Jimmy Kimmel to return to air as Disney announces shock reversal

https://www.rawstory.com/jimmy-kimmel-2674017952/

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buddascrayon@lemmy.world · 158 pts · 341d (4 replies)

Should be fun to see that first monologue. I hope he roasts the shit out of them all for all their stupidity.

ameancow@lemmy.world · 74 pts · 341d (2 replies)
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Mamdani_Da_Savior@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 341d

Exactly, his comments where really tame and had less to do with Charlie Kirk and more to do with MAGA then anything.

aceshigh@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 340d

Colbert has been great since his cancellation… although tbh I haven’t watched the late show since he moved. I was salty about the Colbert character retiring… which apparently he came back.

axexrx@lemmy.world · 57 pts · 341d

"I'd like yo thank my fans for costing the mouse more than trumps bribe would have"

Hubbubbub@fedia.io · 96 pts · 341d (1 reply)

"His Tuesday night monologue is expected to be critical of President Donald Trump, CNN's Brian Stelter reported."

Hard-hitting journalism from CNN there...

dellish@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 341d

"We further expect the sun will be down on Tuesday night, making the sky dark. There is also a strong possibility it will be raining somewhere on planet Earth at the time."

moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub · 82 pts · 341d (5 replies)

Hahaha they caved. Disney’s more afraid of the shareholders than they are of the FCC. Suck it, Trump!

DrFistington@lemmy.world · 51 pts · 341d

You can always buy a new FCC head

DrFistington@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 341d (2 replies)

The classic dilemma they teach in business school. Is it worth it to alienate the customers we need to sustain our business so that we can appease a treasonous child raping shit bag that will continually shake us down for more cash, especially if we easily fold and show we won't put up a fight?

There's no way Disney is going to pay 'less' under Trump. The fact that they couldn't realize that from an Au away is mind boggling

JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 340d (1 reply)

How many parsecs in an au?

sychthys@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 340d

0.0000048481 parsecs in one astronomical unit.

Sunshine@piefed.social · 7 pts · 341d
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homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 341d

I hope it's a fucking carpet bombing of a monologue.

Jerb322@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 341d

Well this should chap taco's ass. Hope Jimmy doesn't give one cent to them either! Or maybe just 2cents. That is a donation of meaning...

Jaysyn@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 341d (2 replies)

I'm going to continue my boycott until Iger & the board are replaced.

takeda@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 341d

Same.

Zachariah@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 341d

I’m boycotting until they reveal what’s under the half court in the Matterhorn.

Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 32 pts · 341d (6 replies)

He should have told them to fuck off then do a barnstorming tour like Conan

Mamdani_Da_Savior@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 341d (1 reply)

I get why he did what he did

He...himself is rich he's fine he knows this. Fuck part of me thinks a tiny little piece of him might have enjoyed the time off....and almost wished it'd last a bit longer who the hell knows.

However he knows he has staff that need the income from that job in order to provide for their families.

ChillCapybara@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 341d

Conan paid his staff out of his own pocket during Covid. But it got no press. If Kimmel has the means he could send a powerful message.

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 341d (1 reply)

Said this exact same thing the other day in a comment around here.

Gates9@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 341d

No way only I have the superior intellect for such insight!

quick_snail@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 341d

I don't know what that is, but probably better to just launch his own show on substack and YouTube and Odyssey or something

quick_snail@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 341d
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corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 341d (7 replies)

I worry Mr Kimmel will have to make a big apology and sign some self-gag order, just to his team and crew can work.

It'll become super milquetoasty for a painful partial season before it dies of ratings.

Jaysyn@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 341d (3 replies)

I couldn't see Kimmel doing that at all.

dhork@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 341d (1 reply)

If we see Kimmel dong during the episode, at least he will get fired for a legit reason

billwashere@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 341d

🤣

billwashere@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 341d

I’d hope he’d just quit before doing that.

errer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 341d (1 reply)

He should gild the stage like Stewart did. In fact all the late night hosts should just become parody Trump propaganda shows. I honestly think that would increase all their ratings and maximally piss Trump off.

lando55@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 341d

I don't know if he would get the joke

fluxion@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 341d

If he doesn't take a giant shit on Trump's face for his return show then this is all a farce

billwashere@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 341d (3 replies)

Everyone should go watch John Oliver’s last show about this. I got chills when he said his last line. I won’t ruin it if you haven’t seen it.

unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth · 8 pts · 341d (1 reply)

Link since I just watched it myself:

Youtube

Invidious

ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 340d

Thanks for sharing. Thought no way I'll watch the whole thing though. I was wrong... it's great in its entirety.

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 341d

Yes.

Ledivin@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 341d (2 replies)

...I don't see an apology included, so it sounds like Disney+ stays cancelled

grue@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 341d (1 reply)

An apology isn't good enough. The fascist-complying execs have to be fired.

DrFistington@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 341d

As a shareholder, I agree. The boards actions show that their priorities don't align with shareholder profits, American ideals, or a worthwhile moral footing. In a just world, they would be stripped of all of their assets, and given a stipend to live in an apartment that can be afforded in the lowest paying wage their old company offered, doing that job, day in, and day out, until they reach the same retirement age everyone else has to, or the pension age, if the company has one(spoiler, they don't). Make them unable to accept money from outside accounts, and monitor their savings like you would a disabled person on Medicare. If they make too much, they go to prison, or have the extra seized.

Being a CEO who has the power of themselves as a person, and the power of a corporation as a ubiquitous person free of liability and direct punishment, it should be an incredibly high risk, high reward proposal. You want the the 100 million a year payout for a position, that literally anyone could do? Then fine, failure means becoming the lowest tier your company has. If anything you'll see higher wages across the board. It would be stupid to not hedge your bets

WanderWisley@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 341d (1 reply)

Cyber bullying works! Voting with your wallet works! Fuck the mouse!

JcbAzPx@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 341d

The latter more than the former I think.

Liljekonvalj@feddit.org · 12 pts · 341d

The sad thing is that now people think they should go back to Disney, as if the issue is gone now? As if removing the symptom takes away the illness. I say boycott forever. They showed their true colors.

DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 341d

I can't wait to see the meltdown on Truth Social.

(By the way, don't give that cesspool any traffic. Use https://www.trumpstruth.org/ instead.)

forrgott@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 341d (2 replies)

I'm gonna start pirating his show, methinks.

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 341d (1 reply)

Just watch YT clips. It helps the show more directly than watching over OTA.

forrgott@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 341d

Good point! And there's always yt-dlp if I want a copy.

danc4498@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 341d (1 reply)

I wonder if this means Nextstar is going to air it. Or if they will continue blocking it on their channels.

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 341d

Fuck'em. They have nothing to replace it with, and their viewers will cease.

ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 4 pts · 341d (4 replies)

So Disney backed down but FCC is still there. Will actually try to take away ABC's license?

aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com · 9 pts · 341d (2 replies)
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KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 341d

“This is a threat to our democracy”

dhork@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 341d

The major networks do still own a few of their own stations, normally the flagship stations in NY and LA. In ABC's case, they have a subsidiary which directly owns 8 stations:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Owned_Television_Stations

I can totally see Donald Trump try to revoke their licenses in NY and LA, just to be a little bitch

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 341d

They actually can't do that.

xc2215x@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 341d

Good to see for Jimmy.

FerretyFever0@fedia.io · 3 pts · 341d

"Shock reversal". Ehhhhhhhh, nah, we have brains and eyes lmao

wirebeads@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 341d (2 replies)

So, I guess not indefinitely then?

Ledivin@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 341d

Indefinitely can be defined as infinite/forever or unknown/unspecified.

dnick@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 341d

Well, by definition, indefinitely mean a timeline that is not defined. It could have been indefinitely and back on the air later that night and still have been 'indefinitely' if that hadn't been decided beforehand.

santa@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 341d

I hope he roasts them and ditches them at end of contract. If they bend this easy, they shall again.

DNS@discuss.online · 2 pts · 341d (3 replies)

I still wouldnt be watching. I'll just watch a YouTube clip that's uploaded by a third party not affiliated with Disney.

Disney let their mask slip. Kimmel returning is a joke and goes to show that he is doing this purely for the money. If I were in his shoes, I wouldn't return and do a Conan-esque travel show. Let Disney swim in their pile of shit and have entertainers distance themselves from a fascist company.

JcbAzPx@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 341d

Everything every corporation does is purely for money.

ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 340d

Kimmel returning is a joke and goes to show that he is doing this purely for the money.

That's maybe the reason he was doing the show previously. Now he has an opportunity to prove it's for more than that. I hope when he comes back tonight he comes back harder and more offensive, doing his best to provoke the administration. Make ABC grow a pair and fight to prove their support of freedom.

just_another_person@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 341d

They make more money if you watch the YT clips anyway. It's good for them, so keep it up.