Stephen Colbert came to the defense of fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday’s “The Late Show” on CBS, using his monologue to blast ABC executives for indefinitely suspending “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” after Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr floated action against the network.
“Shortly after Carr made his statements about ABC, Kimmel gets yanked off the air. This decision came after senior executives at ABC, Disney and affiliates convened emergency meetings during which multiple execs felt that Kimmel had not actually said anything over the line, but the threat of Trump administration retaliation loomed,” Colbert said. “The Late Show…
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