The American Broadcasting Company said on 22nd that the late-night talk show hosted by Jimmy Kimmel would be resumed on 23rd. Previously, the well-known show was suspended for “unlimited time” on 17th because of Kimmel’s controversial remarks about the shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
The decision to stop broadcasting was "celebrated" by US President Trump, but it was criticized by many people, including Democrats. The Walt Disney Company, the parent company of ABC, said in a statement issued on the 22nd that the company decided to suspend the Jimmy Kimmel Show on the 17th to avoid further intensifying the tension at that time; The company thinks that some comments on The Jimmy Kimmel Show are "improper timing" and inappropriate.
The statement said: "The company has had in-depth conversations with host Jimmy over the past few days, and then we decided to resume the show on Tuesday."
Kimmel said on the program on the 15th: "We witnessed a new bottom line break last weekend. The MAGA (" Make America Great Again ") camp, a conservative American force with Trump at its core and supporting his policies and political ideas, tried hard to portray Kirk's killer as someone unrelated to them.
Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States, criticized Kimmel's remarks in an interview with conservative commentator Benny Johnson on the 17th, threatening to take action against Walt Disney and ABC, and may consider revoking the license of ABC's affiliated TV station as punishment.
Afterwards, one of the largest local broadcasting groups in the United States, the Nestlé Media Group announced that it would no longer broadcast the Jimmy Kimmel Show in the “previsible future.” According to the Nestlé Media Group website, the company owns the largest local television broadcasting group in the United States, with more than 200 owned or partner TV stations, and many of its local TV stations are affiliated with the U.S. Broadcasting Corporation.
Later on the 17th, the U.S. broadcaster announced the suspension of the Jimmy Kimmel show indefinitely.
Cook is the co-founder of the U.S. non-profit organization “America’s Turnpoint” and one of the most influential “networks” in the Trump supporters’ camp. Cook was shot dead during a speech at Utah Valley University in Ulm, Utah, at the age of 31. Trump was suspended from broadcasting on Kimmel’s program during his 18th visit to the UK, saying Kimmel said Kirk was bad, and “without talent, extremely poor viewing rate, he should have been fired.”
Anna Gomez, the only Democratic commissioner in the Federal Communications Commission, posted on social media platform X that the Trump administration is “increasingly using its power to suppress legitimate expression.” Democratic Congressman Ed Mackey also wrote on social media platforms: “This is how the censorship system works.
According to US media reports on the 13th, 15 people have been fired or suspended for making "inappropriate" remarks criticizing Kirk. Kirk's supporters warned that disrespectful remarks about Kirk's death would have "terrible" consequences.