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TV hosts celebrate Kimmel’s return to air after ‘massive backlash to Trump’s crackdown on free speech’
['Rachel Leingang']
Guardian South Asia
Late-night television hosts credited people who boycotted Disney for getting Jimmy Kimmel’s late night TV show back on the air after the corporation had indefinitely suspended Kimmel amid pressure from the Trump administration.
The suspension came after the FCC chair, Brendan Carr, threatened the agency could come after those who play Kimmel’s show after comments Kimmel made about Charlie Kirk’s shooter.
“Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live!
In a statement, Nexstar said, “We made a decision last week to pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel Live!
following what ABC referred to as Mr. Kimmel’s ‘ill-timed and insensitive’ comments at a critical time in our national discourse.
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