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<v Speaker 1>Callaroga Shark Media. Holy cow, wow wow wow wow. Hi.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm Johnny mack Hits an emergency bonus breaking news episode.

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<v Speaker 1>So let me deal you straight here. I have not

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<v Speaker 1>prepped this at all. I'm going to read these articles cold.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just going to react to them. So what happened

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<v Speaker 1>in my life is I went out a little before

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<v Speaker 1>seven pm Eastern. My nephew needed a ride from the train,

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<v Speaker 1>so I went to pick him up. I'm sitting in

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<v Speaker 1>the parking lot. I'm playing on my phone and I see,

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<v Speaker 1>Holy col ABC is pulling Jimmy Kimmel live from the air.

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<v Speaker 1>What what? And my mind starts spinning. As I drove

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<v Speaker 1>my nephew home, my phone started blowing up. I'm hearing

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<v Speaker 1>from all sorts of people asking me for my take.

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<v Speaker 1>I haven't even read the story yet. I just got home,

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<v Speaker 1>came straight downstairs to the studio, and I'm opening up

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<v Speaker 1>my email from Entertainment Weekly. I have not read this.

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<v Speaker 1>ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live from air indefinitely. Following hosts.

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<v Speaker 1>Charlie Kirk comments, Oh my goodness. So I had seen

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<v Speaker 1>this story broke so fast that when I was on

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<v Speaker 1>the parking lot. The first story I saw was that

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<v Speaker 1>the news came in the wake of some ABC affiliates

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<v Speaker 1>owned by Nextstar Media announcing they were going to preempt

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmy Kimmel's show, and by the time I dropped My

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<v Speaker 1>Nephew off, ABC had pulled the show. Representatives for Kimmel

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<v Speaker 1>have not responded to EW's request for comments. It is

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<v Speaker 1>seven forty five pm Eastern Time as I record this.

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<v Speaker 1>In a press release, Next Star strongly objects to recent

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<v Speaker 1>comments made by mister Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie

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<v Speaker 1>Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in

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<v Speaker 1>its ABC affiliated markets. Now, honestly, I had seen a

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<v Speaker 1>story about this earlier in the day. Newsweek had touched

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<v Speaker 1>upon this and some people being upset with Kimmel's comments,

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<v Speaker 1>and I didn't even include it in the main body

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<v Speaker 1>of the show. I just thought it was the normal

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<v Speaker 1>back in discourse we have in this country. In twenty

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<v Speaker 1>twenty five, Entertainment Weekly points out on Monday's episode of

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jimmy said of alleged killer Tyler Robinson,

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<v Speaker 1>quoting Jimmy Kimmel, here, we had some new lows over

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<v Speaker 1>the weekend with the Maga gang desperately trying to characterize

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<v Speaker 1>this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than

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<v Speaker 1>one of them, and with everything they can score political

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<v Speaker 1>points from it. Andrew Alfred is the president of Nexstar's

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<v Speaker 1>broadcasting division. He called Kimmel's comments offensive and insensitive in

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<v Speaker 1>a press release. Alfred said, we do not believe they

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<v Speaker 1>reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the

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<v Speaker 1>local communities in which we are located. Continuing to give

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<v Speaker 1>mister Kimmel a broadcast platform in the communities we serve

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<v Speaker 1>is simply not in the public interest at the current time,

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<v Speaker 1>and we've made the difficult decision to preempt the show

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<v Speaker 1>in an effort to let cooler heads prevail as we

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<v Speaker 1>move towards the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue. Wow, let

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<v Speaker 1>me throw Kimmel into Google again. I am doing this cold,

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<v Speaker 1>no prep. I just want to react. My head is spinning.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's head on over to Late Night or so. It

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<v Speaker 1>looks like next Door made the announcements and then an

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<v Speaker 1>hour later or so ABC pulled the show. So I'm

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<v Speaker 1>doing a time here. So that would have been more

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<v Speaker 1>or less six thirty Eastern, so three thirty Pacific, so

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<v Speaker 1>they probably hadn't taped Wednesday's show yet. Now part of

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<v Speaker 1>this story, FCC chair Brendan Carr was on Benny Johnson's

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<v Speaker 1>podcast on Wednesday afternoon. Car said, now, listen to this quote.

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<v Speaker 1>The FCC chairman, Brendan Carr said, we can do this

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<v Speaker 1>the easy way or the hard way. These companies can

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<v Speaker 1>find ways to change conduct and take action frankly on

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<v Speaker 1>Kimmel where there's going to be additional work for the

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<v Speaker 1>FCC ahead. Wow, I don't know how to react to that. That. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm trying not to use a word here that rhymes

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<v Speaker 1>with brett. Late Night writes. Cars suggested that Disney should

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<v Speaker 1>address Kimmel's comments before the FCC gets involved, suggesting Kimmel

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<v Speaker 1>could be suspended. Car said, you certainly could see a

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<v Speaker 1>path forward for suspension over this. Frankly, I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>pastime that a lot of these licensed broadcasters themselves pushed

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<v Speaker 1>back on Comcast and Disney and say we're gonna preempt

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<v Speaker 1>We're not gonna run Kimmel anymore until you straighten this out.

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<v Speaker 1>It's time for them to step up and say this

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<v Speaker 1>garbage to the extent that what comes down in the

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<v Speaker 1>pipe in the future isn't something that serves the needs

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<v Speaker 1>of our local communities. This is absolutely stunning, and I

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<v Speaker 1>wonder if Jimmy will just walk now. I mean, I've

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<v Speaker 1>said many times on this podcast that I don't think

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<v Speaker 1>he was gonna retire, but he has at least floated

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<v Speaker 1>the idea. I could see Jimmy Kimmel, with his personality,

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<v Speaker 1>telling ABC, you know what, I'm out, this is a thing. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>you know I'm scrolling through threads here. Someone bringing up

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<v Speaker 1>that after Colbert's show was canceled, the President of the

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<v Speaker 1>United States did say I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next,

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<v Speaker 1>so you know clearly lot here. I reached out to

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<v Speaker 1>Mike Chisholm, host of The Letterman podcast. I texted him

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<v Speaker 1>from the car, Hey, you don't happen to be home.

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<v Speaker 1>He's not home. He does other things. He's not on

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<v Speaker 1>my beck and call. Plus we're on different coasts, some

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<v Speaker 1>of the East Coast, he's on the West coast. He

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<v Speaker 1>offered to record something with me later tonight. But the

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<v Speaker 1>reality and I'm dealing with straight here. I teach a

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<v Speaker 1>class on Thursday morning. I'm out the door early Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>and I've already recorded Thursday's episode, so you're not gonna

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<v Speaker 1>hear me mention this at all on Thursday, although I'm

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<v Speaker 1>going to put a new top on the episode. So

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<v Speaker 1>I'll get back from my class and I'll google Jimmy

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<v Speaker 1>Kimmel and I'll probably do another bonus episode on Thursday night.

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<v Speaker 1>But my head is spinning. My quick take here is, wow,

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<v Speaker 1>this went nuclear quickly and pulling Jimmy Kimmel. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I've worked in companies. Usually the bosses you back your challenge,

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<v Speaker 1>you take your lumps. I had a boss once give

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<v Speaker 1>me advice, which is, when you're in a deal, live

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<v Speaker 1>up to the deal all the way, and if you

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<v Speaker 1>can't live with it anymore, don't renew it. But when

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<v Speaker 1>you're in the deal, live with the deal. He taught me,

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<v Speaker 1>you back your talent all the way. And ABC pulling

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<v Speaker 1>Jimmy Kimmel over the comments just absolutely stunning. The show

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<v Speaker 1>is pulled indefinitely, So there you go. There's a bonus

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<v Speaker 1>episode of Daily Comedy News Normal episode Thursday morning. I

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<v Speaker 1>will check in with you on Thursday afternoon. I am

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<v Speaker 1>just absolutely stunned by this