Overview

• Thursday and Friday broadcasts bypassed any mention of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, with segments instead on Kamala Harris’s memoir and celebrity interviews.
• Multiple insider accounts describe staff and hosts in panic over job security, with reports that Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg wanted to discuss the issue but were told not to.
• FCC Chair Brendan Carr praised ABC’s action and suggested examining whether The View still qualifies as a “bona fide news” program exempt from equal-opportunity rules, though no formal review has been announced.
• ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Sept. 17 following his monologue about Charlie Kirk’s killing; production paused, parts of the set were moved, affiliates aired replacements, and staff are still being paid.
• President Trump applauded the network’s decision, and Sinclair reportedly set conditions for lifting the suspension that include an apology to Kirk’s family and a donation to Turning Point USA.