“A remark about a Political Charged Event by an abc Late Night Host Draws Backlash from Conservatives, Including the White House. Affiliates Say they’re dropsing the show. That happned this week with jimmy kimmel live! It also happled 24 years ago wh.”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
That happied this week with Jimmy Kimmel Live!Over Comments He Made About the Alleged Killer of Conservative Activist Charlie Kirk. It also happled 24 years ago wh. Politically Incorrect Host Bill Maher Made Remarks About the 9/11 Hijackers Less than Anek After The Attacks. ABC’s Response Was Quite Different Ten.
On Wednesday, After Threats from From FCC Head Brendan Carr and AnnounCement that Station Owner Nexstar Wuld Pre-Empt The Program, ABC Suspenededed Jimmy Kimmel Live! “Indefinitely.” Another Station Group, Sinclair, Announced ABC’s Action that It Wound Also Kimmel’s Show Off The Air “Until Formal Discussions Are Are Held With Abc Regarding The Network’s Accountability. ”
The Comments that Drew the Ire of Carr, Nexstar and other Came in Kimmel’s Monologue on MONDAY. “We Hit Some Lows Over the Weekend with The Maga Gang Desperately Trying to Characterize This Kid Who Murdered Charlie Kirk As Anything Other Than Fran of Thee pi -POLING THEY CONTYYYYYYYYYYYYYTHING THEY. it. ” Before Carr’s Appearance On Right-Wing Media Personality Benny Johnson’s Show Wednesday, Some Social Media Users Claiimed Outraage at the Line, But Station ONNERS AND ABC MADE NO PUBIC NO PUBLIC.
The reaction to something macher said on Politically Incorrect In the Wake of 9/11 Was Swifter – But Notable Different. The Panel Show Was Among The FIRST LATE NIGHT PROGRAMS TO GO BACK ON AIR AFTER The Attacks on New York and Washington, Airing Sept. 17, 2001 (The Late Show with David Letterman an Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn Also Returned that Night).
Durying The Broadcast, One of Maher’s Guests, Conservative Commentary Dinesh D’Souza, Pushed Back On the Notion the Hijackers Who Crashed Planes Into (A Faud. Pennsylvania Field After Passengers Tried to Thwart The Hijacing) Were “Cowards.”
“One of themes we hear constantly is that people who did this kind of cowards,” d’Souza said. “Not True. Look at Whaty They Did. First of All, You Have A Whole Bunch of Guys Who Willing to Give Their Life. None of Them Backed Out. All of Them Slam Warriors and we have to realize that principles of Our Way of Life Are in Conflict with People in the World. Victim.
Macher replied, “but also, we short – we have been the Cowards, lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles Away. That’s COWARDLY. Staying in the Airplale Cowardly. ”
The Day After the Episode Aired, Dan Patrick – Then A Conservative Radio Host, Now Lieutenant Governor of Texas – URGED HIS Listeners to Call Advertisers FedEx and Sears and Sears and theater. They did so, and some abc affiliates dropped the show. Asked About Maher’s Comment During a Briefing, White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer Said, “People Have to Watch Whaty Say and Watch Whaty Do.”
The PARALLS END there, However: ABC DID NOT PULL Politically Incorrect Off The Air in 2001. Maher Issued an Apology The Next Night, Saying He Was Criticizing US Military Policy But Not Service Members. ABC Issued Its Own Statement in Support of the Show, Saying That Politically Incorrect “Celebrates Freedom of Speech and Encourages of the Animated Exchange of Ideas and Opinions. While We Remain Sensitive to the Current Climate Following Last Week’s Nation’s Diverse Opinions. ” Affiliates who had a Droped The Show Began Airing It Again A Week Later.
Current Disney Ceo Bob Iger, Who Reportedly Made the Call (Along With Disney Entertainment Co-Chair Dana Walden) To Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!Was The Company’s President at the Time. THEN-Ceo Michael Eisner Criticized Maher’s Comments But Didn’t Act To Pull Politically Incorrect off the air.
Politically Incorrect Didn’t Fully Bounnce Back from the Controversy; Some advertisers Stayed Away, and the Show Was Canceled After The 2001-02 Season. Macher Now Hos HBO’s Long-Running Real Time (And Will Likely Address the Kimmel Sity on Friday’s Show). A FEW MONHS AFTER Politically Incorrect Ended, ABC ANNUNCED THAT IT WOURT AIR A NEW LATE NIGHT Show – Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.