The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's show has triggered concerns about the US communications regulator's power over TV networks.

Jimmy Kimmel's comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination came under harsh criticism from the head of the Federal Communications Commission.

Removal of late-night show criticised as part of Trump administration’s attack on critical voices in media, academia and business

“We’re reinvigorating the FCC’s enforcement of the public interest,” Brendan Carr said on CNBC, “and I think that’s a good thing.”

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.

Disney does FCC chair's bidding, suspends Kimmel show over Charlie Kirk comment.

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

When a regime can use the power of the law to punish speech because it does not like that speech’s content, then speech is not free

ABC decision over Kimmel comments comes hours after Trump-appointed chair of US media regulator threatened broadcaster’s affiliate stations’ licenses

President Donald Trump has applauded the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show over comments he made about the man accused of murdering Charlie Kirk.

President Trump said overwhelming negative coverage about him by TV networks should be grounds for the FCC to revoke their broadcast licenses.

Trump wants the ability to control what is said and who can say it. And he’s been getting it.

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

"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is on indefinite hiatus after the host made comments about conservatives' reactions to the death of Charlie Kirk.

Il commento del presidente è arrivato un giorno dopo che la Abc ha sospeso la messa in onda dello show «Jimmy Kimmel Live!»

Ratcheting up his what FCC commissioner Anna Gomez called a "campaign of censorship and control," Trump threatened to revoke the broadcast licenses of networks that give him "bad…

“Sono un braccio del Partito Democratico”

Donald Trump suggests networks that carry critical coverage should lose licenses, amid calls for boycott of ABC owner Disney – key US politics stories from 18 September 2025

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

But it is unclear to what extent media companies might push back - at the potential expense of their bottom line.