Jimmy Kimmel's show to return to air after suspension over Charlie Kirk comments, says Disney (www.bbc.co.uk)
from MonsterMonster@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 19:51
https://lemmy.world/post/36310898

Jimmy Kimmel will return to air on Tuesday after his show was suspended following comments he made about the death of Charlie Kirk, Disney has said in a statement released in the last few moments.

“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country,” the statement says.

“It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive. We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”

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hydrashok@sh.itjust.works on 22 Sep 2025 19:52 next collapse

Too late, fuckers. Subscription is staying cancelled and I’m not coming back.

Anissem@lemmy.ml on 22 Sep 2025 21:03 next collapse

Jimmy Kimmel Live posts their monologue to YouTube every night, so you can still enjoy it.

BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 23:15 collapse

Don’t forget your best friend uBlock Origin (or ReVanced or Tubular or whatever other YT ad blocker you like) when you watch, just to make sure they don’t even get ad revenue from you

WanderingThoughts@europe.pub on 22 Sep 2025 21:35 collapse

Go fash, go crash.

comrade_twisty@feddit.org on 22 Sep 2025 19:54 next collapse

Nice try, I will never return to paying for Disney+ though.

There’s not even an apology anywhere to be seen. Just a spineless attempt to have it all go away.

athairmor@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 20:19 collapse

Likewise. I didn’t get around to watching the second Andor season yet but, oh well 🤷 🚢🏴‍☠️

Arghblarg@lemmy.ca on 22 Sep 2025 20:22 collapse

Don yer eyepatch mehearty. Yarrrrr.

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Witchfire@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 20:09 next collapse

Capitalists are incapable of thinking beyond the end of the current quarter

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metallic_substance@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 22:34 next collapse

I hate to open up this particular can of worms, but if you’re a “staunch capitalist,” why the hell are you here of all places?

rainwall@piefed.social on 23 Sep 2025 04:06 next collapse

Sounds like they are an “someday ill have enough money to have my boot on their throats instead” capitalist, i.e a helpful fool.

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WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca on 23 Sep 2025 10:40 collapse

I only wish I could have come up with something more dismissive in the moment

Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 2025 08:18 next collapse

They’re a troll, and you’re falling for it.

metallic_substance@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 2025 03:29 collapse

The very sad thing is that I don’t think this absolute fool isn’t a troll at all. I think they mean what they say, which is undeniably worse

Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works on 24 Sep 2025 03:58 collapse

Nah, I do think they’re just saying whatever will get a rise out of people.

Either way, the only winning move is to ignore them.

metallic_substance@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 2025 23:02 collapse

Is your username a Dr. Strangelove reference? Love that movie

Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works on 24 Sep 2025 23:41 collapse

It is indeed.

metallic_substance@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 2025 23:55 collapse

Yee-haw!

scarabic@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 2025 15:26 collapse

Can you explain? What “here” are we all at that capitalists should know they aren’t welcome at?

avidamoeba@lemmy.ca on 22 Sep 2025 22:49 collapse

In my opinion I don’t think some of the things you’re saying show good understanding of capitalism. I’m not saying this to offend or belittle.

bottleofchips@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 23 Sep 2025 02:29 collapse

Tbf they didn’t say they’re a good capitalist, just a staunch one.

benignintervention@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 20:17 next collapse

Goodhart’s Law in action

BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 23:03 collapse

Is this even thinking in this quarter? It just feels like a mistake.

Edit:to be clear the suspension feels like a mistake.

pelespirit@sh.itjust.works on 22 Sep 2025 20:36 next collapse

I think they thought they could get away with it, like when they fired Colbert. Maybe Colbert worked because it was a year away?

In case anyone hasn’t seen this, I’m posting it again. Here is what Kimmel did that was so wrong. He showed trump completely not care about kirk’s death.

Starts at about 2 minutes.

Video of monologue: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3YdxNSzTk

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shalafi@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 22:16 next collapse

Disney is trying to get a monster merger pushed through. And here’s the Chairman of the FCC directly threatening them?

entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org on 23 Sep 2025 04:56 collapse

It wasn’t Disney who have the merger, it was NexStar, an owner of some 39% of local TV stations, that’s trying to merge with another company to control 80% of local stations. Current law dictates the limit to 39%, so the federal government has them over a barrel. After the FCC chairman directly told them what to do on a podcast, Nexstar did exactly that and threatened to refuse to air Kimmel if Disney didn’t kill the show. Disney did, and now they’ve capitulated to an actual massive groundswell of Disney+ cancelations. Thus the flip-flop.

So not only was there blatant corruption in both the private and public sector in a more or less open conspiracy to give a bribe to allow a violation of federal law, but by saying what he said, the FCC chairman also pretty clearly violated the first amendment of the constitution of the US.

explodicle@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 2025 14:27 collapse

That’s how liberalism transforms into fascism. Eventually the dictator bites the hand that feeds him, and the short-sighted business folks are shocked.

jj4211@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 00:05 collapse

Colbert was given most of a season to carry on and all involved had a long time to figure out options, and there weren’t explicit overt threats from government. “How bad could it be if they are letting him keep saying everything he wants for months?”. Also people looking to to throw money at South Park which was been gloves off against Trump.

Kimmel was sudden and with direct specific threats from the government during such a contentuous time.

paultimate14@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 20:39 next collapse

Disney could have just looked at Target as an example of exactly why they shouldn’t have done this.

DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 21:08 next collapse

It’s definitely opportunistic backpedalling, but it’s a good sign of sorts: We’ve proven that, if we can punish them financially, they’ll do the right thing. For the wrong reasons, obviously, but in these times, I’ll take what we can get.

BassTurd@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 21:08 next collapse

That’s exactly what happened to Bud Light. Bigots hated that BL was partnering with a filthy trans person, and when they caved to the pressure everyone else said “fuck you” but the bigots didn’t all come back. It’s kind of like Target as well. Present this image of being for the minorities, and then caving under the smallest amount of pressure pissing off everyone.

takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 22 Sep 2025 21:33 next collapse

They think all the people will return. I’m planning to not resume the service unless Iger and the board of directors changes.

dreadbeef@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 22 Sep 2025 22:11 next collapse

They were thinking of all of the dollars they just got from the centrists who renewed their subscriptions because victory fascism defeated! But im probably being too cynical about it

s@piefed.world on 22 Sep 2025 23:12 next collapse

We have no values except for that which we think in the moment will make us the most money, and we hope the customers agree

bagsy@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 23:45 next collapse

Target did the same thing. They pissed off both sides and have been hurting for quite a while now.

sparky@lemmy.federate.cc on 23 Sep 2025 01:27 collapse

I am out of the loop (by which I mean hi from Europe), what did target do?

bagsy@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 01:44 collapse

Target was a big proponent of DEI and LGBTQ+. It was part of the brand and hiring practices. Then, after the orange plauge was inaugurated, they switched their tune. Tgey dropped all their DEI policies and all LGBTQ marketing.

They are down 50% this year.

finance.yahoo.com/quote/TGT/

TheseusNow@lemmy.zip on 23 Sep 2025 15:03 collapse

Target was showing its true colors long before getting rid of DEI practices. Like at one point they had a gay pride line that really just felt like grift then some people took offense to it and they put it all on clearance and moved it to a remote corner of the store. This was soon after unveiling it, not after it sat there a while. Its no wonder they acted the way they did. They just saw liberals and progressives as a way to profit. People got tired of the grift with no real championship towards better attitudes and practices to minorities and boycotted them hard.

bagsy@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 15:45 collapse

Voting with our wallets seems to be the only voting that is actually effective lately. Hopefully, people will continue to vote against these types of business practices.

someguy3@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 00:43 collapse

What were they thinking in the first place?

FCC threatened to take their licence. They’ll force Kimmel to say “we don’t know if he was maga” or something and everything continues on eggshells.

psycho_driver@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 01:19 next collapse

I have a feeling Kimmel isn’t going to be forced to say anything. He (rightfully) despises Trump with every fiber of his soul and would probably choose to stay off the air rather than bend the knee in any way.

3abas@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 01:45 collapse

I think you’re lionizing Kimmel a bit too much, he just said a few obvious jokes that was likely written by his writing staff. He didn’t say anything brave.

"we’re still trying to wrap our heads around the senseless murder of the popular podcaster and conservative activist Charlie Kirk yesterday… Some people are cheering this, which is something I won’t ever understand.”

Those who hate Trump and his rhetoric immediately understand why Nazi fascist deaths are celebrated. They don’t describe them as senseless while heaping unnecessary praise on them. “Popular activist”? How about racist fascist propagandist?

He’ll toe the line after this correction. Ping me with his return monologue if I’m wrong.

psycho_driver@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 2025 12:26 collapse

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1tjh_ZO_tY

3abas@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 2025 13:47 collapse

I’ve watched it. He described Kirk as a young man, choked up while pronouncing violence is never an answer, and praised Howard Stern as a role model of his.

You think that’s brave in the face of Nazis?

psycho_driver@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 2025 14:34 collapse

And talked shit about the administration the whole time, which is what this was about in the first place.

3abas@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 2025 16:30 collapse

Yet he went on and on about how wonderful the Nazis in his life are and how much he loves and looks up to them.

You felt it was adequate? You were satisfied just because he made fun of Trump and his administration?

Normalizing peace with Nazis and denouncing violence as a solution isn’t brave, would have been better to just be quiet. The country needs a revolution, not normalizing hanging out and loving Nazis. Cut the cancer out, these people need to be cast out of society, not praised and consoled when their own actions catch up to them.

First they came for the communists and all that… When they come to you, they’ll be no one left because you decided to have dinner parties with the Nazis.

kcuf@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 01:47 collapse

The FCC doesn’t license network afaik, they license stations (eg nexstar) which pressured the network.

Pistcow@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 20:06 next collapse

That’s a bummer for them, Ive already canceled my account and ordered a nice NAS setup and Plex.

BaroqueInMind@piefed.social on 22 Sep 2025 20:11 next collapse

Where do you plan to source your media from now?

hcf@sh.itjust.works on 22 Sep 2025 20:13 collapse

🏴‍☠️

BaroqueInMind@piefed.social on 22 Sep 2025 20:15 collapse

This isn’t reddit, no one here is going to ban you for recommending a fucking website, just tell me what torrent site everyone is using so I can try and sign up with it during an open-season event and seed all day everyday

dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de on 22 Sep 2025 20:23 next collapse

You know I’m generally helpful in guiding others to do things, sadly the way you responded to that comment I’ll have to take a pass. Why would you assume anything other than they’re going to pirate and haven’t gotten further than that yet.

Perhaps someone less petty can guide you or you can do what I did and figure it out using the internet.

That said I’ll give you two words to begin. Docker. Prowlarr.

BaroqueInMind@piefed.social on 22 Sep 2025 20:30 collapse

I don’t care if you want to gatekeep your torrent sites for only people who conform to your specified kind of corporate nice-speak.

I refuse to allow a fucking billionaire, or an emotionally fragile person who doesn’t like reading naughty words on the internet to tell me how to talk.

I’m justifying my response to a useless emoji, because apparently down votes here are only a “I disagree” button rather than its intended purpose.

Warl0k3@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 20:35 next collapse

Man, some people will do anything rather than accept that their behavior can have justified social consequences.

M1ch431@slrpnk.net on 22 Sep 2025 21:07 next collapse

We are on lemmy.world. No, we cannot directly link to websites here that are “actively facilitating copyright infringement”. See the TOS.

lemmy.dbzer0.com has plenty of boards that can help you get started, and there is one specifically for open signups. qBittorent + a VPN + Jackett as a qBittorrent search plugin will facilitate most needs - you don’t need to be a member of private trackers to get most media.

Flying the pirate flag made perfect sense as a response. People are not going to bend over and spam links even if it were allowed; you didn’t specifically ask for help - don’t expect it.

dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de on 23 Sep 2025 04:58 next collapse

Fuck off pal. I can tell you if you spoke to me like this in person you get a smack in the face.

Basic civility isn’t corporate nice speak you silly cunt.

Sciaphobia@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 2025 12:33 collapse

I’m asking genuinely - are you doing alright? I can’t promise I can be helpful, but if you need someone to talk to I would be willing to try.

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50_centavos@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 21:08 next collapse

I have no idea what you’re talking about, we all pay full price.

CubitOom@infosec.pub on 22 Sep 2025 21:41 next collapse
mp3@lemmy.ca on 23 Sep 2025 11:24 next collapse

Every instance have their own ToS, each of them with their own threshold of tolerance with having to deal with potential piracy inquiry on their server.

hcf@sh.itjust.works on 29 Sep 2025 22:58 collapse

oh i bet you’re fun at parties. 🙄

PetteriPano@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 20:21 collapse

Plex bad. Jellyfin good.

takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 22 Sep 2025 21:46 collapse

Can it be used with FreeBSD?

Winthrowe@lemmy.ca on 22 Sep 2025 23:04 next collapse

You should be able to find instructions. I had it in a jail in my truenas before I went scale.

PetteriPano@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 07:06 collapse

It’s been a while since I meddled with FreeBSD. It shouldn’t be hard - it’s just a web stack with some command line ffmpeg. I think the only thing that might be a challenge is hardware encoding.

There are sweet docker images, but I guess they might require virtualization on FreeBSD.

MelonYellow@lemmy.ca on 22 Sep 2025 20:07 next collapse

Wow, I guess the people still have some power! It’s stupid though because the damage is done. A lot of those people aren’t gonna resubscribe.

takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 22 Sep 2025 22:03 next collapse

The tyrants get as much power as we give to them, the problem is that the more power we give the harder will be to reclaim it.

slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org on 23 Sep 2025 06:26 collapse

Oh they will, don’t worry

Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de on 22 Sep 2025 20:08 next collapse

Kimmel didn’t even talk about Kirk’s death outside of stating that the right is trying their best to milk it as much as possible which is saying nothing about Kirk. He never commented on Kirk as a person, at least not as far as I know of.

Arghblarg@lemmy.ca on 22 Sep 2025 20:26 next collapse

Exactly. This was a non-apology and Kimmel wasn’t the one who needed talking to, I hope he doesn’t tone down his monologues one iota.

Keep the boycott on.

missphant@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 22 Sep 2025 23:02 collapse

Not an apology, an excuse. They can’t let the mob know they actually have power over them.

Wytch@lemmy.zip on 22 Sep 2025 20:28 next collapse

Came here to say this. Media’s framing language matters. He made a comment about Trump. His show was suspended under pressure from the FCC not because he made irresponsible comments about Kirk, but because he made the pissy man-baby cry.

takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 22 Sep 2025 21:37 collapse

It’s worse, he showed that taco don’t care about Kirk at all and just uses him for political goals.

Frankly, his behavior demonstrates that he wouldn’t have any hangups ordering the kill himself.

psycho_driver@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 01:24 collapse

He actually put out a message before this saying that it was a horrible thing that happened and he and his family were sending their deepest sympathies to the Kirk family.

BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 20:15 next collapse

Trying to rewrite history huh - they suspended the show because Kimmel criticised Trump, and the FCC threatened ABC/DIsney. Never forget.

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca on 22 Sep 2025 20:21 next collapse

TACO Tuesday!

rustyfish@piefed.world on 22 Sep 2025 20:28 next collapse

Comes back

At the start of the next episode: I quit

Walks off stage

Jaysyn@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 20:45 next collapse

My boycott will continue until Iger & the board are replaced. Bootlickers & cowards cannot be trusted.

yggstyle@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 20:47 next collapse

Get. Fucked. Mouse. 📎

expatriado@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 20:48 next collapse

how to make all sides unhappy in less than a week by ABC

lemmyknow@lemmy.today on 22 Sep 2025 20:56 next collapse

Good. Now I can go back to Disney+

dellish@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 22:27 collapse

That’s all it took huh? Zero lessons learnt.

lemmyknow@lemmy.today on 23 Sep 2025 07:28 collapse

Well, they took away Kimmel, we unsubscribed. They brought Kimmel back, we subscribe. Makes sense.

We’ve seen it works, but if we remain unsubscribed, next time around we won’t have anything to threaten them with.

Not to mention we should reward good behaviour, innit? Ain’t that how it works? Punish bad behaviour, reward good behaviour

WhatGodIsMadeOf@feddit.org on 22 Sep 2025 21:40 next collapse

And now everyone is going to run back with naive happy arms.

Mac@mander.xyz on 22 Sep 2025 22:08 next collapse

Alternate headline: “Disney losing money, back pedaling”

Treczoks@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 22:11 next collapse

More like thoughtful conversations with the financial department…

peoplebeproblems@midwest.social on 22 Sep 2025 22:35 next collapse

Except I’m not resubscribing Disney.

That’s not how it works.

You haven’t felt the pain of freedom of my wallet.

someguy3@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 00:28 collapse

If you don’t resubscribe, then you can’t unsubscribe the next time!

3abas@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 01:28 collapse

I really hope you’re trying to be funny.

davidagain@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 05:13 collapse

It’s the only ring these companies understand.

If there’s no one left who gives a shit they can do whatever they like and won’t feel any pain next time.

The people have some power with their wallet by only if they use it.

You’re under no moral obligation to resubscribe at all, but if nobody does, they made a financial mistake by putting the show back on the air.

genuineparts@infosec.pub on 23 Sep 2025 05:29 next collapse

No the finanical mistake was the beginning. Eroding the goodwill people had for your company was the mistake. Rebuilding that will bring back the money.

davidagain@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 17:09 collapse

You’re right of course.

3abas@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 05:57 next collapse

If there’s no one left who gives a shit they can do whatever they like and won’t feel any pain next time.

Are you serious? If they don’t have subscribers, they can do whatever they want? I mean sure, but who gives a shit, they don’t make money because they don’t have any customers!

You don’t give them more money so you can take it away later, that’s idiotic. Spend your money on a decent VPN and torrent that shit, or read books instead of consuming so much corporate capitalist empire propaganda, your life will be better anyway.

davidagain@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 17:06 collapse

If they don’t have subscribers, they can do whatever they want?

If they don’t have any people who give a shit as subscribers they can do what they want. They can go batshit insane alt right loony neo nazi with no further penalty, indeed, if they’re pretty much the only subscribers, there’s a financial benefit to go further magat and a loss to do otherwise. And your daughter well plead with you to get disney so she can watch pretty princesses and if you cave, then your son will grow up racist.

When fox pulls this shit they are fine, because sane people aren’t watching anyway. The only reason disney backed down is that it hurt them. If no one goes back, it can’t possibly hurt them a second time.

But absolutely you sold do what toy want with your money and if this was a permanent deal breaker for you, go ahead and permanently reject them. I’m OK with that, really, but I can’t pretend that you’ll have ongoing influence on their future decision making at the same time.

witten@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 06:54 collapse

Financial mistake? Putting the show back on slows the bleeding, so they don’t lose even more subscribers. Seems like the wise choice (after the dumb choice that preceded it).

Mellow12@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 22:45 next collapse

Sept 17th.

Nexstar and Sinclair television station owners condem Kimmel’s statements. They planned to preempt his show replacing it with other programming.

Nexstar ABC Affiliates To Preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Indefinitely Beginning Tonight

Media giants Nexstar and Sinclair own hundreds of local TV stations, highlighting the significant influence affiliate owners wield over national broadcasters like Disney-owned ABC.

ABC decides to suspend Kimmel’s show indefinitely due to the backlash.

Here is the question. If ABC/Disney reinstate his show, will Nexstar or Sinclair follow through on their promise to preempt his show when it airs effectively killing any ad revenue?

Edit addendum: Sinclair Will Not Air ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ Upon ABC Return Tuesday

That’s gonna make it hard to sell ad space on the next upfronts.

parody@lemmings.world on 23 Sep 2025 00:15 next collapse

Curious to find out! Probably back channel talks happening now

slaacaa@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 05:27 collapse

Yeah, they probably use this opportunity to get a better deal from ABC, while pretending to be upset about Kimmel

ubergeek@lemmy.today on 23 Sep 2025 09:17 collapse

I think we will confirm how little revenue is generated by broadcast TV.

VeryInterestingTable@jlai.lu on 22 Sep 2025 22:48 next collapse

If I was Jimmy Kimmel I would absolutely not return lol. Fool me once…

Tuxman@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 2025 00:04 next collapse

Oh…. I would return… and give them a REAL reason to suspend the show this time!

Like a real Mon Motma speech scene… with the little Mouse scrambling to pull the plug live on air!

adhocfungus@midwest.social on 23 Sep 2025 01:19 next collapse

I was thinking of Norm Macdonald’s monologue when he got to host SNL after being fired.

sik0fewl@lemmy.ca on 23 Sep 2025 01:38 collapse

It’s not just Kimmel, there are a lot of staff that would lose their jobs on the show if he refused to return.

slaacaa@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 05:25 collapse

Exactly. He is probably swimming in money already, and could easily get another well-paying job in the industry somewhere or start his own e.g. production company. But the people working for him need their jobs, and there are around 200-250 of them. So even if he could say fuck you to Disney, he has to consider his responsibility to his colleagues/employees.

Iambus@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 01:16 next collapse

But they pay him well so…

fodor@lemmy.zip on 23 Sep 2025 05:44 collapse

That all depends on the lawyers and contracts.

atk007@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 22:58 next collapse

All it took was the cat to bring a dead mouse

WanderWisley@lemmy.world on 22 Sep 2025 23:21 next collapse

The mouse bends the knee. Cyber bullying works! Don’t resubscribe.

sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz on 22 Sep 2025 23:42 next collapse

I liked Robert Reich’s post regarding this.

kn0wmad1c@programming.dev on 23 Sep 2025 00:17 next collapse

“It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive. We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy**'s lawyers**, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”

Edited the original quote to include subtext.

morrowind@lemmy.ml on 23 Sep 2025 01:11 next collapse

Holy shit boycotting works?

Quadhammer@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 02:02 next collapse

Always has been 🌏🔫 🧑‍🚀👩‍🚀👨‍🚀🧑‍🍳🧑‍🏭👩‍🔧👨‍🔧👩‍🏭👨‍🔬🧑‍💼👩‍💼👨‍💼🧑‍✈️👩‍✈️👮‍♂️🧑‍🚒👨‍✈️👮🕵‍♂️💂‍♂️🥷💂👷‍♂️👳👰‍♀️🧕👲🤱🦸‍♂️🎅🦹🧞‍♂️🧛🧛‍♀️🧟‍♂️🧎‍♀️💇👩‍🦽👩‍🦯👨‍🦼🕴🏌‍♀️🧖🏊🚣🏋🚴‍♀️🤸🚵🤹‍♀️🛀🧘‍♂️👪🫂🦰🦱🦳🦲

i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca on 23 Sep 2025 02:08 next collapse

Isn’t that the reason Target is a fucking metronome on social issues?

pyre@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 03:06 collapse

if it happens yes, the problem with boycotting is most people online who say they will boycott something usually don’t, or they weren’t using it in the first place.

this is especially true for games

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/c19a5be9-dfff-472f-bbd8-1210fd0df657.jpeg">

WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 05:24 collapse

It’s been sixteen fucking years.

pyre@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 08:44 collapse

it’s just a perfect picture. but this regularly happens in games. gAmErS are the worst bunch in boycotts because most of them don’t even have the discipline to wait for a fucking game to release let alone not play it at all. they just either “boycott” games they were never interested in at all in the first place or they just say it online for fake internet points and play the game anyway.

inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 01:12 next collapse

Keep. On. Boycotting.

They’re are just in PR damage control, they have not fired a single person or told Sinclair/Nextstar to fire those who actively voice support for fascism.

But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 05:28 collapse

Sinclair is the one that needs to hurt at the moment since they refuse to run the show, let sponsors know you’re unhappy

psycho_driver@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 01:17 next collapse

Kimmel didn’t make any “Charlie Kirk comments”

He made fun of Trump for not giving a shit about Kirk’s death because he couldn’t get over his 8 year old equivalent impulse control to start bragging about the monstrosity they built on top of the Rose Garden at the White House.

dmention7@midwest.social on 23 Sep 2025 16:41 collapse

Holy shit, so much this!

It’s honestly wild how far that narrative that he made some edgy comments has gone, to the point where it’s just being taken as fact in headlines now.

He barely even mentioned Kirk, and just stated that MAGA is trying really hard to claim the shooter was not one of them–didn’t even make any assertions about the actual shooter or their motives.

Anyone claiming he made disrespectful or inflammatory comments about Kirk is ignorant or a hypocrite.

SpikedPunchVictim@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 01:56 next collapse

As much as it still hurts when companies walk back their decisions, it’s really important as consumers that we also walk back our decision on supporting them. If we always stop supporting them regardless, they will continue to make decisions that don’t support the people. It’s important that we have power in these scenario. In the end, it’s better that Kimmel is back on the air, and that he can joke and criticize what’s happening. Let’s support them walking it back.

samus12345@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 2025 05:56 next collapse

Just putting him back isn’t enough if he seems muzzled. We’ll see.

explodicle@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 2025 18:30 collapse

I think a partial return is fair. They shouldn’t pull this shit in the first place, and switching costs can be significant. If you’ve already gone to the trouble of setting up a Jellyfin server, then Disney has fucked around and found out.

commiunism@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 23 Sep 2025 05:07 next collapse

Perfectly executed publicity stunt

Saffire@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 2025 06:52 collapse

Publicity stunt by Disney? Do they really need publicity? They are Disney, the most publicized company of all time.

commiunism@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 23 Sep 2025 07:19 collapse

Not for Disney, they don’t need the publicity. Jimmy Kimmel’s show on the other hand would benefit drastically - just look at the publicity he’s been getting for the past week.

explodicle@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 2025 15:54 collapse

Guessing that this comment would even get him in trouble - and within the threshold to be reinstated - would be astronomically difficult.

MrSulu@lemmy.ml on 23 Sep 2025 06:15 next collapse

Money, that’s our only way of influence.

jabeez@lemmy.today on 23 Sep 2025 11:32 collapse

Yes, this really isn’t difficult, or shouldn’t be, but Americans are incredibly addicted to convenience. I’ve been saying for years now that we don’t even need a general strike of workers not working, people simply need to stop being good little consumers for a while, only buy the essentials when necessary, cancel all extraneous services, stop using the fascists’ platforms. In a consumer economy, consumers hold the cards, but unfortunately we’ve been trained well and think we cannot live without 37 different streaming services and food and whatever else you want delivered to your door, and then need to post about it all on TwitFaceAgram after a post about corporate 'Merica run amok.

Goodmorningsunshine@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 12:21 next collapse

A large enough percentage of the population buying only necessities local goods would get Trump ousted.

Jaysyn@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 16:14 collapse

I’ve been doing this since the Inauguration.

slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org on 23 Sep 2025 06:17 next collapse

Let’s fucking go. You don’t have to pretend to have a spine anymore and watch Disney slop again.

DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 06:30 next collapse

Well, now let’s see what Jimmy Kimmel does. Will he come back toning down his rhetoric or will he start by thoroughly criticizing Kirk and Disney right as he gets back. I don’t think there really is a third option. If he decide to not address this, he will always weigh the consequences of saying something before saying it (even subconsciously). And in that case, he is not worth watching.

kent_eh@lemmy.ca on 23 Sep 2025 17:35 collapse

I don’t think there really is a third option. If he decide to not address this

He could intentionally avoid mentioning it while an elephant slowly wanders around behind him.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today on 23 Sep 2025 21:06 collapse

You could write for the show.

devedeset@lemmy.zip on 23 Sep 2025 06:46 next collapse

Not signing back up for Hulu after I canceled, fuck em

explodicle@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 2025 14:10 collapse

Good. Switching costs go both ways, there was probably someone who should’ve canceled but didn’t.

If they wanted your money, they never should’ve canceled Jimmy to begin with.

hotdogcharmer@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 07:00 next collapse

Lol, and now we get to watch everybody buy their memberships again and the company will move forward like nothing ever happened.

AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 2025 11:14 collapse

I mean at the very least, hopefully they (and others Trump inevitably goes after) won’t be so willing to cave to authoritarian demands without a fight.

That’s kind of the way this all works. If even the people that could definitely afford to fight this in court signal they’re willing to just comply, then there’s no hope for everyone else.

I think John Oliver put it best when he said the response should have been, and should always be going forward “Fuck you, make me.”

hotdogcharmer@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 13:46 collapse

Wait, so why wouldn’t they (and others trump goes after) be willing to cave without a fight?

We just watched them cave immediately without a fight, and then revert their decision after having “thoughtful conversations” behind the scenes that we’re not privy to.

We haven’t seen any victory, any pushback against this trampling of free speech, any principled disagreement. We’ve seen an immediate kowtowing.

I don’t know what those conversations behind the scenes entailed. I don’t know the future. But I’m going to predict the show that gets returned to air will be (even more) neutered. They won’t upset the administration again.

AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 2025 13:49 collapse

We’ll see what he does when he returned, but Trump is definitely pissy he didn’t get his way.

They demanded Kimmel be forced to apologize and I think pay money to the Charlie Kirk foundation. He did neither but for some reason his cancellation lasted less than a week.

They have the money and lawyers to fight this, they just didn’t want the hassle. Suddenly when it looked like it would be cutting into their profits they found the motivation to fight back.

We also haven’t heard from Carr as far as I know. This could still end up in court unless Carr is willing to just back down.

Almacca@aussie.zone on 23 Sep 2025 07:24 next collapse

I kinda wish Kimmel had told them to get fucked and went somewhere else, or started his own podcast.

We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy

You mean conversations with your lawyers. I’m sure Kimmel was lawyering up for breach of contract.

TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 23 Sep 2025 08:55 next collapse

I agree. “Yeah Disney, this is the consequence of your actions. Get fucked. Enjoy sucking Trump’s dick.” Would have been much better.

Bruncvik@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 10:49 collapse

Kimmel would have been okay, but by some estimates there are as many as 200 staff members out of their job, and he’d never be able to take all of them with him. As cathartic it would have been to see him levave Disney, staying was the best option for his team.

Someone@lemmy.ca on 23 Sep 2025 15:59 next collapse

And making it even harder would’ve been the fact that he makes it well known a significant portion of the people working on his show are members of his family.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today on 23 Sep 2025 21:06 collapse

Meanwhile, over at CBS, a similar staff are all out of jobs.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today on 23 Sep 2025 08:57 next collapse

I wrote a very angry letter, letting them know that I was switching my news source, cancelling Hulu, and in the future, I would pirate their content, and watch it without commercials.

That’s three revenue-sucking situations that every network hates, and it worked, they caved.

I also told them that I expect them to hold the line on free speech, and if Trump threatens to remove their FCC license, dare him to do it. That FCC license gives them a responsibility to this nation. Folding like they tried to do is unacceptable.

Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 10:52 next collapse

So you saved jimmy’s show?

FosterMolasses@leminal.space on 23 Sep 2025 10:56 next collapse

I believe the implication was that a significant amount of other people also did this.

Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 13:12 collapse

No, thats fairm i was needlessly pointing out how it seemed like they were taking credit for the whole thing. It was supposed to be a joke but looking back, it wasn’t very funny.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today on 23 Sep 2025 20:44 collapse

Yep, single-handedly.

No, of course not. But ALL corporations understand that one person that takes the time to write a coherent, logical letter, and doesn’t threaten sexual violence against their daughters and elderly relatives, represent, and are speaking for, a very large number of people who are just sitting at home, pissed off and talking to their families.

Get enough of those letters, and the data analysis people in Marketing start getting extremely nervous. That’s what happened here. In fact, the walls crumbled so quickly, that they must have received an overwhelming amount of angry communications.

llama@lemmy.zip on 23 Sep 2025 15:57 collapse

Also like why does the FCC license even matter anymore? For the three people left still watching ABC over the air?

Lootboblin@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 09:25 next collapse

Blah blah we want your money blah blah.

kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 23 Sep 2025 10:34 collapse

Exactly

Fuck em, arrr

Scrollone@feddit.it on 23 Sep 2025 21:14 collapse

They can die. I only pirate content from them, will never pay a dime.

peaceful_world_view@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 09:25 next collapse

The monologue will be fire.

Peppycito@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 2025 11:57 collapse

Indeed! But since it’s Kimmel we’ll have to wait and see if it’s funny.

FosterMolasses@leminal.space on 23 Sep 2025 12:04 next collapse

When TV’s tamest talkshow host gets his show banned, you know we’re in dystopian times.

So much for all the fascist right’s posturing on “free speech” lol

dan1101@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 12:22 next collapse

He might be tame but he leans liberal and that can’t be allowed because it hurts MAGA sensitive feelings. The lessons here is that MAGA positions immediately collapse under any sort of criticism or examination.

Never mind the hateful content Fox spews out 24/7.

SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca on 23 Sep 2025 16:00 collapse

Freedom warriors scared of a comedian.

Seleni@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 18:15 next collapse

They always are. Mel Brooks pointed that out years ago.

BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today on 23 Sep 2025 21:04 collapse

They know the tremendous power of strong propaganda, they have been developing the Conservative Propaganda Machine for decades.

They see this Blue Line at 11:30 pm, following the local news, and they know that even MAGAs, who tuned away from Fox News for a half hour to hear what happened in town, might accidentally end up staying tuned in, and hearing Colbert and Kimmel making fun of him.

They are far more than just comedians, they are chipping away at the wall in the brains of MAGA citizens. Every night they expose him for the buffoon he is, and eventually he is going to do something that even their MAGA followers think is buffoonery, and an entire brick will fall out of the wall. Once that happens, steady pressure will eventually make it crumble.

The Conservative Propaganda Machine understands all of this, and more. They have data tracking behavioral responses going back decades, and they have ALWAYS been hostile to the late night talk shows. Rather than adjust their behavior to reflect the rest of society, and thus avoid humiliation for their poor decisions, they would rather kill the messenger.

lennybird@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 16:03 next collapse

Key now is getting back to tying Trump to Epstein and Maxwell and call for the unaltered release of the Epstein files which was HIS OWN BROKEN PROMISE.

Keep pushing this message as it is one of the only messages that has induced a modicum of doubt in his core base, let alone swing-voters.

His approval-ratings have now fallen to Jimmy Carter levels, and we can get lower.

Jaysyn@lemmy.world on 23 Sep 2025 16:13 next collapse

Let’s go ahead & start calling & boycotting all of NexStar and Sinclair’s advertisers since they decided they aren’t going to have Kimmel back.

distractify.com/…/how-to-boycott-sinclair-broadca…

“OK, I keep getting asked about how to complain about Kimmel,” he wrote on Facebook. “The best way to complain that will have the biggest impact? See if you have a Sinclair or Nexstar station in your area. 2. Watch the local newscast tonight or sometime this week. 3. Note the companies that bought TV adverts. 4. Call them and let them know you will boycott them until they quit supporting that media company.”

“Trust me. I worked in TV for 45 years. Nothing you do will have greater impact. Nothing,” he continued. “This is a much more effective tool than cancelling Disney. We did cancel Disney but calling Joe’s Jeep dealership who is buying adds on the local Nexstar station will have a BIG impact. Joe doesn’t need that grief. He will find another station to buy adverts on.”

Also, they are fascists & deserve to be destroyed anyhow.

0x0@lemmy.zip on 23 Sep 2025 17:45 next collapse

Disney grew a spine?
Too little too late, sorry.

Samuelwankenobi@sh.itjust.works on 23 Sep 2025 17:58 next collapse

No they started losing money they still don’t really care

RagingRobot@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 2025 03:33 collapse

They have now earned the right to earn my business back. If they make something new that’s non marvel and interesting I’ll subscribe again

phutatorius@lemmy.zip on 24 Sep 2025 11:26 next collapse

It’ll be nice if Kimmel doubles down. He might as well, he should realize his career is fucked regardless of what he says.

Iambus@lemmy.world on 24 Sep 2025 14:27 collapse

Who’s to say this isn’t all a stunt to boost ratings?