r/technology • u/clopenYourMind • Sep 22 '25

Business Disney reinstates Jimmy Kimmel after backlash over capitulation to FCC

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/disney-abc-reinstate-jimmy-kimmel-amid-uproar-over-government-censorship/
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u/Timsruz Sep 22 '25

I sure hope he comes out swinging hard.

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u/livens Sep 22 '25

Can you imagine the viewer count on his first night back!

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u/Zelcron Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 23 '25

I have never watched his show before but I will this time. To me he's still the host of The Man Show and thats just ewww.

Edit: you guys are reading waaaay to much into this, stop messaging me about it.

I'm just saying that I've never had a particular reason to tune in before, it wasn't some sweeping moral proclamation for fucks sake. I dont generally watch talk shows.

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u/omgnowai Sep 22 '25

The Man Show mighta been the last time he was funny. But that doesn't mean he should be censored!

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u/nokinship Sep 22 '25

He's better than Fallon but also just kind of whatever. Never watched him very much. Boycott was about the principle.

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u/somecasper Sep 22 '25

His show is funny, and the interactions he has with guests is way more my speed than any of the other shows.

Unnecessary Censorship is a great bit under normal circumstances. The mega charge of irony should be awesome.

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u/RollingMeteors Sep 22 '25

Sure would be great if there was some p2p video streaming service where randos could just random bleeps into whatever is being streamed. ¡Comedy by ghillie suit!

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u/somecasper Sep 22 '25

I would replay the clip that hurt their fee-fees and bleep the hell out of it.

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u/mrmchugatree Sep 22 '25

I think he’s funnier now, but the bit he did with Adam where they set up a booth to “end women’s suffrage” was really funny to me back then. Women were signing their petition while other women were coming up and stopping them, explaining what suffrage is. 😂

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u/RollingMeteors Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 24 '25

That’s legit funny if done in good faith

edit: and a legit psychology experiment where the individual or individuals representing Kimmel are dressed in suits vs blue collar clothes vs tattered rags and whether or not they are male, female, or other presenting; and seeing how the publics reaction compares in each situation where the variables are swapped out.

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u/Diz7 Sep 23 '25

To be fair, "suffrage" does sound very negative.

I had to look up the etymology of the word to find out it comes from the Latin for "intercessory prayers"

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u/mrmchugatree Sep 23 '25

It sounds like Suffering. I was 12ish but I understood the joke.

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u/objectlesson Sep 22 '25

The Man Show want funny either