# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2025-fcc-pressure-precedes-kimmel-suspension)
- Source: FCC's Brendan Carr and the Kimmel suspension. https://www.npr.org/2025/09/19/nx-s1-5546764/fcc-brendan-carr-kimmel-trump-free-speech
- 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

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