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We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” FCC chairman Brendan Carr threatened. Hours later, Jimmy Kimmel was off the air.
Current estimates by Nielsen indicate that Jimmy Kimmel Live! was attracting approximately 1.1 million viewers per episode during the late-summer/early-fall 2025 window.
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade is responding to the indefinite suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” — after he faced his own firestorm in recent weeks.
FCC Chair Brendan Carr suggested that Jimmy Kimmel’s show might not be the last to shutter amid the Trump administration’s war on the media. During a Thursday morning interview on CNBC, host Carl Quintanilla asked the communications chief whether he shared President Trump’s desire to see NBC take Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers off the air.
Discover why ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live, the backlash over his Charlie Kirk comments and the show's long-running history on late night TV