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Petitions urge ABC and Disney to keep Jimmy Kimmel on air

comedyApr 29, 202634260

MoveOn and allied groups launched petitions urging ABC and Disney to keep late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on air after the White House publicly demanded his firing. The petitions follow an FCC review opened of ABC station licenses citing Kimmel's recent monologue that mocked First Lady Melania Trump and came as Kimmel pushed back after President Trump joked about his own death. The confrontation matters because it tests whether broadcasters will yield to White House pressure and whether regulatory scrutiny can be used to penalize political satire, a precedent that could chill mainstream late-night comedy.

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