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Last night ABC announced it would pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show “indefinitely,” a move the network could not dodge after powerful affiliates refused to carry his program. This is not the harmless comedy skit the coastal elites pretend it is — when a network personality mocks the mourning of an American family and then faces consequences, that is accountability, not censorship.
The decision followed swift action by major station groups who refused to give Kimmel a national platform while the dust settles, with Nexstar leading the charge and other affiliates following suit. Local station owners answered to the people in their communities rather than to corporate virtue-signaling in Manhattan, and that’s something conservatives should applaud.
Kimmel’s own words — that “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk” — crossed a line from satire into cruelty and partisan grandstanding at the expense of a grieving family. Americans are tired of late-night hosts weaponizing tragedy for political clicks; when a national broadcaster allows that behavior, viewers and station owners have every right to push back.
Even the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission weighed in, condemning the host’s remarks and signaling that regulators were watching the network’s response. For too long the media elite have operated under a shield of impunity; a little accountability from both station owners and regulators is a healthy check on that power.
In practical terms the empty 11:35 p.m. slot hasn’t stayed quiet: ABC affiliates have been airing reruns of Celebrity Family Feud while Sinclair and others are planning special local tributes to Charlie Kirk in that hour. That swap shows how quickly local broadcasters can replace hollow late-night performance art with programming that reflects community standards and basic decency.
This moment isn’t about silencing comedy — it’s about restoring consequences and common sense to our public square. Patriotic Americans should keep pressuring media companies to respect viewers, value fairness, and stop treating our institutions as partisan punching bags; the era of one-sided immunity for coastal celebrities needs to end.
