FCC Reviews ABC Licenses After Jimmy Kimmel Controversy
The FCC initiated a review of ABC station licenses following outrage from Trump supporters over comments made by Jimmy Kimmel. Despite criticism from broadcast groups, immediate changes to ABC's programming are deemed unlikely.
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Jimmy Kimmel is still on the air. The real impact of Trump's fight against ABC will happen behind the scenes.
Last fall, when the Trump administration took issue with Jimmy Kimmel, Disney took him off the air for several days. This time around, Kimmel has continued to broadcast. Randy Holmes/Disney via Getty Images The second round of Trump administration attacks on Disney, ABC, and Jimmy Kimmel has played out differently than the one we saw last fall. This time, Kimmel has stayed on the air. And Disney says it doesn't think Trump's FCC will take away its broadcast licenses. But Trump's threats will...
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Outrage moves at the speed of social media in the Donald Trump era, but the wheels of media regulation turn far more slowly. That is the main takeaway from Deadline’s conversations in recent days with more than a dozen sources across media, Washington and Wall Street about the clash between ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel […]
By Dade Hayes
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