Screw ABC, asking Jimmy Kimmel to lighten up on the tRump jokes......love his response

[a kennedy]

Jimmy Kimmel practically attacks Donald Trump on every episode of his late night show, but the host says he was initially asked by ABC to tone down his trolling. When he predictably said no, the network backed down, giving Kimmel as much airtime to rip Trump as he pleased in the past six years.

The Jimmy Kimmel Live host revealed on today’s episode of Phil Rosenthal and David Wild’s Naked Lunch podcast that ABC broached the subject of his Trump coverage early on, but never brought up the subject again.

Rosenthal initiated the conversation, wondering if ABC ever asked Kimmel, “Could you not just attack this side and lay off a little bit, because we’re going to lose those people?” per The Hollywood Reporter.

Kimmel confirmed that losing republican viewers was a worry of ABC’s, telling Rosenthal, “There was at one time, maybe, I don’t know, right around the beginning of this whole Trump thing where … that was kind of hinted at, but I just said, ‘Listen, I get it. I don’t disagree. I mean, you’re right.”

While Kimmel understood the network’s concerns, he gave them an ultimatum, telling them he would walk if they wanted to pull back from the Trump critiques.

“I just said, if that’s what you want to do, I understand and I don’t begrudge you for it, but I’m not going to do that,” Kimmel said. “So if you want somebody else to host the show, then that’s fine. That’s OK with me. I’m just not going to do it like that.”

The late night host said ABC didn’t push back and met his request with an “all right,” telling the podcast, “They knew I was serious. I just couldn’t live with myself.” Love ya Jimmy.

https://decider.com/

[republianmushroom]

1. Agree

[SheilaAnn]

2. ABC News is also slanted right. Never watch it again. n/t

[a kennedy]

3. Really, slanted right?? I love David Muir.

[SheilaAnn]

4. That's how it appeared to me. n/t

[yonder]

8. Of the three biggies, I'll watch ABC when I watch at all. The content Muir/ABC delivers is ok BUT

there is a breathlessness about his delivery that just rubs me the wrong way - don't know why.

[a kennedy]

9. Yah, I hear ya, him with that hurried delivery, but.....totally don't like Nora, or the NBC guy.

I do watch pretty much every weekday night, as I no longer watch ANY daytime “news” shows.

[yonder]

22. ...

[kacekwl]

37. Me too. He's way too

dramatic for me.

[Rebl2]

30. Same here

NBC on the other hand. I don’t watch Lester Holt anymore. I feel like NBC leans right.

[OnlinePoker]

14. All Sides shows them left of center

[a kennedy]

16. and isn't quite disgusting there are only 5 areas??? And how many owners of these companies

are there?? 5 areas how many owners of these 5 areas are there?? Thanks for this. Oh, and shouldn’t CNN be a lot further to the right?.

[OnlinePoker]

19. They place the sources in specific categories and the community votes on them

In CNN's case (Online News) the community somewhat agrees with the far left rating and for CNN Opinion, the community absolutely agrees with the far left position.

https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/ratings

[SouthBayDem]

25. This chart is too kind to the Post Millennial and Epoch Times

“Lean” right? More like fallen over.

[grantcart]

41. IKR? They should be 5 columns over in "bat shit crazy".

[LiberalLovinLug]

26. Lol Who drew up this graph, Elon Musk?

So The Atlantic, NYT and CNN are on the extreme left?

I’m sure their owners are hoping for a workers socialist revolution.

[OnlinePoker]

27. Here's how they come up with their bias ratings

https://www.allsides.com/media-bias/media-bias-rating-methods

[Mosby]

36. The chart is crap.

Do you honestly think the Atlantic and CNN are in the same category and Jacobin, Intercept and Amy Goodmans website?

Dumb.

[BumRushDaShow]

50. But from your link, here is how the "system" can be gamed

Participate in our next Blind Bias Survey

There is no way that "The Intercept" is in the same category as the NYT.

[The Roux Comes First]

45. Thanks for Sharing, but

This strikes me as just another supposedly reliable "authority" figure I am expected to take on faith yet whose credentials haven't ever been established with me. Hell, I never heard of them before, probably a sign of my own finite resources. Plenty to argue with in that chart, WSJ just for starters. I used to think the Gray Lady was unimpeachable too, but then along came Judy Miller . . .

[BradAllison]

31. As opposed to CBS? n/m

[Grins]

34. Where I am, ABC News out of NY is fine.

But - after that it is all Reich-wing Sinclair Broadcasting.

Local news, sports, weather in the early AM and PM - OK.

In between - No!

[dwayneb]

49. Media bias fact check has ABC as center-left bias and high accuracy

Same as CBS and NBC.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/abc-news/

Can't say I have ever noticed a perceptible right bias.

[SoCalDavidS]

5. We Need More People Like Jimmy & Stephen

Jimmy literally risked his job rather than appease the "both sides" people at the network. I'm so proud of him.

[gratuitous]

6. In the beginning was the word

And the word was "funny."* If it ain't funny, it doesn't get on the air. If it is funny, there's no way to keep it off the air.

*Obscure movie reference. Well, maybe not that obscure. After all, Peter O'Toole was in it.

[Doc Sportello]

15. My Favorite Year?

One of my all-time favorites.

[gratuitous]

42. Yup

Just a great all-around movie. "Double the lad's bet for me, you waddling toad."

[Doc Sportello]

46. O'Toole was perfect as the Errol Flynn like character

Great stories from Mel Brooks but this was my favorite O'Toole movie. Funny and touching.

[Leith]

7. I didn't pay much attention to Jimmy Kimmel

He was funny on Win Ben Stein's Money. I wasn't the target audience for The Man Show so I don't know how good he or the show were.

I became a fan after seeing this 13-minute video. Enjoy.

[a kennedy]

12. Hated that damn "man show", and he stills does some stuff that would fit right in with that, but....

I do love his whole show. He just fits in his own skin when interviewing his guests, and his side kick??? Love him. I heard that his side kick Guillermo Rodriguez.

Rodriguez, who is Mexican-American, recalls his origins with the show. Back in the day, he was a parking lot security guard — and once got caught sleeping in announcer Dicky Barrett's car.

"We come here to work, to work hard, and we always want to do our best and improve ourselves," he says. "When I got this job, I was in the parking lot and I was sleeping in Dicky's car, the announcer. He opened the door, he goes, 'What are you doing here?' I go, 'I'm trying to sleep — I'm so sorry!'"

"Dicky went straight and told Jimmy, 'Listen, this guy was sleeping in my car,'" he continues. "And Jimmy said, 'We got to put this guy in the show.'"

The TV personality first began appearing in skits during Kimmel's first season in 2003. Though he still maintains his security guard title, he's now a regular fixture alongside Kimmel, 53, on the nightly show.

Escobedo, a childhood friend of Kimmel's, has also been part of Jimmy Kimmel Live! from the jump.

"Jimmy called and said, 'Hey man, I think I'm going to have this show, do you want to be my band leader?' Of course I was like, 'Yes,'" he remembers in the featurette. "It's been the best gig ever."

Yup, love Jimmy Kimmel. ♥️ ♥️ ♥️

[oldsoftie]

32. I just saw a rerun of "The Man Show" yesterday! I always thought it was hilarious.

I'm a sucker for ANY kind of comedy if it makes me laugh
To each their own!

[a kennedy]

35. Just didn't like the women they had walking around in skimpy outfits, being stupid and

his partner being a piece of shit. Here:

Carolla: I used to be a Democrat, now I’m basically a Republican.

THR: Why did you switch?

Carolla: First off, I got tired of the whining and the name-calling. If you say you want to beef up the border, they say you’re anti-immigrant. If you want people to show I.D. before they vote, then you’re for voter suppression. If you want women to pay for their own contraception, then you’re anti-women. If you’re for traditional marriage, then you hate gay people.

https://news.yahoo.com/news/adam-carolla-switching-parties-obama-im-waiting-hope-204827596.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9kdWNrZHVja2dvLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALhg4SPglSkb0axkjqM8tMviyM721TRjgfAmF5sWWyrCsuLdP815TedUtz5hMJk_iNlabc1hEorHfmr6w02ImPODMZ-fLtLZLcUZOoX3yEE3UcdkxayvULQHJDQ6ec6VpgYCUSy3lJXraiefNcU8Y_wHT1lmofQ2O7mgYSmPiMs_

[soldierant]

24. Wasn't that Jimmy Fallon on Ben Stein?

[oldsoftie]

33. Nope, it was Kimmel. nt

[ificandream]

44. And I loved Kimmel on that Ben Stein show.

[3catwoman3]

39. I remember this segment vividly. It was very moving.

IIRC, when Kimmel first took over this late evening time slot, he was regarded as something of an intellectual lightweight, and known for coarse humor.

He has shown himself to be anything but a lightweight.

[Greybnk48]

10. I love Jimmy Kimmel!

Every night that he and Colbert are on, I watch them both before shutting the tv off at night. I save Jimmy Kimmel for last.

Trevor Noah is often in the mix as well!

[AllaN01Bear]

17. left wing media, hah.

[paleotn]

18. Might as well.....

Those who'd be offended rarely if ever venture beyond Fux News.

[czarjak]

20. Stand strong, don't blink.

Make Ted Cruz eat those words.

[gristy]

21. "all right"

Music to my or anyone's ears when negotiating. Whether for permission to troll trump exclusively, for a raise, or to get a date to stay the night.

[Evolve Dammit]

23. Just like CNN. They are as afraid as are the entire GOP. The criminal Mob Boss has entrenched. nt

[TexasTowelie]

28. I've been posting the clips from the Jimmy Kimmel show for years on DU.

I'm glad that he has enlightened us with humor over the years.

[a kennedy]

29. and thank you so much......I absolutely love him. He still has some raw stuff, but he's

a good man. 🥰 ♥️ 🥰

[Initech]

38. Good!!! Fuck Trump and fuck the fascists!!!

[Abolishinist]

40. We absolutely LOVE his show!

It comes on at 11:30 here so we tape it and enjoy it (the opening monologue) the following morning.

IMO, his show is FAR above the rest. So clever, so well done behind the scenes. If I had the talent, I would kill to be on his creative staff... it has to be a kick to show up for work every day. And the amount of time/effort/dollars spent on some of these productions is amazing.

And I love the 'attention' he pays to the former's children, especially the older two with the (alleged) XY chromosomes. He totally slays them. And the guy who does Lindell is spot on, he does an even better job than the real Mike!

Love ya Jimmy!

[a kennedy]

43. Why do I love you??? You have said EVERYTHING I want to hear about Jimmy Kimmel.

[SunSeeker]

47. Jimmy is a mensch.

[DFW]

48. I don't get US TV here

But from the posted clips I've seen of Jimmy Kimmel, I think he's fabulous. I think his network knew full well that if he left, millions would follow him to wherever he went.

[Joinfortmill]

51. That's what it takes, principles & popularity.😁

[The Wizard]

52. we're going to lose those people?"

Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining. Trump Brown Shirts watch for two minutes and then tune back in to one of their Goebbels inspired propaganda outlets.