FCC chief's Kimmel threat was 'joke'
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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 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
The FCC is prohibited from influencing network content but Chairman Brendan Carr and President Donald Trump have used pressure campaigns to test those limits.
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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.
The Sirius/XM personality recalled the time when he was under attack by the FCC for broadcasting allegedly indecent content.
The sketch arrived after Kimmel, who returned to ABC Tuesday after several days of being “indefinitely” suspended, broke down the ways that President Donald Trump and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr had threatened his job and the jobs of his whole staff at “ Jimmy Kimmel Live! ”
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.
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.
The cartoon’s attacks on the FCC chairman come after Carr last week urged ABC and Disney to take action against Jimmy Kimmel.
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