‘Great News for America’: Trump mocks Kimmel as ‘zero talent’; praises ABC for axe

US president Donald Trump connected Wednesday celebrated ABC’s determination to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's show, mocking the late-night big of having “zero talent” and praising the web for “finally having the courageousness to bash what had to beryllium done.” In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote: “Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for yet having the courageousness to bash what had to beryllium done. Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than adjacent Colbert, if that’s possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, 2 full losers, connected Fake News NBC. Their ratings are besides horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT.”

The suspension came aft mounting contention implicit Kimmel’s remarks astir the sidesplitting of blimpish activistic Charlie Kirk.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live volition beryllium pre-empted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson said. The determination followed Nexstar, a large relation of ABC affiliates, announcing that it would not transportation the amusement “for the foreseeable future,” citing beardown objections to Kimmel’s comments.The contention stems from Kimmel’s Monday nighttime monologue, successful which helium accused the MAGA question of politicizing the lawsuit of Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old charged with aggravated execution successful the shooting decease of Charlie Kirk.

Kirk, a 31-year-old blimpish commentator and activist, was changeable dormant successful Utah past week. Robinson appeared successful tribunal connected Tuesday to look charges.“The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to qualify this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk arsenic thing different than 1 of them and doing everything they tin to people governmental points from it,” Kimmel said. “In betwixt the finger-pointing, determination was grieving.”The remarks drew crisp disapproval from Federal Communications Commission (FCC) seat Brendan Carr, who described Kimmel’s behaviour arsenic “the sickest possible” successful an interrogation with podcaster Benny Johnson. Carr warned that the FCC could see revoking affiliate licenses if broadcasters failed to instrumentality corrective action.“We tin bash this the casual mode oregon the hard way,” Carr said. “These companies tin find ways to alteration behaviour and instrumentality actions connected Kimmel, oregon there’s going to beryllium further enactment for the FCC ahead.”The Center for American Rights besides filed a ailment with the FCC, insisting that satire was nary excuse for violating public-interest broadcasting standards.Daniel Suhr, president of the enactment successful his ailment wrote, "ABC’s affiliates request to measurement up and clasp ABC accountable arsenic a web for passing done worldly that fails to respect the public-interest modular to which they are held."“Disney arsenic ABC’s firm proprietor needs to enactment straight to close this problem,” said the group’s president," helium added. Not everyone astatine the FCC agreed. Commissioner Anna Gomez, the body’s lone Democrat, criticized the administration’s handling of the issue. In a station connected X, Gomez said, “The Trump medication is progressively utilizing the value of authorities powerfulness to suppress lawful expression.” She warned that “to surrender our close to talk freely is to judge that those successful power, not the people, volition acceptable the boundaries of statement that specify a escaped society.”The suspension comes conscionable weeks aft CBS announced it would cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert successful 2026, marking its exit from late-night television. CBS cited fiscal pressures and its upcoming merger with Skydance Media, though the determination followed a ineligible colony with President and increasing hostility implicit Colbert’s crisp disapproval of his administration.Kimmel has agelong been a people of Trump’s criticism, peculiarly for his monologues skewering the president and his supporters.After his suspension was confirmed, the White House accelerated effect relationship called the comedian “a sick freak” and said ABC was “doing their viewers a favor.”