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To: Bill who wrote (1559962)	9/19/2025 12:38:07 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	2 Recommendations Recommended By pocotrader sylvester80 Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1583613

Bill, The local distribution networks took the guy off the air. That's a distinction that makes no difference. The corporate big wigs all feared Trump. Nexstar and Sinclair, the owners of the local distribution networks that were going to take Kimmel off the air, all feared the FCC. The FCC chair claimed credit for it on Benny Johnson's Z-propaganda channel: Disney Pulls Jimmy Kimmel’s Show After Kirk Remarks (WSJ) Nexstar is currently seeking FCC approval for their multi-billion dollar acquisition of another broadcasting company. Totally not a conflict of interest, AMIRITE? Sinclair also feared backlash from the Trump regime and his cultists, which is why they demanded Kimmel apologize for his remarks. Most of the 30 ABC affiliates that they operate are in "red states" or "red regions" ... en.wikipedia.org Disney could have kept Kimmel on the air, but they chose the coward's way out because again, they feared Trump. No matter how you spin this, the corporate big wigs all cancelled Kimmel under tremendous political pressure from Trump and the 40% of Americans who still support him. That's government censorship no matter how you slice it. It has nothing to do with ratings, despite what the Z-trolls Tim Pool and Benny Johnson are telling you. Tenchusatsu

To: Bill who wrote (1559962)	9/19/2025 3:36:10 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	2 Recommendations Recommended By pocotrader sylvester80 Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1583613

Just to be sure, Bill, Jake Tapper of CNN contradicts your narrative that the cancellation came from the bottom-up ... Why was Jimmy Kimmel's show pulled? Jake Tapper says, 'follow the money' (CNN, YouTube short) Tapper says that the FCC chair, Brendan Carr, went on the show of RuZZian propagandist Benny Johnson and called on local TV stations to drop Kimmel. That interview was posted on Wednesday at 1:01 PM. Within hours, Nexstar announces that their stations will pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel. The timing matters, Bill, because now you can't pretend that the FCC was merely reacting to actions that the local stations supposedly took on their own behalf. There was no sign that there'd be a mass pre-emption of Kimmel's show until the order came from up top. (And just a reminder, Nexstar is trying to get FCC approval for a huge billion dollar merger, so of course they are going to bend the knee and kiss the ring. Anything to please the regulators.) Tenchusatsu

To: Bill who wrote (1559962)	9/19/2025 6:26:44 PM
From: pocotrader	2 Recommendations Recommended By sylvester80 Tenchusatsu Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1583613

Bill you should not believe everything trump says, he lies about everything Did Jimmy Kimmel have bad ratings? It's more complicated than Trump suggests With Jimmy Kimmel Live pulled from ABC's lineup there is a lot of discussion about his show's ratings, which aren't as bad as they're being made out to be. By Cody Schultz\| Sep 18, 2025 On Sept. 17, ABC shocked the world when it announced its decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel Livefrom its lineup indefinitely. The move was made by Disney heads to “tamp down controversy after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr called Kimmel’s comments about Charlie Kirk’s killer ‘some of the sickest conduct possible’,” per Deadline. In the immediate wake of the decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live, President Donald Trump has spoken out openly, supporting the move and alleging that it’s the result of Kimmel’s poor ratings. Trump himself told reporters Kimmel was “fired because of bad ratings more than anything else.” (Note, Kimmel has not been fired as of press time.) This has led to a wave of interest in the truth about Kimmel’s ratings, and the truth is complicated. Unlike with scripted primetime shows and streaming originals, the late-night ratings are not widely reported daily. This makes it difficult to pull data immediately; however, there are reliable sources such as LateNighter, which helps circulate the ratings for various late-night shows with quarterly and monthly updates. In its review of the second quarter numbers, Jimmy Kimmel Live averaged 1.7 million total viewers, making it the second most-watched show in its 11:35 pm time slot and the third-most-watched late-night program behind Gutfeld and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Of these two shows, Gutfeld reaps the benefit of airing 95 minutes earlier than The Late Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and The Tonight Show, with a 10 p.m. release time putting it in the primetime block rather than in the official late-night block of programs airing after 11 p.m. nightly. Quarter over quarter, Jimmy Kimmel Live was down just 3% from the first quarter of the year. This slight dip comes as the show aired fewer original episodes during the second quarter of the year, meaning that its small ratings decline aligned with the show airing fewer new episodes. In the coveted 18-49 demographic, Jimmy Kimmel Livewas actually No. 1 in its time slot among the 18–49 demographic, rising 24% quarter over quarter. The only show that reached a larger audience in the demographic was Gutfeld, which again reaps the benefit of airing in primetime and was actually down 22% quarter over quarter. While the narrative being pushed is that Jimmy Kimmel Live was pulled due to low ratings, that’s simply not the case. The show’s ratings have not taken a drastic hit, but rather continue to be a reflection of the way audiences consume media. Linear ratings across the board are down as more viewers are watching shows online. This is true for Jimmy Kimmel Live where its clips are routinely viewed by millions of viewers across YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. In fact, Jimmy Kimmel Live has one of the biggest YouTube subscriber counts in late-night with 20.7 million subscribers. The numbers don’t tell the story of a host losing his audience — they tell the story of a shifting industry. And the reality is, his ratings had nothing to do with ABC's decision to pull the show.