG Premier · Sep 19, 2025
Late night hosts rally round Jimmy Kimmel Late night hosts Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and Jon Stewart pledged support to Jimmy Kimmel and criticised the decision to suspend his programme indefinitely on their shows on Thursday (18.09.25) night. BANG Premier · Sep 19, 2025
Evening Standard · Sep 19, 2025 Stephen Colbert condemns Jimmy Kimmel suspension as 'blatant assault on free speech' ‘People across the country are shocked by this blatant assault on the freedom of speech,’ said Stephen Colbert
The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025 Jon Stewart’s ‘obedient’ Daily Show monologue on Jimmy Kimmel lambasts Trump and the state of free speech in America Jon Stewart interviewed Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa about disinformation and free speech
The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025 Stephen Colbert brands Trump an ‘autocrat’ as he defends suspended Jimmy Kimmel Stephen Colbert called ABC’s decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘blatant censorship’
The Guardian - US · Sep 19, 2025 Late-night show hosts decry suspension of Kimmel’s show: ‘Blatant assault on freedom of speech’ Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon and David Letterman criticize ABC’s parent company, Disney and FCC chief Brendan Carr
Reason · Sep 19, 2025 The FCC Chair's Unprecedented, and Constitutionally Problematic, Response to Jimmy Kimmel And Trump's much more extreme one. [EV writes: I bumped this post from yesterday, because it struck me as especially timely and substantively valuable.]
International Business Times · Sep 19, 2025 Eying Bottom Line, US Media Giants Bow To Trump The suspension by Disney-owned ABC of talk show host Jimmy Kimmel is the latest surrender by a US media giant to pressure from the Trump administration, putting the bottom line over free speech.
Reason · Sep 19, 2025 Abolish the FCC The Trump Administration's recent abuses of the agency's powers lend weight to longstanding libertarian arguments for abolishing it, going back to Nobel Prize-winning economist Ronald Coase's classic 1959 article.
We Got This Covered · Sep 19, 2025 ‘New and dangerous level’: Even Obama sees that MAGA has weaponized cancel culture to an extreme Even Obama sees the issues here.
The Guardian - US · Sep 19, 2025 Trump news at a glance: president threatens other TV networks amid Jimmy Kimmel fallout Donald Trump suggests networks that carry critical coverage should lose licenses, amid calls for boycott of ABC owner Disney – key US politics stories from 18 September 2025
Axios · Sep 18, 2025 Senate Republicans squirm over FCC comments on Jimmy Kimmel The reactions create another remarkable split screen in the age of Trump.
The Mary Sue · Sep 18, 2025 Donald Trump’s already bored with Jimmy Kimmel and teases his next victim If comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s abrupt dismissal did not faze you enough, Donald Trump‘s latest statement listing his next targets should ring in your ears like a final alarm.