After ABC “indefinitely” suspended “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” this week, the network’s daytime talk show “The View” has yet to acknowledge the hot topic.
Co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg, Ana Navarro, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar and Alyssa Farah Griffin have remained noticeably silent on the subject as the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission suggested it could be “worthwhile” to investigate whether the talk show has violated broadcast rules.
“Potentially, I would assume you can make the argument that ‘The View’ is a bona fide news show, but I’m not so sure about that,” Chairman Brendan Carr said Thursday on “The Scott Jennings Radio Show.”
“I think it’s worthwhile to have the FCC look into whether “The View” and some of these other programs that you have still qualify as bona fide news programs and [are] therefore exempt from the equal opportunity regime that Congress has put in place,” he said.
Carr described the pulling of Kimmel’s show as an “important turning point” while speaking on Sean Hannity’s Fox News show, adding that there’s “more work to go.”
Meanwhile on Friday, “The View” opened its show with the panel discussing Kamala Harris’ upcoming memoir before introducing actress Lily James for a chat about her new film, “Swiped.” Later, comedian Andy Huggins joined Behar for “Joy’s Comedy Corner.”
“I don’t know about you, but I never needed a laugh more than these last few months,” Behar said while introducing the segment. “So it seemed like the perfect time for the return of my Joy’s Comedy Corner segment.”
The show made no explicit mention of Kimmel or his ousting from the network on Wednesday.
Kimmel was pulled off the air less than 48 hours after he delivered a monologue in which he addressed the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, saying the “MAGA Gang” was “desperately trying to characterize” the accused shooter “as anything other than one of them and [is] doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
He also criticized President Trump and his supporters for “finger-pointing,” as many conservatives have attempted to blame “the radical left” for Kirk’s death.
Trump, a frequent critic of Kimmel, took to Truth Social to celebrate the comedian’s suspension, writing, “Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done.”
Sinclair, the broadcasting company with the nation’s largest ABC affiliate group, has since given Kimmel a list of demands if he wants his suspension lifted. Those include issuing an apology to Kirk’s family and making a “meaningful personal donation” to his organization Turning Point USA.
Kimmel has not yet responded or made any comments on the suspension.
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