This is perhaps the most blatant example of the federal government making a direct threat to shut someone down, a comedian no less.
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themeatbridge@lemmy.world 15 hours agoRight but we knew that. I mean, Kimmel isn’t the first.
shalafi@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
No, he is not, although Colbert just wasn’t renewed for another year and remains until May 2026 rather than immediately being taken off the air. This is an escalation.