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CBS’s Stephen Colbert freaked out on Thursday’s edition of The Late Show at ABC suspending Jimmy Kimmel and downplayed his comments that MAGA was “desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them,” but at least he played the clip. The same could not be said of Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart on The Daily Show and NBC’s Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, hosts of The Tonight Show and Late Night, respectively. Instead, all three men chose to portray Kimmel’s suspension as the result of a Trump administration seeking to clamp down on its critics. Complete with the red tie, Stewart played the part of a late night host who is now so completely subservient to Trump. However, the irony in Stewart’s character was purposely obvious. In one instance, he teed up a clip package of CNN commentator Scott Jennings and Newsmax contributor Chrissy Clark, “Look, there are certain rules of free speech that we all must abide by. But in case anyone needs a refresher, we're going to go over the rules again.” In the clip Jennings claimed, “He does not have a right to have a television show where he lies his ass off to the American people,” while Clark stated, “There are repercussions to spreading lies.”     Now would’ve been a good time to play what Kimmel actually said and talk about why it was suspension-worthy. Instead, Stewart claimed, “Exactly! And even though two months ago, our president, because of his grand ability to see the future, it's a curse — somehow knew that Kimmel would be next, as he explicitly said, you can't just make things up on television. People cannot just go on television and mislead viewers with made-up crap.” That kicked off a montage of conservative media and Trump administration personalities saying things that were either wrong or that Stewart just didn’t like. The last person in the montage was Tucker Carlson, talking about January 6, which led Stewart to add, “All true! Oh, your lordship. I do not know whence these peasants come. That last roll of clips, all true. Especially that last one. About sightseers. Because, technically, anything you see is a sight, even if that is you punching a cop.” Putting aside the fact that Carlson also doesn’t have a TV show anymore, this was just an attempt to avoid Kimmel’s misdeeds by pointing out some people are or allegedly are hypocritical. Later, Stewart snapped out of his ironic character and interviewed former CNN journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Maria Ressa, whose big thing is comparing Trump to former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, “Let me ask you about, you know, you've got three branches of government. Were they compliant? I think in this moment, they’re compliant here, right? It hasn't been at their objection. It's been at their inaction.” Ressa proclaimed it is “identical to what happened in the Philippines, and so, I feel like it is both déjà vu and PTSD… Anyway, you have an executive, the legislature is the one that is supposed to hold him in check in real time, and the judiciary maintains the rule of law, right?” Meanwhile, Fallon began his show, “Well guys, the big story is that Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC after pressure from the FCC, leaving everyone thinking WTF?” Fallon claimed to be undeterred by Trump’s comments about him and Meyers, “I do know Jimmy Kimmel, and he's a decent, funny, and loving guy. And I hope he comes back. Yeah, a lot of people are worried that we won't keep saying what we want to say or that we'll be censored, but I'm going to cover the president's trip to the U.K. just like I normally would.”     Like Stewart, Fallon then played the part of a subservient comedian. He would start with a setup like, “Well, guys, President Trump just wrapped up his three-day trip to the U.K., and he—” before a voiceover would say something like, “Looked incredibly handsome.” Later on NBC, Meyers introduced a clip package by lamenting, “Trump promised to end government censorship and bring back free speech, and he's doing the opposite. And it has experts worried that we're rapidly devolving into an oppressive autocracy in the style of Russia or Hungary, much faster than anyone could've predicted.” These “experts” were MSNBC host Chris Hayes and CNN commentator/Obama strategist David Axelrod.     Eventually, Meyers began his conclusion with a callback to earlier in the show, where he joked about the horses pooping in front of Trump during the ceremony with King Charles, “And may I just say, it is a privilege and an honor to call Jimmy Kimmel my friend in the same way that it's a privilege and honor to do this show every night. I wake up every day, I count my blessings that I live in a country that at least purports to value freedom of speech. And we're going to keep doing our show the way we've always done it, with enthusiasm and integrity — [fart noise].” The funniest part of all the Thursday shows came inadvertently as Meyers talked about the necessity of freedom of speech but couldn’t pronounce the word “pivotal”: This is a pivotable —  Pivotable? This is a pivotable  — this is a pivotal — This is a pivotal and pivotable — That's how big it is. This is a pivotable point — oh. This is a pivotal — this is a big moment —  In our democracy, and we must all stand up for the principles of free expression. There is a reason free speech is in the very first amendment. It stands above all others.  Like Stewart, Fallon and Meyers did not provide the context for why people got so mad at Kimmel. When you read a book, you start on page one. Hosting a news show, even a comedy news show, should be no different. Here are transcripts for the September 18-taped shows: Comedy Central The Daily Show 9/18/2025 11:12 PM ET JON STEWART: Look, there are certain rules of free speech that we all must abide by. But in case anyone needs a refresher, we're going to go over the rules again. SCOTT JENNINGS: He does not have a right to have a television show where he lies his ass off to the American people. CHRISSY CLARK: There are repercussions to spreading lies. STEWART: Exactly! And even though two months ago, our president, because of his grand ability to see the future, it's a curse — somehow knew that Kimmel would be next, as he explicitly said, you can't just make things up on television. People cannot just go on television and mislead viewers with made-up crap. STEPHEN MILLER: Millions of illegal aliens that that Border Czar Harris brought into the country will be voting. MO BROOKS: The bottom line is this: There is massive voter fraud. LARRY KUDLOW: Global warming is a hoax. PAM BONDI: Crime. Crime is at an all-time high right now. JEANINE PIRRO: $50 million on condoms in Gaza. TRACE GALLAGHER: They are taking people's pets and killing them and eating them. TUCKER CARLSON: On January 6th, two years ago, the overwhelming majority were peaceful. They were orderly and meek. These were not insurrectionists. They were sightseers. STEWART: All true! Oh, your lordship. I do not know whence these peasants come. That last roll of clips, all true. Especially that last one. About sightseers. Because, technically, anything you see is a sight, even if that is you punching a cop.  … STEWART: Let me ask you about, you know, you've got three branches of government. Were they compliant? I think in this moment, they’re compliant here, right? It hasn't been at their objection. It's been at their inaction. MARIA RESSA: So, it is identical— STEWART: RESSA: Identical to what happened in the Philippines. STEWART: Interesting. RESSA: And so, I feel like it is both déjà vu and PTSD.  STEWART: Right. RESSA: I mean, you have an executive, very powerful, which by the way, our first President Marcos declared martial law by executive order.  STEWART: Right. RESSA: That was in the '70s. Anyway, you have an executive, the legislature is the one that is supposed to hold him in check in real time— STEWART: Right. RESSA: — and the judiciary maintains the rule of law, right?  *** NBC The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 9/18/2025 11:37 PM ET JIMMY FALLON: Well guys, the big story is that Jimmy Kimmel was suspended by ABC after pressure from the FCC, leaving everyone thinking WTF? This morning, I woke up to 100 text messages from my dad saying, "I'm sorry they canceled your show."  I go, "That's not me. That's Jimmy Kimmel." But to be honest with you all, I don't know what's going on. And no one does. But I do know Jimmy Kimmel, and he's a decent, funny, and loving guy. And I hope he comes back. Yeah, a lot of people are worried that we won't keep saying what we want to say or that we'll be censored, but I'm going to cover the president's trip to the U.K. just like I normally would. Here we go. Well, guys, President Trump just wrapped up his three-day trip to the U.K., and he— VOICEOVER: Looked incredibly handsome. FALLON: As always, his tie was— VOICEOVER: Exactly the right length. FALLON: And his face looked- VOICEOVER: Like a color that exists in nature. FALLON: And his hair looked— VOICEOVER: Better than Conrad's from The Summer I Turned Pretty. FALLON: During the trip, protesters managed to project images onto the sides of Windsor Castle of Trump standing next to his good friend, Jeff— VOICEOVER: Goldblum.  FALLON: Even though his administration still insists that he's not in the— VOICEOVER: Goldblum. FALLON: -- Files. Which we all know absolute bull— VOICEOVER: True.  FALLON: Anyway, to sum it up, President Trump is— VOICEOVER: Making America great again by restoring our national reputation, reinvigorating our economy, and rebuilding our military. I hereby nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize.  FALLON: And you can quote me on that! See? We can still say what we want.   *** NBC Late Night with Seth Meyers 9/19/2025 12:49 PM ET SETH MEYERS: Trump promised to end government censorship and bring back free speech, and he's doing the opposite. And it has experts worried that we're rapidly devolving into an oppressive autocracy in the style of Russia or Hungary, much faster than anyone could've predicted. CHRIS HAYES: We're also getting new reports today the White House plans to target a variety of left-leaning groups and non-profits in the coming weeks, all part of a larger and more dangerous effort underway. And it follows a playbook we have seen successfully run in recent years by authoritarian strongmen in places like Hungary, and Turkey, and Russia. In Hungary, for example, the country's oldest newspaper was suddenly shuttered after being bought by a businessman with links to far-right President Viktor Orban. DAVID AXELROD: And I've said we've gone from zero to Hungary faster than anybody ever could imagine. … MEYERS: And may I just say, it is a privilege and an honor to call Jimmy Kimmel my friend in the same way that it's a privilege and honor to do this show every night. I wake up every day, I count my blessings that I live in a country that at least purports to value freedom of speech. And we're going to keep doing our show the way we've always done it, with enthusiasm and integrity — [fart noise] And I'm — We are going to have a conversation after the show. I'm very disappointed in you.  This is a pivotable — Pivotable? This is a pivotable  — this is a pivotal — This is a pivotal and pivotable — That's how big it is. This is a pivotable point — oh. This is a pivotal — this is a big moment —  In our democracy, and we must all stand up for the principles of free expression. There is a reason free speech is in the very first amendment. It stands above all others. You might even say it's – DONALD TRUMP: The ultimate. MEYERS: This has been “A Closer Look.”

A chart showing how Jimmy Kimmel’s late-show ratings had been plummeting prior to his indefinite suspension by ABC has gone viral as social media users suggest that he was pulled for more than just his offensive, false comments regarding the assassination of conservative Charlie Kirk. Posters of the chart, created by LateNighter using Nielsen ratings data, say it shows that Kimmel’s ratings are the “real reason” he was suspended – and that his offensive remarks about Kirk’s assassination simply gave ABC the excuse it was looking for to pull the plug. According to the chart, Kimmel’s ratings have fallen for 12 straight years, from 0.71 in 2013 after he moved to the 11:30 p.m. slot, down to 0.16 so far this year. “Down, down, down,” Washington Examiner Political Correspondent Byron York observed in a post of the chart Tuesday. “And now out,” Brit Hume, Fox News Channel Chief Political Analyst replied to York’s post. The LateNighter ratings chart is part of its article making the point that the entire network late-night talk show business has been “in free fall” for years. “Ratings for the big three 11:30pm network talk shows have dropped sharply since 2015,” LateNighter reports, pointing to the chart comparing yearly ratings (2010-2025) of CBS’s “The Late Show,” NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” and ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” According to the LateNighter analysis: All three shows have lost 70-80% of their audience in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 age range since 2015. Network late-night talk shows became unprofitable in 2023. Brand advertising expenditures on late-night television in 2024 fell to half the 2018 level. “In 2015, the typical 11:30 p.m. talk show brought in well over $200 million in revenue and made a healthy profit.” “By 2023, the same show was underwater, and by 2025, losses are well into the tens of millions of dollars.” To make matters worse, cost-cutting efforts by late-night shows haven’t been able to make up for increased costs, such as salaries. And, episodes of late-night talk shows don’t age well, so they have virtually no market for rerun syndication. 2015 was a key year in the slide, as it experienced a changing of the guard, with Stephen Colbert replacing David Letterman at CBS and Jimmy Fallon replacing at Jay Leno at NBC. And, at ABC, Jimmy Kimmel’s show began airing an hour earlier (11:35 p.m.). Looking ahead, the analysis used standard exponential smoothing to forecast that “losses for a typical 11:35 p.m. network show could reach $70 million annually by 2030.” In all, late-night show market realities appear to belie Kimmel’s business strategy of forgoing comedy in order to viciously attack half of his potential viewers.

Some feminist.Jon Stewart normally works the Monday beat at “The Daily Show” as part of his modest comeback tour. The faux anchor decided to pick up an extra shift this week, eager to weigh in ASAP on the suspension of fellow far-left talker Jimmy Kimmel.Joaquin Phoenix, Cillian Murphy, Sharon Horgan, Steve Coogan, and Peter Gabriel are among the participants in a new activist video promoting … wait for it … Palestine.He knows how much his country needs him, and it couldn’t wait until Monday. Bless his heart.And, in the process, Stewart bumped the person who was slated to sit in the anchor chair. That’s Desi Lydic, who just won her second Emmy mere days ago for her work on the show.Must be nice to be a progressive hero who can mansplain to a successful woman why he needs to take the big seat at a moment’s notice …Rainning it inDwight keeps making sense.Actor Rainn Wilson from “The Office” is a curious figure in Hollywood. He’s spiritual, but not a Christian. He’s left of center, but not someone decrying the rise of “fascism” every five minutes.And most shocking of all, he’s aghast that some of his fellow liberals have souls so small you can’t see them without a microscope.Wilson shared the reaction he saw from some fellow liberals after they learned that conservative icon Charlie Kirk was murdered by a leftist. We’ll let him share more:I spoke to a couple of — let’s say liberal friends — at an event … and they were like, ‘You won’t find me shedding any tears.' It was a little bit of a good-riddance thing, and it’s like, ‘Guys, NO!'We cannot think or talk that way. That is not OK.”He’s right, but it’s often the norm on the far-left side of the aisle, alas …RELATED: Coldplay singer asks 80,000 fans to 'send love' to 'Charlie Kirk's family' during final tour stop Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImageMostly piecemeal protestsVariety’s photo editors got a workout this week.Kimmel’s firing sparked a passionate protest outside Disney offices in New York and Burbank, or so we were told. The scribe assigned to the story used all the rhetorical tricks possible to play up the outrage, with foreboding phrasing like "Disney faced the consequences of its decision …" and "The crowds slammed ABC, Disney, and Brendan Carr."The images told the real story – tightly cropped photographs that hid the scope of the protests. This story mentioned 200 people. A separate story said 300 people showed up.Disney is quaking in its boots, no doubt. The walls are most certainly closing in …'Imagine' there's no audienceHere we go again.Remember all those celebrity videos where the stars assembled for the current thing? No makeup. Robotic phrase repetition. Faces you’ve never seen before among some legit stars. Exhausting.The worst of the worst? The BLM-era “I Take Responsibility” cringe-fest featuring Aaron Paul, Kristen Bell, and Stanley Tucci.Et tu, Stanley?That Gal Gadot “Imagine” sing-along during the pandemic was a close second. Even liberals loathed that one, offering a rare moment of bipartisan agreement.Maybe that's why we didn’t get many, if any, during the 2024 presidential campaign.But now? They’re ba-ack.Joaquin Phoenix, Cillian Murphy, Sharon Horgan, Steve Coogan, and Peter Gabriel are among the participants in a new activist video promoting … wait for it … Palestine.“We have to tell the truth on behalf of the people of Palestine,” Brian Cox says in the clip. U.S. photographer Nan Goldin adds, “It’s always been the artist’s role in society to speak out, to risk speaking truth to power.”Risk? Being pro-Palestine is the trendiest thing to do in celebrity circles. Shout “Free Palestine” and expect your agent’s phone to buzz and buzz.Cheno-wimp outTry sharing some heartfelt thoughts for the late Charlie Kirk. Wait: Kristin Chenoweth did just that, and she had to quasi-backpedal later.I'm sorry if emotion gets involved here, forgive me. I saw what happened online with my own eyes, and I had a human moment of reflection right then. I came to understand that my comment hurt some folks, and that hurt me so badly. I would never. It's no secret that I'm a Christian, that I'm a person of faith. It's also no secret that I am an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, and for some, that doesn't go together. But for me, it always has and it always will.Here's a thought: Why not grieve the death of a father and husband, gunned down in cold blood in front of his wife and daughter, without feeling the need to explain yourself to the raging, unhinged leftists who follow you on social media?For a Hollywood star like Chenoweth, that would be speaking truth to power.

While Jimmy Kimmel looks for something to do on Friday night, many of the television stations that used to broadcast his suspended show will instead air a tribute to Charlie Kirk.'Mr. Kimmel’s remarks were inappropriate and deeply insensitive at a critical moment for our country.'The Sinclair Broadcast Group is the largest owner of ABC-affiliated stations, 30 in all, and it is behind the push to show a Kirk tribute.A statement from Sinclair said that all of its stations will air the tribute in Kimmel's time slot and that it would offer the tribute to other ABC stations as well.A list of the Sinclair-owned ABC stations is available to search here.After finding whether there is a local station in your area, go to the station's website to find the specific time and channel for the tribute on that station. For most stations, the Kirk tribute will air at 11:30 p.m. ET.The tribute might be available on non-Sinclair ABC stations. You can find your local ABC station here. For instance, the website for ABC 10 in Sacramento has a page for television listings for that station here. Scrolling to 8:30 p.m. PT, there is no tribute scheduled yet for that station.Blaze News has reached out to ABC 10 for comment.RELATED: Late-night hosts react to Jimmy Kimmel's suspension in unison with the exact same awful bit Sinclair Vice Chairman Jason Smith released a statement explaining the company's objection to Kimmel's comments about the Kirk assassination."Mr. Kimmel’s remarks were inappropriate and deeply insensitive at a critical moment for our country,” said Smith."We believe broadcasters have a responsibility to educate and elevate respectful, constructive dialogue in our communities," he added. "We appreciate FCC Chairman [Brendan] Carr’s remarks today, and this incident highlights the critical need for the FCC to take immediate regulatory action to address control held over local broadcasters by the big national networks."The company said it would not lift the suspension of the show until Kimmel apologized and gave a "meaningful personal donation" to the Kirk family as well as Turning Point USA, the advocacy group Kirk founded."Regardless of ABC’s plans for the future of the program, Sinclair intends not to return 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to our air until we are confident that appropriate steps have been taken to uphold the standards expected of a national broadcast platform," Sinclair added.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Charlie Kirk’s memorial hasn’t even happened yet, and already the left has found its own martyr in Jimmy Kimmel. The late night “comedy” show, which had already seen its ratings fall to abysmal levels, was suspended after Kimmel’s hateful and inaccurate remark about Charlie Kirk’s alleged murderer, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, being a member of the “MAGA gang.” He also accused Republicans of politicizing the tragedy to "score political points."“It says an awful lot about the left that they're so concerned about Jimmy Kimmel, and now Jimmy Kimmel is the victim in this Charlie Kirk thing,” says Glenn Beck, calling it “gross and offensive.” But instead of apologizing for spreading a categorically false statement (Robinson’s own family has confirmed his radical leftism), Kimmel is apparently going to “double down” on his political commentary at a new job.What we are experiencing is a “great sifting,” says Glenn. “You now know who the people are that celebrate death.”The latest example, of course, is the ghouls cheering Charlie Kirk’s assassination, but they’ve shown their true colors many times before. Whether it was Hamas’ brutal slaughtering of innocent people on October 7, the monsters behind “shout your abortion” and similar pro-choice campaigns, the countless people who heroized Luigi Mangione for allegedly murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, or the cold-blooded fiends who lamented that Thomas Matthew Crooks’ bullet missed its mark, there’s no denying the stark line in the sand between them and us.While this sorting is scary, Glenn says it’s ultimately a positive thing. “I'd like to know those who are so misguided, so misinformed, and so on the wrong track that they have made me an enemy. They're not my enemies. They're enemies of God and God's principles in freedom, and God will sort all that out. We just have to stand up for what we know is right and never ever give in,” he says.As lies circulate — like the recent rumor that Charlie’s own people killed him — we need to be armed with the truth. “You just have to speak the truth relentlessly and with peace because they will certainly destroy themselves in their arrogance.”Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

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