"This is now the second late-night show getting yanked after CBS announced in July that it would cancel The Late Show With Stephen Colbert just days after he criticized the network's parent company, Paramount, for paying $16 million to settle Donald Trump's absurd lawsuit against 60 Minutes. The company claimed that cancellation was due to budget shortfalls, but few people honestly believe that."
"Trump has not exactly stayed on message, if you can believe it. On Wednesday, he suggested that Kimmel was canned because of ratings and implied that NBC should cancel Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers' shows as well. On Thursday, Trump said Kimmel was fired not just because of ratings but also because "he said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk.""
"But later that day, Trump blurted out to reporters aboard Air Force One that, actually, network TV just can't have shows that criticize him. "When you have a network, and you have evening shows, and all they do is hit Trump, that's all they do," he said. "They're licensed, they're not allowed to do that. They're an arm of the Democrat party.""
ABC indefinitely removed Jimmy Kimmel Live! after complaints to the FCC about comments regarding the alleged killer of Charlie Kirk. CBS previously canceled The Late Show With Stephen Colbert days after he criticized Paramount's $16 million settlement of Donald Trump's lawsuit against 60 Minutes, with the company citing budget shortfalls that many doubt. President Trump offered conflicting explanations, accusing shows of poor ratings, condemning criticism of himself, and claiming networks cannot run programs that attack him. Local ABC owners and presidential sensitivity to satire contributed to the cancellations, raising First Amendment and censorship concerns.
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