FCC chief's Kimmel threat was 'joke'
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The Comedy Central staple aired its first episode since Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show was pulled by ABC and took jabs at the Federal Communications Commission
Jimmy Kimmel is back on the air, but Congress is not done looking into whether his show was suspended due to unlawful pressure from the Federal Communications Commission. On Wednesday, Sen. Adam Schiff and eight other senators sent a letter to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr posing a series of questions about the episode.
The FCC is prohibited from influencing network content but Chairman Brendan Carr and President Donald Trump have used pressure campaigns to test those limits.
Also in the fifth episode of the show's scorching 27th season, Satan and President Trump's different attitudes toward becoming parents together become clear.
Jimmy Kimmel joked that his late-night show now has to 'stay on the move so the FCC can't get us' on the Thursday, Sept. 25 episode of the recently suspended show.
On paper, South Park has been safe from cancellation, if only because Carr and the FCC only regulate the major broadcast stations, not cable. But Trump can apply pressure to private businesses in any number of ways. Disney is reportedly preparing for just that in the wake of Kimmel’s return.
In the fifth episode of "South Park" Season 27, Donald Trump inadvertently terrorizes FCC chair Brendan Carr while trying to get rid of Satan's baby.
Jimmy Kimmel is ripping the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for using “mob tactics” as he returned to the airwaves following his suspension, tapping Robert De Niro to deliver a gangster-like impersonation of the agency’s leader.
The cartoon’s attacks on the FCC chairman come after Carr last week urged ABC and Disney to take action against Jimmy Kimmel.
Jimmy Kimmel Live … from New York! “We are broadcasting to about 75 percent of the country from Los Angeles, California tonight,” host Jimmy Kimmel, 57, said in his Thursday, September 25 monologue. “On Monday,
Jimmy Kimmel thanked his audience for their “overwhelming” support and addressed his comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination—which angered several conservatives and President Donald Trump—saying he does not believe the suspected killer “represents anyone,