Overview
- Jimmy Kimmel remains on ABC with new episodes taping after President Donald Trump renewed his demand Thursday that the network fire him over a joke about First Lady Melania Trump.
- The FCC this week ordered an accelerated review of licenses for ABC’s owned-and-operated stations after complaints that included a petition from the National Religious Broadcasters.
- FCC chair Brendan Carr said the action relates to an existing inquiry into Disney’s diversity policies, while broadcasters and legal scholars warn that content-linked pressure risks violating First Amendment norms.
- Kimmel called the line a light roast and flipped Trump’s ratings jab by pointing to low approval polls, as Republican lawmakers Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and James Comer and media host Megyn Kelly criticized efforts to push ABC to fire him.
- The Justice Department charged Cole Tomas Allen with attempted assassination after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner security breach, a case Trump allies cite to argue that rhetoric can feed a dangerous climate.