FCC chair doubles down on Jimmy Kimmel hours before show set to return [View all]

By Nicole Charky-Chami
Published September 23, 2025 3:01 PM ET

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is doubling down on his attempt to punish Jimmy Kimmel — and now blames Democrats for the wave of backlash after Disney and ABC pulled the show last week.

"Democrats just keep digging themselves a deeper & deeper hole on Kimmel," Carr wrote on X. "They simply can’t stand that local TV stations—for the first time in years—stood up to a national programmer & chose to exercise their lawful right to preempt programming. We need to keep empowering local TV stations to serve their communities of license."

TV station groups Nexstar Media and Sinclair Broadcasting have said they plan to boycott Kimmel's show after ABC and its parent company Disney announced it will return Tuesday — backtracking on its earlier decision to pull the show after comments made about Charlie Kirk.

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