“It’s always good to start the program with good news.” Stephen Colbert did not hide his joy on Monday night in his Late showevoking the return to the antenna of his comrade Jimmy Kimmel.
Disney announced on Monday, September 22 on Monday, September 22 that the program program, whose suspension last week caused heated debates about freedom of expression in the United States and Trump administration pressures in the media, would return to television on Tuesday.
A decision welcome by all “late shows animators”, these programs mix humor and interviews and transmit after 11:30 pm on American television.
Political censorship
“Only a few hours before the recording of this program, we knew that our long national nightmare was over, because Disney announced that Jimmy Kimmel Live! He would return to the antenna at ABC tomorrow, Tuesday night, “said Stephen Colbert, very applauded by the public.
Last week, comedians were unanimously insurgents against Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension, perceived as political censorship.
“Once again, I am the only martyr of the afternoon programs. Wait, unless CBS wants to announce something?”, Stephen Colbert, whose channel, announced the end of the program in May 2026, played at the end of the season for “financial reasons.”
Jon Stewart, host of Daily ShowHe mentioned boycott calls, thrown against Disney, to protest Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension. Do not hesitate to make fun of those who “finished their subscription to Hulu and secretly looked at the four seasons of Only murders in the building (Transmitted in Disney+, Editor’s note) “.
“Wasn’t it fun to try to discover all Disney ramifications in your daily life?” Ask Stewart.
Donald Trump review
Seth Meyers also delighted the return of Jimmy Kimmel in the air. “Trump’s repression against freedom of expression aroused a wave of protests throughout the country,” he said.
“I have not yet seen a survey, but I think that if I asked the Americans if the president should dictate what television presenters can or not, he will get about 3 % of positive responses,” he joked, completing by a prayer of Donald Trump declaring “97 % of negative responses.”
The ABC channel, a Disney subsidiary, announced Wednesday to suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live!The program of the famous tireless and tireless critic of US President Donald Trump, “for an indefinite period.”
Brendan Carr, the head of American telecommunications and the audiovisual Gendarme (FCC), had publicly threatened a few hours before withdrawing their license from the channels that transmitted their program.
This close ally of Donald Trump denounced a “scandalous behavior” of the humorist, because Jimmy Kimmel had accused American law of politically exploiting the murder of the influencer Charlie Kirk, murdered by a 22 -year -old who seemed to have leftist opinions, according to his Republican parents.
Source: BFM TV
