Jimmy Kimmel made his first put up since his late night time present was taken off the air final Wednesday.
Hours earlier than Kimmel’s present was set to return to ABC on Tuesday, the host posted a photograph of himself with TV author, producer, and activist Norman Lear, who died in 2023.
“Lacking this man at the moment,” Kimmel wrote.
Lear, who created and produced a number of traditional sitcoms, together with All within the Household and The Jeffersons, was additionally outspoken towards the Federal Communications Fee. As Individuals factors out, he co-signed a lawsuit towards the FCC in 1976 over how the group enacted a household viewing time rule, requiring programming between 7-9 p.m. ET to be appropriate for all ages. He was additionally on considered one of Richard Nixon’s enemy lists.
Jimmy Kimmel Dwell was pulled from ABC’s lineup final Wednesday following backlash from the FCC—and subsequently native TV giants Nexstar and Sinclair—over Kimmel’s earlier feedback concerning the demise of Charlie Kirk.
Regardless of the present’s return, Nexstar—which is looking for approval from the FCC over a $6.2 billion merger with rival Tegna—and Sinclair introduced plans to preempt Jimmy Kimmel Dwell’s return on native ABC associates in favor of stories programming.
