ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” returns Tuesday night, but Nexstar and Sinclair are keeping the show off their affiliate stations.
Four Democratic lawmakers are opening a probe into Nexstar and Sinclair, two major TV station owners that are refusing to air Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show amid criticism of his on-air comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
In a letter, first obtained by NBC News, the lawmakers asked the corporate heads of both companies for more information about their decisions to pre-empt airings of ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and “how those decisions may relate to regulatory issues pending with the Trump administration.”
“If you suspended a late-night comedian’s show in part to seek regulatory favors from the administration, you have not only assisted the administration in eroding First Amendment freedoms but also create the appearance of a possible quid-pro-quo arrangement that could implicate federal anti-corruption laws,” the lawmakers wrote.
They need to see it’ll be worth it with the citizens; if not enough people complain, they’ll let it slide.
I can do this too!
Democrats bad. Don’t vote.
The definition of the Democratic party. Spending all its time doing “strategic” politics with the right wing. They’re so use to it now they’re moving perfectly into their phase of “we need to work with the fascist guys. Come on! Bipartisan compromise! We can totally get healthcare passed. But just healthcare for the people in the concentration camps. Clearly we still need to do means testing. How could we afford it otherwise?”
Goddamn Vichy collaborators