{"id":153385,"date":"2025-09-19T02:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T02:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153385\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T02:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T02:23:10","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-sinclair-broadcast-group-sets-conditions-for-the-night-show-host-to-have-suspension-lifted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/153385\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel: Sinclair Broadcast Group sets conditions for the night show host to have suspension lifted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jimmy Kimmel has been handed a firm ultimatum by Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest owner of ABC affiliate stations in the United States, following his abrupt and controversial suspension.<\/p>\n

The message from the broadcaster is clear: either apologise for his comments, or stay off the air.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Kimmel Live! was taken off air \u201cindefinitely\u201d after the host made polarising comments about Charlie Kirk and US President Donald Trump after the prominent MAGA figure was assassinated in Utah.<\/p>\n

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During Kimmel\u2019s opening monologue on Monday night\u2019s show, the host spoke of Kirk\u2019s death and 22-year-old Tyler Robinson who has been charged with aggravated murder following the assassination.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comedian then showed clips of Mr Trump being asked about how he is holding up after Kirk\u2019s death.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think very good, and by the way, right there where you see all the trucks, they just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House,\u201d Mr Trump replied, adding the new ballroom at the White House will \u201cbe a beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the camera cuts back to Kimmel, he said: \u201cYes, he\u2019s at the fourth stage of grief: construction.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement issued on Wednesday (local time), Sinclair\u2019s vice chairman Jason Smith stated the company \u201cobjects to recent comments made by Mr Kimmel concerning the assassination of Charlie Kirk.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMr Kimmel\u2019s remarks were inappropriate and deeply insensitive at a critical moment for our country,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

Now, Sinclair has laid out a list of demands that Kimmel must meet before his night show will be reinstated on its ABC stations, People<\/a> reports, including issuing a direct apology and making a personal financial contribution to Kirk\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

Firstly, the broadcaster is calling for \u201cformal discussions\u201d with ABC to address the network\u2019s \u201ccommitment to professionalism and accountability\u201d.<\/p>\n

It also requires Kimmel to \u201cissue a direct apology to the Kirk family\u201d and make a \u201cmeaningful personal donation to the Kirk family and Turning Point USA,\u201d the organisation founded by Kirk that advocates for conservative politics.<\/p>\n

Sinclair also asserted that regardless of the ABC\u2019s plans for the future of the program, Jimmy Kimmel Live! will not return to its affiliate stations until the company is \u201cconfident that appropriate steps have been taken to uphold the standards expected of a national broadcast platform.\u201d<\/p>\n

It comes as Mr Trump told reporters in the UK that, \u201cJimmy Kimmel was fired because he had bad ratings, more than anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he said a horrible thing about a great gentleman known as Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n

\u201cJimmy Kimmel is not a talented person, he had very bad ratings and they should\u2019ve fired him a long time ago. You can call that free speech or not. He was fired for lack of talent,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

While speaking to reporters on Air Force One, Mr Trump also suggested that the Federal Government might revoke the broadcast licenses of television networks that are \u201cagainst\u201d him.<\/p>\n

Mr Trump pointed to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr and said it would be \u201cup to Brendan Carr\u201d, as the decision-maker on whether networks\u2019 licenses could be cancelled.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel has been handed a firm ultimatum by Sinclair Broadcast Group, the largest owner of ABC affiliate…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2331,43,44,84,41,39,42,40,5071],"class_list":["post-153385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-culture","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-us-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}