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‘Ratings tumbled 24 per cent’: Poor performance gave ABC cover to dump Kimmel
Skynews Australia ^ | 09/18/2025 | Sky News host James Morrow

Posted on 09/18/2025 10:43:20 PM PDT by SmokingJoe

Nice clip.
Shows all these Democrat vermin including Schumer, Omar, AOC and even Kimmel himself rejoicing over Fox sacking Tucker Carlson and seriously in support of legacy media sacking conservative anchors and hosts the Democrats don't like.
Bit funny to hear them squeak now over Kimmel isn't it?

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1 posted on 09/18/2025 10:43:20 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: SmokingJoe

This is backwards. What Kimmel said was cover for him being fired for bad ratings.


2 posted on 09/18/2025 10:54:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: SmokingJoe

It is said that if you throw a rock into a herd of pigs the one that squeals the loudest if likely the one you hit. That explains this situation well. They’re upset that they’re not getting away with it anymore.

CC


3 posted on 09/18/2025 11:04:19 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (*This is a test of the emergency tagline system. This is only a test*)
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To: Celtic Conservative

Not getting away with it ? Thought they owned the world???


4 posted on 09/18/2025 11:10:14 PM PDT by FreeperCell
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To: SmokingJoe

Regardless, Broadcast Networks are PUBLIC AIRWAYS controlled by the FCC. you don’t have right to say what you want on PUBLIC AIRWAYS. Same with terrestrial radio is public airways.

This is why we invented cable years ago so we could see and hear spicy things on our tv


5 posted on 09/18/2025 11:25:40 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: nickcarraway

Go to the local stations...probably over two-thirds of them were asking for massive change...advertising wasn’t selling. The hour will end up going away....with stations picking their own solution to fill it.


6 posted on 09/18/2025 11:27:41 PM PDT by pepsionice
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To: SmokingJoe

Zactly


7 posted on 09/18/2025 11:40:48 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: FreeperCell

They just think they do.

CC


8 posted on 09/18/2025 11:41:43 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (*This is a test of the emergency tagline system. This is only a test*)
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To: SmokingJoe

How Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension Went Down: Sponsor Panic, a Defiant Host and a Painful Call

Disney’s Bob Iger and Dana Walden wanted to know how Kimmel was going to address the situation. Sources say he planned to defend what he said rather than “kowtowing” to the outrage. Disney thought that would fan the flames.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/how-jimmy-kimmel-benched-by-disney-dana-walden-1236374959/


9 posted on 09/18/2025 11:47:26 PM PDT by Texan4Life
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To: Texan4Life

He was going to double down on violating the law. It is against the law to knowingly lie about a crime, and saying Tyler Robinson is MAGA is a known lie.

Combine a straight up violation of the law concerning a broadcaster using the public spectrum with affiliates not happy because of poor ratings and pressure from advertisers for give backs, and you’ve got a perfect storm to be rid of Kimmel. Who is not funny.


10 posted on 09/19/2025 12:03:33 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: SmokingJoe

There is a reason why God created test patterns. His name is Jimmy Kimmel. The local affiliates losing advertisers and money in Kimmel’s time slot would be justified in going revenue neutral with a test pattern that hour.


11 posted on 09/19/2025 3:25:11 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: SmokingJoe

Free speech? What happened to $ loser Jimmy Kimmel was the supply demand equation. Simply put, too much of one (in his case, one was too much) and too little of the other.


12 posted on 09/19/2025 3:50:08 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: SmokingJoe

Bring back late night bad horror films with “The Ghoul”, “Elvira” etc. if they want ratings.


13 posted on 09/19/2025 4:57:55 AM PDT by dynachrome (“They don’t kill you because you’re a Nazi; they call you a Nazi so they can kill you.”)
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Or bring back CLASSIC movies.
I remember as a kid coming home from church on Sunday and watching The Big Show of the Week. Some of which were Marx brothers movies. Others were the Johnny Wisemuller Tarzan movies or old westerns.

Of course, many of these Tarzan movies were NOT politically correct. The natives were portrayed as savages. Just like in 99% of the old westerns the Indians were also savages. The ONLY modern western that showed this was “Hostiles” with Christian Bale and Rosamund Pike. Where the Cheyenne Indians killed her entire family in the first five minutes of the movie. It also later showed that the cavalry and White settlers were also savages(hostiles).


14 posted on 09/19/2025 5:41:28 AM PDT by woodbutcher1963
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To: nickcarraway

Exactly. Poor performance was the only reason for Kimmel getting fired. If he was raking in ratings and cash, he could have said anything about Charlie Kirk and stayed on the air.


15 posted on 09/19/2025 5:44:39 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: dynachrome

I would watch The Ghoul reruns.

I remember watching him on WKBD at 11:30 on Saturday nights as a kid.

Loved Froggy.

You could never make or remake that show today.

Stay sick you all!


16 posted on 09/19/2025 7:38:47 AM PDT by themidnightskulker
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To: themidnightskulker
You soulless conservatives cheering Kimmel's firing...


17 posted on 09/19/2025 7:41:53 AM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: SmokingJoe

In weeks nobody will even remember who Jimmy Kimmel was.


18 posted on 09/19/2025 7:42:33 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: SmokingJoe

Meanwhile Gutfeld THRIVES on cable and his show is available in a lot less homes than broadcast like Kimmel.

I wish Fox had the balls to put him on their broadcast network.


19 posted on 09/19/2025 7:54:25 AM PDT by Biblebelter
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To: SmokingJoe

All
But
Cremated

Fire up the oven for long burn


20 posted on 09/19/2025 8:22:35 AM PDT by Vaduz
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