ABC Bows to Woke Mob and Grants Jimmy Kimmel Another Year to Lose the Network Money and Prestige

When ABC took Kimmel off the air for five minutes, woke leftists announced a boycott of the company. He was back within days.

So of course ABC can't just let him go now. The woke mob has spoken.

They've renewed his unfunny fat show (yes, his whole show is fat, it needs Atkins in its life) for "at least" a year.

ABC has extended Jimmy Kimmel's show for at least one year after the late-night comedian was suspended in September for his controversial comments about Charlie Kirk's assassin, The Post has learned.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" will continue to air on the Disney-owned network until at least May 2027 under the new deal, a source told The Post.

Kimmel, 58 -- whose current contract expires in May 2026 -- told his staff on Monday that the show was renewed, according to Bloomberg, which earlier reported the news.

The agreement was reached months ago, but Kimmel and Disney held off making the announcement out of respect for late-night host Stephen Colbert, according to the report.

Oh, the agreement was reached during the woke freak-out? Not surprising at all.

CBS in May announced Colbert's show would end in May 2026, and Kimmel did not want to leave at the same time as Colbert, the report said.

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His suspension came just a few hours after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr warned the network and Disney that "we can do this the easy or the hard way."

As I said at the time: Carr does in fact have the right to threaten that. There is a category of show called a "bona fide news program" which is allowed to be partisan without any "equal time" requirements. Any show that is not a "bona fide news program" cannot openly propagandize for a party without invoking the still-existing "equal time" rules.

Obviously Jimmy Kimmel (and The View) are emphatically not "bona fide news programs" so they either have to be balanced and avoid outright lying or else the GOP is entitled to run their own "equal time" propaganda shows on ABC's airwaves.

Speaking of unearned privilege:

Via Ed Driscoll of Instapundit, who links it with the amazing quote of this historic figure: "It is time for us to do what we have been doing. And that time is every day."

More amazing wisdom from this Philosopher Poet:

posted by Ace at 03:24 PM

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