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Jimmy Kimmel returned to the late program on Tuesday. A week after Disney and ABC decided, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to take out of the program. This was justified with Kimmel’s comments on the right reaction to the death of Charlie Kirk. The broadcast groups Sinclair and Nexstar continue to block the broadcast at their ABC partner stations, Kimmel’s 30-minute monologue alone recorded almost 12 million calls on YouTube within 12 hours.
Thanks to political opponents
The numbers continue to rise, which makes the video on the best way, the most watched upload of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Since the previous year’s talk with Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and 50 cents – that clip is currently 16 million clicks.
“Perhaps I want to thank the people who do not support my show and my views, but respect my right to express them,” said Kimmel in his emotional monologue. “People from whom I would never have thought – Ben Shapiro, Clay Travis, Candace Owens, Mitch McConnell, Rand Paul. Even my old buddy Ted Cruz. Even if I don’t agree with many of these people – some things they say – it takes courage to face this administration. They have done it and deserve recognition.”
This messes up the plans of the Trump government. FCC boss Brendan Carr accused Kimmel that Kirk’s murderer was “somehow a Maga or Republican-motivated person”, and called this again “sick” to let the show take the show.
Trump threatens to complain
Donald Trump himself reacted angrily to Kimmel’s return. In a contribution to Truth Social, he explained to want to sue ABC: “I cannot believe that abc fake news Jimmy Kimmel returned his job. The white house was informed by ABC that his show was discontinued! Something happened because his audience was gone and his ‘talent’ was never there.”
He added: “He is just another arm of the Democrats and that would be an illegal campaign donation. I think we test from it. Let’s see how we can do. Last time I sued them, they gave me $ 16 million. This sounds even more lucrative. A real bunch of losers! Leave Jimmy Kimmel in his lousy quotas.”
Trump thus alludes to a comparison in which Paramount donated $ 16 million to the planned Trump Library after a lawsuit against “60 Minutes”. The background was an interview with Kamala Harris, which Trump displaced. At the same time, Paramount hoped for the approval of an $ 8 billion fusion with Skydance, which had stalled.
When Stephen Colbert described the deal as a “fat brilliant attempt”, Paramount surprisingly announced the end of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”, although the show had high odds. Maybe Trump thought that the same could happen in Kimmel. But if more than eleven million viewers switch on online, the conflict is not among the broadcasters. Should Trump sue Youtube now? That would be a steep template for the next “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Sketch.