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There was a primetime soap in the 2021-2022 season called "Our Kind of People" about wealthy Black residents of the town of Oak Bluffs on Nantucket Island off the coast of Massachusetts. They had all sorts of high society events, including a debutante cotillion; and another month there was a glamourous ball

Actually it was this one, which has nothing big in it. The FCC chair objected to Kimmel's suspicion that Kirk's murderer might be rightwing. Kimmel's comment at about 2 minutes in: "We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them"

Dutch late night host Arjen Lubach comments on his show "Lubach" on RTL-NL (RTL-Netherlands network). article from thewrap summarizes the video (link to archive of TheWrap article) Video: https://www.reddit.com/r/comedy/comments/1nkv3ot/dutch_comedian_and_satirical_television_presentor/ same on bsky but vertical without entire view https://bsky.app/profile/davelee.me/post/3lz73sjoyhc2i Original video on RTL-NL tiktok https://www.tiktok.com/@rtl.nl/video/7551737174937406752

Update. now Nexstar refuses to allow its stations to air Kimmel tonight. https://bsky.app/profile/brianstelter.bsky.social/post/3lzj6l5psmc2x

Well not entirely. ABC/Disney is putting Kimmel back on the air, but many stations won't air it. The Sinclair-owned ABC channels still won't air Kimmel, at least not yet, and that's a lot of stations. -- update on page five (Link) of the Kimmel primetime thread. Edit to add: the Nexstar-owned stations are refusing as well, at least for tonight.

fyi, there's a whole separate thread about the Kimmel suspension in the primetime section. https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/69392-abc-pulls-“jimmy-kimmel-live”-from-air-indefinitely-following-hosts-charlie-kirk-comments/ Honestly, it's hard for me to know whether to post about the Kimmel situation in that separate primetime Kimmel thread -- or here in the politics thread -- because it's equally relevant to both. Both threads are valid. I don't think it matters which thread we use. Just sayin' check both for updates. I've tried posting in both but I just don't have the personal time/energy right now to continue posting in both.

Amber Tamblyn was the only Emily Quartermaine for me. I just couldn't get into Natalia Livingston's Emily. I know Natalia's Emily has appeared as a spirit to usher characters into the afterlife. But I'd prefer Amber's Emily to do that for Monica. Amber did appear on the GH 60th anniversary primetime special that aired in January 2024, so it seems she does feel connection with the show.

No wedding yet. They just now had viewers pick out Cricket's wedding dress as a promotion. Presumably, next, they'll film the actual wedding with her wearing whatever the viewers chose. Just guessing that's how/when.

from another thread: Yeah that was horrific.

Sinclair refusing to have its stations air Kimmel, despite ABC putting him back on the air. https://bsky.app/profile/brianstelter.bsky.social/post/3lzhjtaviq22b shortened link to google spreadsheet of Sinclair advertisers (some are national and some are Seattle-region) https://tinyurl.com/3bt74h84 full link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LmwCYHlINjzKRtb1vuuiYRFbKTtha9cSSdh6POAZMYc/edit?gid=1965611243#gid=1965611243

https://x.com/swooondotcom/status/1970234641492668640 https://www.swooon.com/1230108/beyond-the-gates-dani-andre-wedding-karla-mosley-sean-freeman/

That is your opinion. It's not an objective fact about what late night is "supposed to be".

"obsessed" ? No. Just commenting on the horrendous current events created by Tr*mp and crew. There is nothing obsessive about commenting on that chaos.

Jimmy Kimmel has been doing political commentary in his monologues for years. This is nothing new. The FCC chair Brendan Carr threatened Disney about the Charlie Kirk comment because of Carr's personal political agenda. Carr contributed to writing the FCC portion of the Project 2025 document, and he seized this situation as a way to further his own agenda.

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/jimmy-kimmel-returns-late-night-disney-tuesday-1236525670/ And yet, after Kimmel was taken off the air, Disney faced protest from the creative community. On Monday, 400 celebrities — including people like Martin Short and Tom Hanks, who have created memorable characters for Disney in the recent past — signed a letter from the American Civil Liberties Union decrying the blow the maneuver delivered to free speech in America. First Amendment advocates from both sides of the political aisle have decried the situation in recent days. The decision to bring Kimmel back was approved by Bob Iger, Disney’s CEO, and Dana Walden, co-chair of Disney Entertainment, according to a person familiar with the matter. The executives acted based on what was best for the company, this person said, and not on external factors. Indeed, it remains unclear if all ABC affiliates will air Kimmel’s program. Spokespersons for Nexstar and Sinclair could not be reached for immediate comment.

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https://bsky.app/profile/matthewjdowd.bsky.social/post/3lz4izcf7ek2w Matthew Dowd, former Republican who changed to Democrat after disagreeing with George W. Bush, was a commentator on MSNBC. MSNBC fired him for his Kirk comments. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/msnbc-fires-matthew-dowd-charlie-kirk-shooting On September 10, 2025, Matthew Dowd said on-air on MSNBC, commenting on the assassination of Charlie Kirk: "He's been one of the most divisive, especially divisive younger figures in this, who is constantly sort of pushing this sort of hate speech or sort of aimed at certain groups. And I always go back to, hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions. And I think that is the environment we are in. You can't stop with these sort of awful thoughts you have and then saying these awful words and not expect awful actions to take place. And that's the unfortunate environment we are in." Dowd also speculated that the shooter may have been a supporter, stating: "We don't know if this was a supporter shooting their gun off in celebration. So we have no idea about this." Later that day, MSNBC president Rebecca Kutler denounced Dowd's comments, saying, "During our breaking news coverage of the shooting of Charlie Kirk, Matthew Dowd made comments that were inappropriate, insensitive, and unacceptable. We apologize for his statements, as has he. There is no place for violence in America, political or otherwise." That evening, Dowd was fired from MSNBC.

John Oliver's insightful commentary on the Kimmel situation:

Here's another example of FCC chair Brendan Carr sending out a taunting/celebratory gif regarding his agenda: https://x.com/brianstelter/status/1968449834697834591

😂 This post is everything! "Well, isn't his plan obvious? He's going to convert one of his train cars to a diner." omg and all the details you laid out. I mean it's just as plausible on anything else on this show. Your Antarctica scenario!

I'm objecting to the governor of California stating that he admired a white supremacist because he sometimes said racist sh!t in a "nice" way. Here's an example of what Kirk really thought: https://bsky.app/profile/localnotail.bsky.social/post/3lzbov5xg7c2s

Sundance channel marathon of Robert Redford movies today Sunday Sept. 21 https://tvpass.org/channel/sundancetv-usa-east

I watched very little OLTL during that time period, but of what I did see, I loathed Sam. Interesting what McT said.

https://bsky.app/profile/yasharali.bsky.social/post/3lzc74o4a3k2j https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/tom-homan-cash-contracts-trump-doj-investigation-rcna232568