These nitwits are like a pack of shovel carrying lefties who can’t resist the urge to dig deeper into the hole they’re in. It’s suicidal, but enjoyable to watch! 😂😂😂
For all of the skills Trump seems to possess, he truly is a terrible dictator. He can't even seem to accomplish the simplest task that any of the great dictators have in the past.
If you want to get even madder, listen to Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn talking about this issue today on America This Week. Both pretty pissed off! They point out the ACLU never bothered raising a voice when thousands of people were swept off internet platforms. Of course all these virtuous celebrities were silent as well.
That, and when all of the COVIDry that absolutely trampled the rights of hundreds of millions left them sitting on their hands. They'll sue the government in a heartbeat on the behalf of illegal aliens, though.
All those names are just the sycophant that wanna make sure that their name is seen by the bubble to protect their career-their souls were sold long ago
The ones I respect, even though I may not agree with them like Rob Schneider
Jim Carrey, Jenny McCarthy
Scott Adams Roseanne Barr
Those are the ones who deserve the kudos for standing up for what they believe in leaving their careers in peril
That list , a veritable ship of fools, is embarrassing for them
Disappointed that ABC / Disney caved. The Left is powerful in media and entertainment and they were undoubtedly putting on the full-court press to get Kimmel back on. His voice, and willingness to lie on behalf of his tribe, is very useful to the DNC to spread the Leftist messages to the population.
The question is not if ABC caved. The question is Sinclair and NexStar. They were the ones that said they would preempt his show. He loses at least a third if the national audience
Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns dozens of ABC affiliates, said it would not air the show until it is “confident that appropriate steps have been taken to uphold the standards expected of a national broadcast platform.”
The regional broadcasters flexed and ABC did blink .. ok no biggie
Free speech is back in vogue .
Hopefully Kimmel might have found out that contractually, he is not an actual king slayer with obnoxious opinions but a slave to his paymasters who might be losing patience with tanking ratings
I went with my wife to see a great low budget Indie film today called "Kangaroo Island". It explored the family dynamics in a family with members who were liberal/woke, and those who were conservative/Christian, and those just "normie" in the middle and not really wanting to take sides, eh? Showing with empathy the humanity and unique suffering of all the characters without demonising anyone.
Hollywood movies are typically boring woke crap these days. Indie, low budget films are way better. "Kangaroo Island" - I reckon Sasha would like this movie!!
Jimmy Kimmel stands in front of his audience, utters some hateful lines about or against Trump or his side and the audience applauds. They don't laugh - they applaud. That's because Kimmel is a propagandist engaged in the dehumanization of a group of people. He is NOT a comedian or a presenter or a host engaged in joke telling. He's nothing but a complete asshole as are many of the signers of the letter referenced in your post.
As I've posted on LAist and LA Times Instagram pages: As a MAGA Extremist Republican, I welcome Jimmy back from suspension. Here's hoping that, more than ever, he covers himself and his worshippers in his feculence. The DNC should become an overt sponsor! :D
Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns dozens of ABC affiliates, said it would not air the show until it is “confident that appropriate steps have been taken to uphold the standards expected of a national broadcast platform.”
That’s what I’ve decided as well. How can a show that had its ratings drop 72% over the past year and with the host getting $16 million a year be financially viable for a network or its owner? I believe there’s money coming in from ‘other revenue streams.’ Big Pharma, the DNC, Soros are likely suspects. How it’s done, I don’t have a clue.
I'm glad. Let them continue to eat their own cake. Hope they gorge themselves on it. It would have been wonderful IF Carr hadn't stepped in and said what he said. ABC tried to use Trump as an excuse. Let them do their own dirty work. If they want to be a charity for late-night monologues, let them. I didn't want them to have it as a talking point or a campaign point. Go right ahead. Show us all who you are. Over and over and over again.
I think with Carr opening his asinine pie hole, this was the way everything had to go. My guess is Jimbo runs the rest of his contract and they don’t renew. This way, at least the POS doesn’t get to sit at home and play martyr all while being paid. Now, he’ll have to continue to dance his seal dance for his Betters and sing the songs they want him to sing, whether it be Pharma or the DNC.
I don't think any voter will be fooled by this. The evidence of censorship of republicans isn't so long ago to be forgotten. If they thought to themselves, we'll make this a rallying cry and our voters will rush to vote for us because some unfunny late night talk show host was suspended - I don't think they know their own voters let alone anyone else. The new Republican voters would never have watched Kimmel. Actually I'm not sure who ever did...
LOL. I didn't care when he left, and I do not care that he's back. The last time I watched him he was doing stupid stuff in football broadcasts. Never struck me as funny so I haven't followed his work since.
To me the most amazing thing is that ABC is owned by publicly listed companies (namely Disney). the CEO and executives at Disney have a fiduciary duty to shareholders to maximize value. It's actually a legal obligation. If Kimmel is truly losing a material amount of money, they are saying "we do not acknowledge our fiduciary responsibility and are willing to lose our corporation, and thus shareholders, money." Calculus must be that the board and shareholders will be ok with that and not sue.
Yeah its definitely true that the management doesn't care about their typical viewer (or they DO care about "people", but mostly the people that run in the same social circles as CEOs - celebrities and so forth). Still, corporate management gets sued for all sorts of stuff like issuing options, poison pills, etc., when these activities destroy shareholder value. But paying a celebrity millions of dollars and airing a show that in turn loses the company millions of dollars (if the reporting is to be believed) seems like a no-brainer for corporate litigators and unhappy shareholders.
What I don't understand is why bring back a show that is losing money and nobody is watching? Clearly, it is ALL smoke and mirrors and optics. These 5 talk nightly shows combined cost half a billion dollars to produce, and have very low ratings, so what is the incentive to keep them on, and who is really paying these enormous costs? Where is the money for this Uncanny Valley ghoul culture coming from? Don't forget, in contrast, when they cancelled Roseanne's TV show in two seconds for a tweet, it was the number one program in America. It is depressing to see all those names of once supposed alt musicians (AKA Ad Rock, Adam Horowitz, second name on the list) and once great directors. No one should be watching/buying any of their shit anymore. These people are malignant and full of contempt for their audiences, as you wrote. I was a film critic for two decades and I haven't gone to see a new movie in years. The list is also an exposure Op. Btw, Sasha, I watched a 1981 movie by Michael Crichton called Looker the other night. If you don't know it, definitely check it out. The movie is a big disclosure/revelation of the method about AI, deepfakes, CGI, etc. They've had these technologies and have been spinning these narratives and false flags for a century, if not more.
My guess: all networks have other content to sell, and talk shows provide a historically large audience to sell them to buy tickets/toys/clothing and make much larger sums. Without them, it likely devolves into podcasts with lower audience share/engagement to manage, and less advertising revenue. And that may in turn accelerate the drop off in TV audience numbers.
This news is not surprising. Just when it seemed a corporation had principles, it goes back to its craven, worm-like posture and puts this dope back on the air. I hope for most, this won’t change anything. I didn’t watch him before, and I won’t watch him now. What I’m going to really dislike are the clips of this smug asshole going on about how he was a victim in all this and how “Free Speech™️Prevailed!”
Boycott Disney. Stop giving money to people who hate you. Vote with your wallet.
I did that 35 yrs ago. I still don't own a TV. It didn't seem to help
These nitwits are like a pack of shovel carrying lefties who can’t resist the urge to dig deeper into the hole they’re in. It’s suicidal, but enjoyable to watch! 😂😂😂
So it appears the Network isn't concerned about their broadcasting license being revoked by "Trump's authoritarian regime" after all❕️
For all of the skills Trump seems to possess, he truly is a terrible dictator. He can't even seem to accomplish the simplest task that any of the great dictators have in the past.
Certainly not lefties. Democrats. Thats all
LMAO, they do make quite a spectacle of themselves, don’t they!
Problem is, only the elites can afford going to Disney anymore. So Disney doesn't care. "The people" cannot afford them to begin with to boycott them.
Absolutely!
AI will take care of them.
Boycotts are why they put him back on the air you fuck wit.
Sewer mouth.
Really Jack, with the language. There are children here. 🙄😂
No… you stupid fuck.
If you want to get even madder, listen to Matt Taibbi and Walter Kirn talking about this issue today on America This Week. Both pretty pissed off! They point out the ACLU never bothered raising a voice when thousands of people were swept off internet platforms. Of course all these virtuous celebrities were silent as well.
Right you are--no movie stars weighed in when Matt Taibbi uncovered censorship in the Twitter Files. Free link:
https://www.racket.news/p/capsule-summaries-of-all-twitter
That’s how you can tell the ACLU are a bunch of frauds.
That, and when all of the COVIDry that absolutely trampled the rights of hundreds of millions left them sitting on their hands. They'll sue the government in a heartbeat on the behalf of illegal aliens, though.
Commies
Taibbi and Kirn are also getting people do something radical, read a book. this month it is Camus's The Fall
It’s actually the ACLLU
American civil liberal liberty Union
There is no conservatives that they care about
All those names are just the sycophant that wanna make sure that their name is seen by the bubble to protect their career-their souls were sold long ago
The ones I respect, even though I may not agree with them like Rob Schneider
Jim Carrey, Jenny McCarthy
Scott Adams Roseanne Barr
Those are the ones who deserve the kudos for standing up for what they believe in leaving their careers in peril
That list , a veritable ship of fools, is embarrassing for them
I have no use for any of it
It’s just shameful
Disappointed that ABC / Disney caved. The Left is powerful in media and entertainment and they were undoubtedly putting on the full-court press to get Kimmel back on. His voice, and willingness to lie on behalf of his tribe, is very useful to the DNC to spread the Leftist messages to the population.
The question is not if ABC caved. The question is Sinclair and NexStar. They were the ones that said they would preempt his show. He loses at least a third if the national audience
Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns dozens of ABC affiliates, said it would not air the show until it is “confident that appropriate steps have been taken to uphold the standards expected of a national broadcast platform.”
The regional broadcasters flexed and ABC did blink .. ok no biggie
Free speech is back in vogue .
Hopefully Kimmel might have found out that contractually, he is not an actual king slayer with obnoxious opinions but a slave to his paymasters who might be losing patience with tanking ratings
What they should do is play reruns of "The Man Show" in it's place
Did they mean it?
I suspect that they are giving him enough rope to hang himself, not realizing that their "entertainment" model is a rotting corpse already.
I went with my wife to see a great low budget Indie film today called "Kangaroo Island". It explored the family dynamics in a family with members who were liberal/woke, and those who were conservative/Christian, and those just "normie" in the middle and not really wanting to take sides, eh? Showing with empathy the humanity and unique suffering of all the characters without demonising anyone.
Hollywood movies are typically boring woke crap these days. Indie, low budget films are way better. "Kangaroo Island" - I reckon Sasha would like this movie!!
Seriously? You expected anything else?
Jimmy Kimmel stands in front of his audience, utters some hateful lines about or against Trump or his side and the audience applauds. They don't laugh - they applaud. That's because Kimmel is a propagandist engaged in the dehumanization of a group of people. He is NOT a comedian or a presenter or a host engaged in joke telling. He's nothing but a complete asshole as are many of the signers of the letter referenced in your post.
It likely will be noted in amongst the Hollywooders is who was offered to sign, but declined.
You spelled "Charlie Kirk" wrong.
There you go again
When it's not true, why buy it?
You really need to get a life and a goal. You're like the mold on my shower curtain; you always come back.
As I've posted on LAist and LA Times Instagram pages: As a MAGA Extremist Republican, I welcome Jimmy back from suspension. Here's hoping that, more than ever, he covers himself and his worshippers in his feculence. The DNC should become an overt sponsor! :D
"Feculence"... that's a vocabulary keeper.
Agreed. My "word of the day"!
...personally? ... I always thought Kimmel's salary WAS an in-kind donation to the DNC ...
Yep, the more we allow these deranged lunatics to speak, the better it is for conservatives.
Love new words…how perfectly apropos.
Yes! This can only help Republicans!
Thank you Sasha. Kimmel’s show won’t last long.
And after a few weeks when ratings tank, they can say canning him is due to financial reasons.
The wild card is Sinclair and Nexstar.
Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns dozens of ABC affiliates, said it would not air the show until it is “confident that appropriate steps have been taken to uphold the standards expected of a national broadcast platform.”
AKA ratings that garner revenue.
I actually think this is the plan
They can just let his contract expire in the spring.
I give it several weeks.
Then again, I have never watched a single episode.
Like I care what Ben and Meryl have to say...
Stay in your own lane.
He's hot now. I predict he will officiate at an important awards show in the near future.
"an important awards show", oxymoron.
Yes, I think Elmer intended that to be sarcastic.
Yes it will. It's being financed by outside sources. USAID got destroyed, there is a ton of others to step in.
That’s what I’ve decided as well. How can a show that had its ratings drop 72% over the past year and with the host getting $16 million a year be financially viable for a network or its owner? I believe there’s money coming in from ‘other revenue streams.’ Big Pharma, the DNC, Soros are likely suspects. How it’s done, I don’t have a clue.
Pfizer.
I didn’t watch him before and I won’t watch him now.
Too bad we can't bring back Charlie Kirk.
I'm glad. Let them continue to eat their own cake. Hope they gorge themselves on it. It would have been wonderful IF Carr hadn't stepped in and said what he said. ABC tried to use Trump as an excuse. Let them do their own dirty work. If they want to be a charity for late-night monologues, let them. I didn't want them to have it as a talking point or a campaign point. Go right ahead. Show us all who you are. Over and over and over again.
I think with Carr opening his asinine pie hole, this was the way everything had to go. My guess is Jimbo runs the rest of his contract and they don’t renew. This way, at least the POS doesn’t get to sit at home and play martyr all while being paid. Now, he’ll have to continue to dance his seal dance for his Betters and sing the songs they want him to sing, whether it be Pharma or the DNC.
Carr was trying to play up to Trump’s ego, by using that ambiguous tough talk.
I don't think any voter will be fooled by this. The evidence of censorship of republicans isn't so long ago to be forgotten. If they thought to themselves, we'll make this a rallying cry and our voters will rush to vote for us because some unfunny late night talk show host was suspended - I don't think they know their own voters let alone anyone else. The new Republican voters would never have watched Kimmel. Actually I'm not sure who ever did...
I hope Nextstar and Sinclair stand firm. Kimmel is a pimple in the path of progress.
Bet they don't. I think the whole thing a set-up that the right swallowed - hook, line, and sinker.
LOL. I didn't care when he left, and I do not care that he's back. The last time I watched him he was doing stupid stuff in football broadcasts. Never struck me as funny so I haven't followed his work since.
To me the most amazing thing is that ABC is owned by publicly listed companies (namely Disney). the CEO and executives at Disney have a fiduciary duty to shareholders to maximize value. It's actually a legal obligation. If Kimmel is truly losing a material amount of money, they are saying "we do not acknowledge our fiduciary responsibility and are willing to lose our corporation, and thus shareholders, money." Calculus must be that the board and shareholders will be ok with that and not sue.
Remember when Bud Light lost a ton of money when they had all the Trans stuff? And Target? I don't think they care about the people
Yeah its definitely true that the management doesn't care about their typical viewer (or they DO care about "people", but mostly the people that run in the same social circles as CEOs - celebrities and so forth). Still, corporate management gets sued for all sorts of stuff like issuing options, poison pills, etc., when these activities destroy shareholder value. But paying a celebrity millions of dollars and airing a show that in turn loses the company millions of dollars (if the reporting is to be believed) seems like a no-brainer for corporate litigators and unhappy shareholders.
From what I've seen, Disney stock has been hemorrhaging for well over 7-8 months.
He's back? Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn.
The people who signed this letter are completely disconnected from Americans who get up every day to do the jobs that makes this country run.
What I don't understand is why bring back a show that is losing money and nobody is watching? Clearly, it is ALL smoke and mirrors and optics. These 5 talk nightly shows combined cost half a billion dollars to produce, and have very low ratings, so what is the incentive to keep them on, and who is really paying these enormous costs? Where is the money for this Uncanny Valley ghoul culture coming from? Don't forget, in contrast, when they cancelled Roseanne's TV show in two seconds for a tweet, it was the number one program in America. It is depressing to see all those names of once supposed alt musicians (AKA Ad Rock, Adam Horowitz, second name on the list) and once great directors. No one should be watching/buying any of their shit anymore. These people are malignant and full of contempt for their audiences, as you wrote. I was a film critic for two decades and I haven't gone to see a new movie in years. The list is also an exposure Op. Btw, Sasha, I watched a 1981 movie by Michael Crichton called Looker the other night. If you don't know it, definitely check it out. The movie is a big disclosure/revelation of the method about AI, deepfakes, CGI, etc. They've had these technologies and have been spinning these narratives and false flags for a century, if not more.
My husband and I watched Looker a few months ago. I second your recommendation.
What a coincidence! Somehow I'd never seen it before. Should be paired with Carpenter's They Live.
Another good one!
Because it costs money to terminate him too. He has a contract. It expires next year.
Is money really a problem for these people? It's nothing for them. They also spent a billion dollars of wasted money on Kamala Harris' campaign.
My guess: all networks have other content to sell, and talk shows provide a historically large audience to sell them to buy tickets/toys/clothing and make much larger sums. Without them, it likely devolves into podcasts with lower audience share/engagement to manage, and less advertising revenue. And that may in turn accelerate the drop off in TV audience numbers.
"talk shows provide a historically large audience"; what color is the sky in your universe?
This news is not surprising. Just when it seemed a corporation had principles, it goes back to its craven, worm-like posture and puts this dope back on the air. I hope for most, this won’t change anything. I didn’t watch him before, and I won’t watch him now. What I’m going to really dislike are the clips of this smug asshole going on about how he was a victim in all this and how “Free Speech™️Prevailed!”