15 hours ago, JoeCool said:

It is all about $$$. 

Pretty much. Late night is unprofitable at this point due to them not being able to monetize it in streaming and there's been talk about late night shows going the way of the dinosaurs when these hosts contracts are up. This basically gave them an excuse to try and get rid of Kimmel early. 

 

21 hours ago, JoeCool said:

• It is all about $$$. <snip> This is all corporate business. 

 

15 hours ago, DaytimeFan said:

This is about money.

No it's *not* all about money.  Sure money and ratings are a factor, but that's not why Kimmel was abruptly removed midseason.


This is accurate:

15 hours ago, DaytimeFan said:

The FCC chair has made comments about Kimmel in the past. He knows he has no authority to oversee the television industry players like Kimmel, so he leaves it to the affiliates to exert pressure as Sinclair and Nexstar are doing currently. 

Carr may not legally have the authority but he's "taking" the authority.
 

This is about Project 2025.  FCC Brendan Carr is into that.  He might use ratings and the business dealings of individual stations and Nexstar/Tegna/Sinclair as an *excuse*,  but that wasn't Carr's motivation.
His true motivation is his fanatical ideology.

And, case in point, someone tweeted that this was all about Project 2025, and BrendonCarr of the FCC replied with a gif of nodding grinning Jack Nicholson.

https://x.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1968521297974923696

 

Edited September 19Sep 19 by janea4old

More on Brendan Carr of the FCC

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/trumps-fcc-chair-gets-to-work-on-punishing-news-stations-accused-of-bias/
 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Carr#Commissioner_of_the_Federal_Communications_Commission_(2017–2025)
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Carr#Chair_of_the_Federal_Communications_Commission_(2025–present)

Edited September 22Sep 22 by janea4old

https://bsky.app/profile/chrismurphyct.bsky.social/post/3lz4rxf3li22m

FCC Chair Carr is doing the right wing talk circuit bragging he's taking down progressive speech. Not even pretending it's about anything else. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way." "We don’t just have this progressive foie gras coming out from New York and Hollywood.”

— Chris Murphy (@chrismurphyct.bsky.social) Sep 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM

 

 

 

 

from Senator Chris Murphy, Connecticut
- an 8-part thread

social media handle "chrismurphyct"
Full thread via bluesky (bsky thread link)
same full thread via twitter (twitter thread link)

[begin thread]

The Kimmel suspension is a much bigger deal than you know.

It's really about a growing alliance between Trump and the companies that own America's local TV stations - like Nexstar - to turn local TV into Trump propaganda.

1/ Let me tell you the short story. It's chilling. 

2/ In August, Nexstar announced they wanted to buy another TV station company, Tegna.

But that's illegal - because it would give Nexstar control of stations in nearly half the country. FCC rules prohibit ONE company from having THAT much control over local TV content. 

 

3/ Why? Because one company shouldn't control local speech in half the country.

Also, we want our local TV stations to be run by local actors to preserve local identity and prevent our culture from becoming soullessly flattened - which Nexstar was already doing! 

 4/ But good news for Nexstar! Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC Chair, said he's open to an unprecedented change in the rules to allow the Nexstar-Tegna merger to go through - which would be good ONLY for the filthy rich owners of both companies.

Which means Nexstar has to play ball. 

 

5/ So when Carr threatened to revoke the licenses of local stations that continued to air Kimmel - at the same time he was whispering to Nexstar that he might bend the rules to approve their billion dollar merger - Nexstar knew what to do: BEND THE KNEE.
 

How Jimmy Kimmel Might Have Just Been Sacrificed for a Multibillion-Dollar TV Deal
You may not be too familiar with Nexstar CEO Perry Sook. But he and his company are a big reason Kimmel is off the air.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jimmy-kimmel-nexstar-merger-sook-1236375489/

6/ Perry Sook, the Nexstar CEO, is already worth over $500 million. This deal could make him a billionaire.

If Nexstar controls local TV news content in half the country - and Sook owes his fortune to Trump - then Trump effectively controls content in half the nation.

7/ And it’s not just Nexstar! Sinclair, another right-leaning media group that owns local TV stations, demanded Kimmel apologize and make a donation to Charlie Kirk’s organization.

Guess what? Sinclair also wants the FCC to increase the ownership cap for TV stations. 

8/ So here's how it would work.

Nexstar/Sinclair pledge loyalty to Trump. He gives them control over America's local TV. And they act as his political enforcers, silencing his critics.

But if we see the scheme, we can stop it. By mobilizing and speaking out. 

[end thread]

Edited September 20Sep 20 by janea4old

Apparently people are speaking out by cancelling their Disney and Hulu subscriptions. Not sure if that helps, seems misplaced.  

 

 

21 hours ago, Stevel said:

Apparently people are speaking out by cancelling their Disney and Hulu subscriptions. Not sure if that helps, seems misplaced.  

It helps.

On 9/19/2025 at 6:39 AM, janea4old said:

someone tweeted that this was all about Project 2025, and BrendonCarr of the FCC replied with a gif of nodding grinning Jack Nicholson.

https://x.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1968521297974923696

 

Here's another example of FCC chair Brendan Carr sending out a taunting/celebratory gif regarding his agenda:
 

https://x.com/brianstelter/status/1968449834697834591

I asked FCC chair @BrendanCarrFCC if he had any new comment now that ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel's show, and he sent me this GIF pic.twitter.com/ljz60FzHN4

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) September 17, 2025

Edited September 22Sep 22 by janea4old

John Oliver's insightful commentary on the Kimmel situation:

Kimmel is back tomorrow night.

The ratings should be huge Tuesday.