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Claim

Claim 96

ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! the same day as Carr's remarks.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement
ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! the same day as Carr's remarks.
Field
occurred_on
Value
2025-09-17
About
incident 2025-fcc-pressure-precedes-kimmel-suspension
Source
FCC's Brendan Carr and the Kimmel suspension archived copy
Publisher
NPR
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current
Source date
2025-09-19

Quotation from the source

Kimmel's late-night show was pulled from the air on September 17 hours after the U.S. government threatened to cancel broadcasting licenses