ABC fears 30 % of the hard MAGA and not 70 % of the rest of us.

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13. ABC fears the FCC. They don't want to lose their broadcasting license.

The MAGAt head of the FCC threatened ABC if they didn't get rid of Kimmel.

Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, had seemingly threatened ABC, Disney and Kimmel over his monologue about Kirk during a YouTube episode of commentator Benny Johnson's show on Sept. 17. "We can do this the easy way or the hard way," Carr said.

"There's calls for Kimmel to be fired," he added. "I think you could certainly see a path forward for suspension over this."

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/09/17/jimmy-kimmel-live-suspended-charlie-kirk-comments/86209499007/

But the FCC is clearly violating ABC's 1st Amendment rights. ABC should have defended Kimmel, then sued the FCC if they tried to yank their license.