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Sinclair reveals that it asked ABC to create a CBS-like ombudsman while backing down on Jimmy Kimmel suspension

Sinclair said that removing Kimmel was free speech itself and it’s “inconsistent to champion free speech while demanding that broadcasters air specific content.”

Fortune

One Reason Disney Paused Jimmy Kimmel Allegedly Had Nothing To Do With Business And Everything To Do With Employee Safety

Sources drop claims about what was happening.

Cinemablend

Kimmel controversy highlights ‘wildly dangerous’ consolidation of TV broadcasting

Rush to ‘preempt’ Kimmel’s talkshow after FCC chair’s threats comes as broadcasters seek merger approvals

The Guardian - US

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Jimmy Kimmel offers rare thanks to Donald Trump after huge ratings boost

‘We couldn’t have done it without you, Mr President,’ quips late-night host

The Independent UK

Disney investors argue Kimmel's suspension hurt profits, demand investigation

The group of Disney investors is also demanding access to company records.

Axios

Behind the fall and resurrection of Jimmy Kimmel is a $6.2 billion merger and the companies that serve rural, conservative audiences

FCC pressure and multibillion-dollar mergers aren’t even the full story. The future of linear TV is up for grabs.

Fortune

Democrats to Trump: Stop Jawboning, That's Our Job!

Democrats are vowing to break up media companies that kowtowed to Trump if they take back power.

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Disney investors demand details into company’s Jimmy Kimmel suspension

Shareholders want ABC owner to turn over documents related to decision to temporarily suspend late-night show

The Guardian - US

FCC Threats Against Jimmy Kimmel Echo a Century of Speech Control

From the Fairness Doctrine to Nixon’s “raised eyebrow,” government licensing power has long chilled broadcast speech—proving the First Amendment should apply fully to the airwaves.

Reason

They’ve finally gone there: South Park lets rip at Benjamin Netanyahu

No matter how hot the political temperature, Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s show can be counted on to go for the jugular. And with Brendan Carr in a mountain of poo and Israel’s PM in its sights, the latest episode doesn’t pull any punches

The Guardian - US

Jimmy Kimmel relentlessly mocks ‘bully’ Trump after returning from suspension

Late-night host explains why he talks about the president ‘more than anything’

The Independent UK

Record ratings for Jimmy Kimmel's return despite ABC affiliates refusing to air show

Jimmy Kimmel Live! has tripled its average ratings - despite about a quarter of ABC stations in the US not airing the show's return.

Euronews

South Park takes aim at FCC chair Brendan Carr in first episode since death of Charlie Kirk

President Donald Trump is depicted attempting to abort his child with Satan in the near-the-knuckle new episode

The Independent UK

How the First Amendment protects Americans’ speech − and how it does not

Imagine a protest outside the funeral of a popular political leader, with some of the protesters celebrating the death and holding signs that say things like “God Hates the USA/Thank God for 9/11,” “America is Doomed” and “Don’t Pray for the USA.”

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The Guardian - US

With Kimmel’s suspension, the FCC chair made himself Trump’s chief of comedy

Brendan Carr, head of the Federal Communications Commission, is fulfilling the ‘authoritarian’s dream’ he once decried

International Business Times UK

Jimmy Kimmel Taunts Trump, Saying His Plan to Silence Him 'Backfired Bigly' in Scathing Monologue

Jimmy Kimmel returned to ABC on 23 September 2025 with a defiant monologue that was aimed at President Trump and regulators; the comeback exposed legal threats, affiliate blackouts and a broader battle over free speech on broadcast television.

Reason

Google Says Biden Admin Pressured Company To Remove Content

Plus: ICE helps arrest sex workers, the SIM farm "security threat," Waymo car crashes caused by human error, and more...

Fortune

Trump slams Jimmy Kimmel’s return, says ‘We’re going to test ABC out on this’ because ‘last time I went after them, they gave me $16 million’

“The president of the United States made it very clear he wants to see me and the hundreds of people who work here fired from our jobs,” Kimmel said in his return to late-night.

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After A Tearful Monologue, Inside Source Reveals Jimmy Kimmel’s Staff Threatened To Walk Out

Jimmy Kimmel returned from a weeklong suspension with an emotional monologue addressing the controversy over his comments on Charlie Kirk.

Evening Standard

The Jimmy Kimmel saga explained — what happened and what did he say?

What did the comic do to get pushed off air in the first place? Here’s everything we know

Euronews

Jimmy Kimmel returns: DeNiro cameos as Disney decides to up its prices

Jimmy Kimmel returned last night and delivered an opening monologue that earned him several standing ovations. He even had Robert DeNiro cameo for a skit about freedom of speech. Amid the suspension fallout, Disney announced a price hike of its streaming services. Talk about poor timing...

The Independent UK

What Jimmy Kimmel said in his first monologue on return from suspension

Jimmy Kimmel has returned to his late-night show after a suspension following remarks about Charlie Kirk's killing

Axios

Kimmel returns with monologue defending free speech: "We have to stand up"

"Our government cannot be allowed to control what we do and do not say on television," Kimmel said.

Euronews

Jimmy Kimmel returns to air, addresses Charlie Kirk comments during emotional monologue

In an emotional mologue, the late-night host thanked those who supported him, addressed the comments he made about Charlie Kirk, and criticised the government and ABC affiliates who took his show off the air.

Reason

Trump's Vision of Broadcast Regulation Is a Threat to Conservatives

History suggests that Republicans will regret letting the FCC police TV programming.

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