Is FFC chairman Brendan Kerr setting his sights on his subsequent goal late at night time?
It has been practically two months since ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! Feedback made by host Jimmy Kimmel on the Sept. 15 episode sparked a frenzy on-line, together with from Kerr, who now seems to have his sights set on Seth Meyers.
On Saturday, Carr reposted considered one of President Donald Trump’s Fact social posts and referred to as for the firing of Meyers, the host of the NBC late-night present.
“NBC’s Seth Meyers is affected by an incurable Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). Final night time he went into an uncontrollable rage, seemingly as a result of the truth that his ‘present’ is a scores catastrophe. Aside from every part else, Meyers has no expertise in any way. NBC ought to hearth him instantly!” Trump wrote.
Carr didn’t add any extra feedback to his repost to X, however the subsequent day he introduced that he could be visiting the president over the weekend. “It is nice to be with President Trump this weekend. His insurance policies are sparking a brand new wave of development and innovation in communities throughout the nation,” the FCC chairman wrote in one other submit to X, together with a photograph of him standing alongside President Trump.
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to the FCC and NBC for remark.
In September, Kerr appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! In an interview on a conservative YouTube program. The FCC chairman’s risk got here after Kimmel made controversial feedback concerning the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
“We hit some lows over the weekend as a result of the MAGA gang is attempting so arduous to characterize this child who murdered Charlie Kirk as something aside from considered one of them and attempting their finest to attain political factors from that,” the comic stated on the Sept. 15 episode.
Because of this, ABC introduced “Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! It comes days after Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcast Group, the 2 largest house owners of native TV stations and ABC associates, introduced they might pre-air Kimmel’s present due to his feedback.
Trump was amongst some Republicans who celebrated Kimmel’s transient hiatus, whereas different politicians and Hollywood figures condemned ABC’s resolution, calling it an assault on free speech. Republican Sen. Ted Cruz additionally criticized Carr’s feedback on the time, calling them “extraordinarily harmful.”
Kerr later denied that he meant to threaten Affiliate TV’s license together with his feedback. The FCC chairman can be scheduled to testify earlier than the Senate Commerce Committee about Kimmel’s feedback.
