US president says show cancelled because of ‘bad ratings more than anything else’

It's just his latest attack on a late night host who has been critical of the Trump administration.

President Trump called it “Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED." (The show was suspended, not cancelled.)

President Trump rejected outcries from Democrats over the state of free speech after ABC pulled the TV show of late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel.

President Donald Trump and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on Thursday denied that the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show was the result of government censorship.

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Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s TV show over Charlie Kirk comments is latest sign of business coming under pressure from White House

Comedian, whose show was pulled after Charlie Kirk comment, has long been a thorn in president’s side

“We may be coming full circle," Robert Thompson of Syracuse University told Fortune, "back to a Carson-style, harmless late night—with NBC the last one standing.”

"Good riddance, Kimmel, you disgusting scumbag."

Trump took to\u00a0Truth Social\u00a0to deride Jimmy Kimmel and throw some barbs at\u00a0Stephen Colbert,\u00a0Seth Meyers\u00a0and\u00a0Jimmy Fallon. It's not the first time.

US president says show cancelled because of ‘bad ratings more than anything else’

Trump has had long-running beef with late-night TV hosts who have criticized his policies.

Concerns grow that the Trump administration is curtailing criticism after ABC host Jimmy Kimmel's show was cancelled.

President says Jimmy Kimmel was ‘not a talented person’ as critics decry show’s suspension as an attack on free speech

Stephen Colbert has hit out at President Donald Trump following the abrupt cancelation of Jimmy Kimmel's show.

LOS ANGELES: US President Donald Trump on Thursday celebrated the suspension of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves and said TV broadcasters should lose their licenses…

US president says regulator should consider removing broadcast licences from those who ‘hit Trump’.

Kimmel’s suspension has been roundly criticized as a government-sponsored assault on free speech. But Trump — who has sparred publicly with Kimmel for years — is taking a victory…

It comes after late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel was taken off air for comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

Il presidente USA commenta la sospensione del conduttore dopo i commenti controversi sulla morte di Charlie Kirk