"But the bit prompted Trump-appointed Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr to threaten pulling the broadcast licenses of any stations that continued to air Kimmel's late-night show. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way," Carr said in an interview with right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson. "These companies can find ways to change conduct and take action, frankly, on Kimmel or there's going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.""
"Within hours of Carr's threat, Nexstar Media Group - the country's largest TV station owner - announced that its ABC affiliates would indefinitely preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live. Nexstar's move read clearly as an attempt at currying favor with Carr's FCC, whose approval will be required in order for Nexstar's $6.2 billion merger with fellow broadcaster Tegna to go through. And soon after, ABC endorsed Nexstar's decision to capitulate to Trump by suspending Kimmel's program for the foreseeable future."
Jimmy Kimmel Live was placed on indefinite suspension by ABC, a Disney-owned broadcaster, after Kimmel made a mild joke about Donald Trump referencing White House ballroom construction following a question about Charlie Kirk being shot. Trump-appointed Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr threatened to pull broadcast licenses from stations that continued to air Kimmel's late-night show. Within hours, Nexstar Media Group announced that its ABC affiliates would indefinitely preempt Kimmel's program, a move intended to curry favor with the FCC ahead of Nexstar's $6.2 billion merger with Tegna. ABC endorsed Nexstar's decision by suspending the show, demonstrating corporate capitulation to political pressure and risking damage to the Disney brand.
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