Bill Maher, who knows a thing or two about being pulled off the air at ABC, is standing by Jimmy Kimmel.
On the Sept. 19 episode of his HBO show "Real Time," the comedian defended "my friend" Kimmel after ABC suspended "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" over comments the host made about the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.
Maher related Kimmel's suspension to his own experience of having his ABC show, "Politically Incorrect," canceled after sparking backlash for saying the terrorists who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks were not cowards. "Politically Incorrect" continued airing after Maher's remarks, and ABC defended the show as a "forum for the expression of our nation's diverse opinions," but it was canceled in 2002 at the end of the TV season.
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"It was 24 years to the day that I made comments on ABC that got me canceled from that network, and Jimmy Kimmel took my slot," Maher said, describing this as a "weird" coincidence.
