 | Thursday September 18, 2025 | | | | |
| |  | | Stewart, who was not expected to return to the show until next Monday, will interview Maria Ressa, the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize laureate and author of How to Stand Up to a Dictator. | | | | | | | |
| |  | | As Bill Carter writes, ABC faces a no-win clash of principle and power over Jimmy Kimmel's future at the network. | | | | | | | |
| |  | | We may never know exactly what he planned to say, but Jimmy Kimmel was apparently preparing to address the mounting backlash against him in his monologue Wednesday night before ABC made the call to indefinitely pull his show from its schedule. | | | | | | | |
| |  | | Saturday Night Live has announced the first three hosts and musical guests for its upcoming season, including a long-anticipated double-duty debut. | | | | | |
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| |  | | Before ABC abruptly stopped production of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Wednesday, broadcast conglomerate Sinclair informed the network it would no longer air the program—and the group's right-leaning owners have some serious demands of Kimmel before they say they'd consider reinstating him. | | | | | |
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| |  | | News that ABC was pulling Jimmy Kimmel Live! may have been unexpected, but it’s far from unfamiliar. | | | | | |
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| |  | | It wasn’t a joke that set off this week's chain of events. Really, it was more of an offhand remark—the kind most casual viewers probably wouldn’t have thought twice about. | | | | | | | |
| |  | | President Trump weighed in on ABC's announcement, calling it "Great News for America." | | | | | | | |
| |  | | Fallon had been scheduled to appear on a panel about his new reality competition series but abruptly dropped out "in light of recent events," according toi the event's organizer. | | | | | |
| | | |  | | The end of Wednesday night’s Late Show with Stephen Colbert taping took an unexpected turn when the show's studio audience learned in real time—from Stephen Colbert—that his friend and colleague's show was being indefinitely pulled. | | | | | |
| | | |  | | Audience members waiting in line for Wednesday night's Jimmy Kimmel Live! were informed the taping had been canceled just as they were about to be seated—moments before ABC's announcement. | | | | | |
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David Letterman Laments Jimmy Kimmel Suspension: ‘This Is Misery’
| Appearing at The Atlantic Festival Thursday, Letterman said "You can’t go around firing somebody because you’re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian criminal administration in the Oval Office. That’s just not how this works." [via TV Tattle]
| | The View Panel Was Oddly Silent on Kimmel | As James Hibberd writes for The Hollywood Reporter, the ABC daytime show was dead silent on the blockbuster controversy in their own backyard.
| | The Saturday Night Network on SNL Hosts Announcement | | The SNN’s Jon Schneider hosted a live discussion about today’s news that Bad Bunny, Amy Poehler and Sabrina Carpenter will host the first three episodes of SNL‘s 51st season. Watch the replay now. | | | | | |
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