Jimmy Kimmels Return Monologue Racks at 16 Million Views on Social Media

(Add the background of the show Tuesday) by David Shepardsson Washington, September 24 (Reuters) – Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue about his return to our late night television Tuesday after Walt Disney lifted his suspension, 16 million times were seen on Google’s YouTube and Meta’s Instagram. By noon on Wednesday, Kimmel’s monologue had 11 million views on YouTube and 5 million on Instagram. Broadcasting values ​​for Tuesday’s performance were not yet available. Kimmel returned to the sky six days after his remarks about the murder of right -wing activist Charlie Kirk, resulting in Disney suspending his performance under pressure from President Donald Trump’s administration. Disney initially said some of Kimmel’s comments are ‘bad’ and ‘insensitive’. The company’s decision to reduce the exile of Kimmel was a high -profile act of corporate resistance in light of Trump’s increasing oppression of perceived media in the media through litigation and regulatory threats. Kimmel defended political satire on Tuesday against ‘bullying’ by Trump and officials in his administration. Kimmel’s voice choked from emotion, moments after taking the stage to a standing ovation, and he said: “It was never my intention to lift the murder of a young man. I don’t think there’s something funny about it.” Last week, Kimmel said Trump’s supporters are eager to characterize Kirk’s assassin “as something other than one of them” and accuse them of trying to get “political points” out of the murder of Kirk. Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair both chose on Tuesday to hold ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ from their combined 70 and operate ABC stations, which account for about 23% of US households. This meant that the show was not seen in places like Seattle, Salt Lake City, Utah; Nashville and New Orleans, among others. It also did not offer in Washington, DC, Disney, Kimmel’s performance to view on a number of streaming apps, which are accessible across the country. In response to Kimmel’s comments last week, the chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, threatened an investigation into ABC and his subsidiaries. He called on television stations to drop Kimmel’s performance or face possible fines and the recall of their broadcasting licenses. “We can do it in the easy way or the difficult way,” Carr said on September 17, which brought calls for his resignation from Democrats and sharp criticism of Republicans, including Senator Ted Cruz. (Reporting by David Shepardsson; Editing by Mark Porter and David Gregorio)