The View, Jimmy Kimmel and FCC
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Jimmy Kimmel 's show was pulled off the air indefinitely on Wednesday, Sept. 17, a spokesperson for ABC confirmed to PEOPLE, after the host's comments about the death of Charlie Kirk. The following day, The View aired as normal, and the news was not addressed.
After ABC “indefinitely” suspended “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” this week, the network’s daytime talk show “The View” has yet to acknowledge the hot topic. Co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Ana Navarro, Sara Haines,
The View cohosts’ first “Hot Topic” was FBI Director Kash Patel’s Senate hearing performance. After Joy Behar expressed frustration over what she sees as widespread government incompetence, Whoopi Goldberg countered with optimism about Americans’ resilience. The panel’s exchange became a fairly heated back and forth discussion.
The latest episode arrives one day after panelists Whoopi Goldberg, Haines, Hostin, Behar and Griffin stayed quiet on Thursday's iteration of The View, their first back following the Kimmel news.
Disney’s ABC pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show off the air indefinitely is “not the last shoe to drop,” FCC Chair Brendan Carr said on Fox News today. Carr also praised President Donald Trump for creating a “massive shift” in the media ecosystem.