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The cancellation comes as the late-night television world reels from ABC’s indefinite suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
Jimmy Fallon did open his first Tonight Show after the news broke with jokes about the suspension and kind words for Kimmel (with whom he collaborated on a podcast during the 2023 writers’ strike). What was striking about his monologue,
Kimmel was suspended indefinitely by ABC and Disney after he speculated that the person who shot Charlie Kirk had right-wing views.
"Well, you know what my community values are, buster? Freedom of speech," Colbert said in his opening monologue on Thursday.
ABC pulled comedian Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show following veiled threats from the Federal Communications Commission and now President Donald Trump has called on the FCC to revoke the broadcast licenses of stations that criticize him.
Jimmy Fallon canceled an appearance just hours after news that ABC had indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, over comments he made about the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s murder.