I heard last night that Jimmy Kimmel's sow on ABC has been indefinitely suspended. This is long overdue. Kimmel hasn't been funny in years, and comedy is the king of late-night.
Lately, his brand of humor has gone from cliche to absolutely reprehensible. His rating were in the toilet and ABC was catching flak from station owners. With ratings down, revenue is down and he was probably costing ABC more than he was bringing in.
I can enjoy good left-wing humor. I enjoy laughing and I can laugh at myself as easily as I laugh about other things. Good humor is more than an ice cream bar. Commercial television is a business and they cannot afford to lose money. I don't feel sorry for Jimmy. He can start a podcast and be irrelevant on his own money.
Now, if you will excuse me, I'm off to the range.
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In all of the Kimmel outrage, I haven't heard a single mention of FOX News Tucker Carlson being fired on that network over his personal beliefs in 2023. Unlike Kimmel who had bad TV ratings, Carlson was still very popular when his time to shut off. The network thought they silenced Carlson.
It is to laugh.
Carlson quickly started his own podcast and is still highly listened to. Except now TV Networks has zero control on reigning him in. I wonder if they have a bad taste in their mouth.
Kimmel is gone (probably temporarily) and Colbert will be gone next year. Maybe they can both run a podcast of their own - the Kimmel-Colbert (sounds like KK but that is just accidental) podcast might be a way for them to be heard. No idea if they could work together.
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