Comic Jimmy Kimmel believed that his show at night was completed after ABC suspended the program for comments he made about the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk.
“I was presented to a list of requirements and I didn’t want to go with any of them,” said the host at the Bloomberg Screenime conference in Los Angeles on Wednesday. “And it’s like, well, I think we ended up. I told my wife,” That’s it. It’s over. “”
In his first interview since returning to the air Jimmy Kimmel said that his comments on the killing of political activist Charlie Kirk were, according to Bloomberg, “intentionally and mischievously poorly characterized”.
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Kimmel, host “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” After his remarks last month, ABC became a central figure in the cultural wars of Trump’s administration. His comments led the chairman of the Federal Communication Committee Brendan Carr to insist on television stations to abandon the show, warn against possible regulatory consequences.
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In his monologue 15. “We came across a few new minimums at the weekend when Maga Gang tried to characterize the child who killed Charlie Kirk like anything else than one of them,” he said.
At Screenime on Wednesday, Kimmel said he saw the response to Kirka’s death as “distortion by some right -wing media networks and tried to fix it”.
Kimmel was not looking for his monologue at night when he returned to the air, and said it was “something that really had to come from inside, and had to be true, and I had to lay it all and be honest with what I feel.”
Kimmel, whose contract will be prepared in May, refused to comment on whether he plans to continue hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” afterwards.
The show was briefly suspended by NexStar Media Group Inc., Sinclair Inc. and ABC, which triggered a national debate on freedom of expression. NexStar and Sinclair asked Kimmel to apologize and donate the matter of Charlie Kirka’s things.
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Kimmel on 23rd September returned to the air and drew his highest rating. After the return of NexStar and Sinclair, they later introduced their line -ups again this week.
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The host said he did not invite Carr to the show, but to ask President Donald Trump to be a guest.
Despite the Kimmel support show from fans and other hosts at night, the format economy decreases, in the middle of pressure on the streaming platform and the generational change of viewers. In July, CBS announced that it will cancel the late show with Stephen Colbert after its current season and mark it “a purely financial decision against a demanding background in late night”.
Kimmel told the low evaluation of the programs that the air before his viewers had been cut. She also injured the availability of clips on YouTube.
Yet, he said he didn’t believe that programs like him and Colbert’s losing tens of millions of dollars as reported. These figures do not include other incomes that generate programs, such as local stations, he said.
When Kimmel asked who should replace Bob Iger as Disney CEO, he noted that he would “very stupid answer this question.” But he said his admiration for TV Chief Disney Dana Walden, who played a central role in the suspension and return of the show.
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“I destroyed Dan’s weekend” with continuous phone calls, Kimmel said. “But I don’t think the result would be just as positive if I didn’t talk to that just like me. I love Dana Walden very much and I think she did a great job.”
Other lecturers on Wednesday evening included the CEO of Warner Music Group Robert Kyncl and Netflix Co-general director Greg Peters.
The Bloomberg Screentime Conference conference, an annual event focused on entertainment, sports and media, continues on Thursday morning with guests such as Paramount Skydance Director David Ellison, Music Manager of Irving Azoff and director “Sinners” Ryan Coogler.
Distortion from some right -wing media networks and I tried to fix.
Disney restored Jimmy Kimmel after he was outside the air for six days.
(With Bloomberg inputs)
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