Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon and David Letterman criticize ABC’s parent company, Disney, and FCC chief, Brendan Carr
Late-night show hosts Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart, Seth Meyers and Jimmy Fallon and former host David Letterman have all rallied behind Jimmy Kimmel following ABC’s decision to indefinitely suspend his popular late-night show after his comments about the rightwing activist Charlie Kirk.
In his opening monologue on Thursday night, Stephen Colbert mocked executives at Disney, ABC’s parent company, for caving to threats from Brendan Carr, the FCC chairman, when they pulled Kimmel off the air.
In an excerpt posted on Instagram before broadcast, Colbert also scolded Carr for calling Kimmel’s commentary on the rush to politicize Kirk’s murder an affront to community values. “Well, you know what my community values are, Buster?” Colbert asked. “Freedom of speech.”
So Fallon, Myers and Stewart just made “make the king happy” jokes, while Colbert actually said something.
Respect to Colbert.
Stewart was very much saying something. If you haven’t seen last night’s episode, go take a look.
Yes, and if you watch the interview he was a lot more explicit. The monologue and skit were satirical, but they still had some bite.
Yeah I’ve only seen clips so far. When i get actual time I’m going to watch the full episode for sure.