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The View did not address Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night program being pulled from ABC during its first episode following the network’s decision<\/p>\n
On\u00a0Wednesday, Sept. 17, a spokesperson for Disney’s ABC confirmed that\u00a0Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u00a0would be on indefinite hiatus<\/p>\n
The news followed Jimmy Kimmel’s reaction to the death of right-wing media personality Charlie Kirk<\/p>\n
The View’s panelists did not address the indefinite hiatus of Jimmy Kimmel Live! in the talk show’s first episode following the announcement that Kimmel is being pulled from ABC’s schedule.
\nOn Thursday, Sept. 18, The View’s co-hosts kicked off their first episode since the Wednesday announcement that Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show (which airs on the same network) was pulled. The move was made after Kimmel, 57, made\u00a0comments\u00a0about the death of\u00a0right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk.
\nPanelists Whoopi Goldberg, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar and Alyssa Farah Griffin did not discuss the Kimmel news during their Thursday episode, instead beginning the show with a tribute to Haines in honor of her 48th birthday.
\n“Welcome to The View,” Goldberg said at the beginning of the episode. “But before we do anything, it’s Sara’s birthday!”
\nBefore discussing their first topic, which centered on FBI Director Kash Patel testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, Goldberg opened with “let’s tell you what’s been doing on.”<\/p>\n
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Beyond the birthday news and Patel, the day’s slate of topics also included Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Centers for Disease Control, Eugene Levy’s new show The Reluctant Traveler (featuring an interview with the Schitt’s Creek alum) and Terry Bradshaw and wife Tammy’s new cookbook.
\nThe panelists ended the episode by discussing cookies they presented for Haines’ birthday, as Goldberg told viewers she’d “see you tomorrow” before things wrapped.
\nNoticeably absent from the discussion was acknowledgment of Kimmel’s late-night pull \u2014 which sparked reactions from politicians, comedians, actors and others in the entertainment industry after the news broke Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n
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PEOPLE reached out to The View for comment.
\nElsewhere on the network, Good Morning America\u00a0\u2014 the other daytime series produced by ABC News \u2014 did mention the news of Kimmel’s pull but did not provide commentary.
\nUnder The View’s latest Instagram post, which was a birthday tribute to Haines, viewers urged the panelists to discuss the Kimmel news, with others accusing the network of being “compromised.”
\n“Why was there no mention of Jimmy Kimmel today? Did I miss it,” one viewer asked. “I\u2019ll be pissed if they did not mention him!”
\nOn Wednesday, Sept. 17, a spokesperson for Disney’s ABC confirmed that Kimmel’s program would be on hiatus \u2014 a decision that followed comments Kimmel made on air about Kirk, who\u00a0was fatally shot while speaking at a campus event at Utah Valley University\u00a0the week prior.
\nOn Monday, Sept. 15, Kimmel shared the following statement during a broadcast: “The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it. In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.\u201d
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\nNexstar Media, the largest local broadcast and digital media company in the U.S, shared in a statement that it \u201cstrongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.\u201d
\nThe company recently announced plans to acquire rival broadcast company Tegna for $6.2 billion, putting Nexstar in 80% of America’s TV-owning households, per a\u00a0press release. The acquisition will require final approval from the Trump-controlled Federal Communications Commission.
\nFCC Chair Brendan Carr praised Nexstar on Wednesday on pressuring ABC to remove Kimmel,\u00a0writing on X\u00a0that “it is important for broadcasters to push back on Disney programming that they determine falls short of community values.”
\nWanda Sykes, comedian\u00a0Mike Birbiglia, Ben Stiller\u00a0and more voiced their disagreement with the move on social media on Wednesday, while former president Barack Obama was among the politicians to share their thoughts the following day.
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\n“After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn\u2019t like,” Obama wrote on X. “This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent \u2014 and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.”
\nTrump celebrated ABC indefinitely pulling Kimmel shortly after the news broke, calling it “great news for America” and also taking aim at fellow late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Myers in his reaction.
\n“That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform.
\nKimmel has not addressed the decision as of Thursday morning. The talk show was replaced in the ABC schedule on Wednesday night by a taping of\u00a0Celebrity Family Feud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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