But the FCC Commissioner DID use restraint, in my opinion. A prominent late night comedian had insulted the memory of a just-murdered young American (Charlie Kirk) who could easily have become President someday.
Also, the companies who deliver the "last mile" broadcast television in local markets took the ABC show off the air due to public complaints.
Nothing's to prevent Kimmel and others from taking their shows off the broadcast network and fully onto the internet. In fact, according to Google's research:
The bandwidth that the national broadcast access is a limited resource due to the physics of transmitting over-the-air TV signals. The internet is not so restrained.
Obviously no such license revocation ever happened, so it didn't accomplish anything concrete. It also generated very tepid support from most Republicans, and criticism even from friendly media, which did not go unnoticed. I don't see any impact other than overshadowing the comment itself and helping De.ocrats, and then throwing a bit of raw meat to those who already were hard core for going after leftists anyway.