FCC Chair Brendan Carr defends ABC affiliate that's now showing 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' despite his reinstatement

"In a post on X Tuesday, Carr said Democrats were "engaged in nothing more than Projection and Distortion." "Projection because Democrats are the ones that spent years illegally weaponizing government to silence dissent. And it is Democrats that will do it all again-as they are openly telling you today," he wrote. "Distortion because Democrats want to blame anything other than Disney and their local TV stations for Kimmel's suspension."

"In his Tuesday X post, Carr added it was "a good thing" that "any local TV stations have pushed back on a national programmer like Disney," which is ABC's owner. "After all, local TV stations-not the national programmers-have public interest obligations, and they should be making decisions that in their view meets the needs of their local communities," he said."

"Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr has defended the ABC affiliate that will not show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" despite the broadcaster reinstating the late-night star. Carr was responding to an X post by California state senator Scott Weiner. Weiner had posted that he wanted to break up Sinclair, ABC's largest affiliate, which has said it will replace "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" with news programming. Sinclair said it was still evaluating the show's "potential return.""

Brendan Carr defended an ABC affiliate's decision to not air Jimmy Kimmel Live! even after ABC reinstated the host. Carr accused Democrats of "Projection and Distortion," alleging they spent years illegally weaponizing government to silence dissent and now seek to blame Disney and local stations for Kimmel's suspension. Carr said local TV stations have public interest obligations and praised pushback against national programmers like Disney. California state senator Scott Weiner called for breaking up Sinclair, which plans to replace Kimmel with news programming while evaluating the show's potential return. Jimmy Kimmel was suspended after comments about Charlie Kirk and is set to return Tuesday night.

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