Overview

• ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely after Nexstar and other ABC affiliates said they would preempt the show following Kimmel’s remarks about reactions to Charlie Kirk’s killing.
• FCC Chair Brendan Carr publicly warned Disney and ABC about Kimmel’s commentary, saying, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” while asserting the agency had a strong case for accountability.
• Breaking his usual Monday schedule, Jon Stewart hosted The Daily Show on Sept. 18 and opened with a 23‑minute “patriotically obedient” pro‑Trump parody that satirized government pressure and corporate leverage over programming.
• The episode featured Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa as the guest, aligning the segment’s theme with press‑freedom concerns raised by Kimmel’s suspension.
• Kimmel has not commented publicly; supporters say Carr misread his monologue, and President Trump incorrectly claimed Kimmel was “fired” as other late‑night hosts and unions criticized the suspension as censorship.