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A Comedy Show, a Tragedy, and a Suspension: The Jimmy Kimmel

A Comedy Show, a Tragedy, and a Suspension: The Jimmy Kimmel

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​This week a chain of events shook the world of late-night television by causing the indefinite suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!. The most debatable situation is the remarks Jimmy Kimmel made regarding the recent assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and the way they were met by high political figures. The event has sparked a national debate concerning comedy, freedom of speech and presence of media in a highly polarized nation.

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​The tale started with the Monday night monologue delivered by Kimmel who spoke about the political aftermath of the death of Kirk. The host, who has often been openly critical of President Donald Trump and his supporters, charged the members of the so-called MAGA gang to desperately attempting to define a murder of Charlie Kirk as someone other than a member of the MAGA gang in order to garner political benefits. Kimmel consequently criticized the response of President Trump to the murder and claimed, This is not how an adult mourns the murder of someone he termed as a friend. And this is the way a four-year-old grieves over a goldfish.

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The biggest blow was Nexstar Media Group 

​Much of the right was not pleased by these comments which were then topped off by Kimmel mocking the Vice President JD Vance. The reaction was fast and harsh. The biggest blow was Nexstar Media Group which is the owner and operator of most of the ABC-related stations in the country. In an announcement, the president of the broadcasting division of Nexstar, Andrew Alford, said that the comments made by Kimmel were offensive and insensitive at a very critical moment in the political dealings in our country. The news that Nexstar was dropping the show on its stations was essentially preemptive of the show to a wide part of the country.



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​This was further whipped up by the head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Brendan Carr. Carr, a willing Trump appointee, made a public comment, saying that Kimmel had some of the most sick behavior, and that ABC risked a run-in with the regulators. He applauded the move of Nexstar and many could view his remarks as a direct threat to the license of the network.
Because of the growing pressure exerted by Nexstar and the FCC, ABC finally has announced that it was suspending Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely. There has been no further statement by the network, but the action is generally viewed as a bow to the political and business pressure of its affiliates and government regulators.

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​The suspension has become a debatable topic. Some free speech and Kimmel proponents have criticized the action as a bad precedent and said that the act is a chilling effect on political satire and commentary. They indicate that the show was not simply cancelled by the decision of the ABC, but under the pressure of the external forces that have their own political interests. Conversely, opponents of Kimmel claim that his remarks were going too far and that he was justified to be liable to what they consider as insensitive and politized remarks about a national tragedy.  

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 The destiny of the Jimmy Kimmel Live! is not very clear. Although the show is not canceled in the normal context, the fact that the show has been suspended without an end makes the future of the show uncertain. The event brings to light the rising tensions between the media and politics and the interests of the corporate in an increasingly polarized America where a joke is no longer a joke, but a frontline in a culture war.  

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