ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show

[Old_Me]

Can't find it today so take with as many grains of salt as you like. Read yesterday that ABC was losing $4,000,000.00 a year with that show. Doesn't sound like a sustainable business model to me, add in pissing off half the country
Where were all the hand wringers when DJT got suspended from FaceTwit?

may not be what you read, but he was losing money for the network

Was 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' a moneymaker for ABC? The decline of late-night points to no

The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show highlights a broader crisis facing late-night TV as networks cut costs amid declining ratings and advertising revenue.

www.foxbusiness.com

 

[Talyn]

As others have implied, while JK has the right of free speech in his private life, however his comments on his show on the air reflects poorly on the ABC company/brand since JK is technically an ABC employee.

So, the leadership of ABC had/has the right to discipline JK, or any other employee that does something unsavory while "on-the-clock".

Same thing applies to Colbert.

My .02

 

[xdman]

Can't find it today so take with as many grains of salt as you like. Read yesterday that ABC was losing $4,000,000.00 a year with that show. Doesn't sound like a sustainable business model to me, add in pissing off half the country
Where were all the hand wringers when DJT got suspended from FaceTwit?

Especially since it is a dying format, what younger person do you know that watches late night television? It’s all about podcasting and tictoks etc.