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2025-09-18 -Land of the Free

Nexstar Media, one of the largest US TV station owners, will stop airing ABC's Jimmy Kimmel

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Posted by Fred 2025-09-18 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1765 views ] Top

1 Disney says Jimmy Kimmel's show will be pre-empted indefinitely following Charlie Kirk assassination comments

Posted by Skidmark 2025-09-18 00:07|| 2025-09-18 00:07|| Front Page Top

2 So dont let the left news media confuse the timeline, they are already trying. Nextar, 10% of ABC's affiliates, stated they were going to stop airing. ABC laid off the show, then the FCC said it was going to look into Disney for allowing this to happen on the air. The Press is going to try and tell you The FCC is driving this, not true. Nexstar acted independently and prior to FCC involvement.

Posted by 49 Pan 2025-09-18 01:45|| 2025-09-18 01:45|| Front Page Top

3 Most of America turned off Kimmel long ago.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-09-18 07:04|| 2025-09-18 07:04|| Front Page Top

4 Nexstar was probably losing money on the show similar to the Colbert show.

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-09-18 08:10|| 2025-09-18 08:10|| Front Page Top

5 ...Two things:

First, I have neither sympathy nor solace for Mr. Kimmel. He knowingly made a choice to say something revoltingly untrue, and he gets to pay for it.

Second....I cannot WAIT to see what those delightful harpies on The View are gonna do.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2025-09-18 10:12|| 2025-09-18 10:12|| Front Page Top

6 Looks like they are going to try and fold Tucker Carlson into the narrative.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-09-18 10:40|| 2025-09-18 10:40|| Front Page Top

7 Kimmel mocked Carlson when he was let go by Fox

Posted by Frank G 2025-09-18 11:24|| 2025-09-18 11:24|| Front Page Top

8 Well now here is lit'l Jimmy's chance to gather his followers and take his show on the independent media road, like Tucker was able to do. Surely that specimen of a talented entertainer can do better than Tucker.

The short of it is, I getting stuff like, "Even Tucker is turning against Dictator Don." which is probably as much out of context as their wit is dull, if not simply input dialogue from that AutoTucker App.

Posted by swksvolFF 2025-09-18 11:38|| 2025-09-18 11:38|| Front Page Top

9 Problem is, they'll find something just as stupid and possibly as offensive to replace him with.
When I was a kid, mid previous century, there was a tendency to run an old movie late night. The Tonight Show was a new thing trying to get traction, post Jack Parr and then with Carson.
The key issue for network types is how to get people to stay up late to watch advertising.
I think that business model is just about dead.

Posted by ed in texas 2025-09-18 12:53|| 2025-09-18 12:53|| Front Page Top

10 They should drop the pretense of entertainment, double down on propaganda and slide Stelter into that chair … or a new wider chair with extra reinforcements.

Posted by Super Hose 2025-09-18 13:55|| 2025-09-18 13:55|| Front Page Top

11 Kimmel's show was down from about 2M viewers in 2024 to 1.1M in Aug 2025.

How about fresh faces with a sweet smiles. How about Sydney Sweeney hosting with 4 other cute gals?

Posted by Lord Garth 2025-09-18 17:18|| 2025-09-18 17:18|| Front Page Top

12 The left has been trying to repeat their propagandistic success relating to 10/7 using the same tactics.

While the other side is still shell-shocked and trying to process what happened, immediately flood the zone with your message that reframes the atrocity (10/7 and now the assassination) as an incident that shames, weakens and silences supporters of Israel and the non-left.

It need not be reasonable or logical, it just has to loud and uniform. It needs to be a message of dominance and power.

Reinforce this also by violently suppressing non-leftist speech by e.g. attacking vigils, destroying memorials and tearing down posters.

The ultimate goal was / is to get non-leftists to grovel and apologize for ever having supported Israel or ever having had views similar to Kirk's in the face of leftist violent dominance.

This time there was immediate, massive push-back and the left has not succeeded ... yet.

Posted by Elmerert Hupens2660 2025-09-18 17:56|| 2025-09-18 17:56|| Front Page Top