Jimmy Kimmel Live ! after the late-night talk show was suspended after the host made remarks about the murder of Charlie Kirk, the show is back on American TV screens today.
Jimmy Kimmel must make a “sincere apology” during his programme today to save his career, a broadcasting expert has claimed.
His late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, returns on most ABC affiliates after a short suspension following his comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The veteran broadcaster is expected to open today’s show with one of the most-watched monologues on late-night TV of all time, but critics have stressed this should include a genuine apology for the controversy.
According to a source with experience in broadcasting, “I think a lot of it depends on what he says tonight, how he handles it, and whether he handles it with grace.” Tomorrow might be the end. He needs to apologize if the audience accepts him and allows him to return. He needs to be sincere about it.
Jimmy, 57, had said the “Maga gang are desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them”. Mr Kirk, who was a prominent political commentator in the US and ally of the president, was shot dead at a Utah Valley University event last week.
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Disney, the parent company of ABC, had announced that it would end the program to “avoid further inflaming a tense situation at a time when the country is emotionally charged.” A third of ABC’s affiliates are made up of Sinclair and Nexstar, which have announced they will no longer air the program on their stations.
According to the broadcast insider, conservative viewers are unhappy that ABC has decided to allow Jimmy to resume his program after “thoughtful conversations” with the presenter. No one “has a clue” what Jimmy will say during the broadcaster’s opening of today’s program, according to reports that there is some concern about the monologue.
“We have no clue [what he’s going to say]. They won’t tell us. And as affiliates (Sinclair and Nexstar), we can’t just go on their word. The team said ‘It’s just too risky for us. We need to see what he says,'” the source told the Daily Mail.
Jimmy Kimmel’s cancellation is the subject of David Muir’s update.
And this monologue may determine Jimmy Kimmel’s Live Date! remains off air along with Sinclair and Nexstar, according to the expert. In order to determine whether conservative viewers are ready for the show’s full return, they added that TV executives will carefully watch the speech, which will be Jimmy’s first time discussing the axe since it occurred.
The source continued: “The one thing that no one tends to understand is that we’re local businesses.” They also alluded to the huge viewing figures for Mr Kirk’s funeral on Sunday, particularly in conservative areas, such as Salt Lake City.
Source: Mirror
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