"It's authoritarian bullshit. We had already wrapped when the news broke, so I don't know how the room took it. But I'll say we weren't given any sort of new direction this morning when it came to joke writing. So, in that respect, it was business as usual. It's authoritarian bullshit. My hope is just that the backlash will be too loud to ignore."
"The one benefit to how transparent this all is is that everyone is rightfully outraged - not just the people who love Kimmel. And, not for nothing, but didn't Brian Kilmeade say mentally ill homeless people should be executed the other day? Pretty sure he got to keep his show."
Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pulled off the air "indefinitely" and The Late Show With Stephen Colbert was canceled, shrinking an already dwindling late-night comedy landscape. FCC chairman Brendan Carr objected to how Kimmel associated Charlie Kirk's alleged shooter with the MAGA movement, after a brief tee-up to a clip package. Current late-night writers, speaking anonymously, described the removals as authoritarian and expressed horror and embarrassment at network decisions. Writers fear taking risks that could make them a target, note inconsistent enforcement across personalities, and hope public backlash will pressure networks to resist censorship.
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