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Re: ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair

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Post by mooreds » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 11:31 PM UTC

tptacek wrote: post #17

Keep in mind that Kimmel has been hinting about retiring for a couple years now, his contract was up in the air, the "late night television show" category is evaporating (if there's still even a Tonight Show in 10 years, it'll be purely for nostalgia), and this sends Kimmel out in a blaze of glory. I think it's too easy to sort of anthropomorphize these kinds of conflicts --- Kimmel's show has a large staff, and he's…

Here's a video of the Maher reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1c672...

Re: ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair

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Post by tptacek » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 11:32 PM UTC

armenarmen wrote: post #12

The right, has for the past decade or so taken a moral high ground with regards to cancelation. Seems that now they've adopted a "turnaround is fair play" mentality.

This is one of those interminable sprawling message board arguments that has a really simple resolution nobody wants to accept, which is that commitment to free expression and "right/left" are mostly orthogonal, and both the right and the left weaponize commitment to free expression when it makes sense for them to.

Re: ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair

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Post by sky2224 » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 11:32 PM UTC

cmrdporcupine wrote: post #51

Why has this been flagged?

As much as I'd also appreciate a discussion on something like this, it's heavily political and HN isn't really the place for that unless it's directly related to tech.

Re: ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair

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Post by fullshark » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 11:32 PM UTC

epicureanideal wrote: post #19

armenarmen wrote: post #12

The right, has for the past decade or so taken a moral high ground with regards to cancelation. Seems that now they've adopted a "turnaround is fair play" mentality.

Is there some way the two sides could reliably arrive at a truce on the issue of cancellation?

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Re: ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair

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Post by tptacek » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 11:33 PM UTC

breadwinner wrote: post #45

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Colbert was almost certainly on track to be cancelled anyways. The program was tremendously expensive and was losing boatloads of money. I don't know if Trump accelerated the cancellation or not, but the writing was on the wall.

Re: ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair

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Post by tenuousemphasis » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 11:33 PM UTC

wiskinator wrote: post #10

We are in so much trouble as a society. The real danger here is that ABC did it before the White House ordered or told them too. Fascists rise in power the more scared we are to speak.

The FCC head did threaten ABC's broadcast license.

Re: ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair

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Post by tptacek » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 11:33 PM UTC

paxys wrote: post #56

breadwinner wrote: post #45

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Please don't comment about the voting on comments. It never does any good, and it makes boring reading.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair

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Post by yongjik » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 11:33 PM UTC

armenarmen wrote: post #12

The right, has for the past decade or so taken a moral high ground with regards to cancelation. Seems that now they've adopted a "turnaround is fair play" mentality.

IMO, being able to cry louder for persecution complex does not equal a moral high ground.

Re: ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair

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Post by dismalaf » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 11:33 PM UTC

tenuousemphasis wrote: post #53

dismalaf wrote: post #14

Believe it or not, alienating politics isn't great for business. Neither is peddling conspiracy theories.

The FCC threatened to revoke ABC's broadcast license. That is government censorship, a direct attack on free speech.

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Re: ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel’s show ‘indefinitely’ after threat from FCC chair

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Post by pppp » Wed, Sep 17, 2025, 11:34 PM UTC

Nexstar, who initially threaten to pull Kimmel's show from all (200) of its stations and started this ball rolling, owns ALL THREE OF OUR LOCAL network affiliate stations. All 3 in one market. Remember when this was illegal?