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 4 weeks agoRight but we knew that. I mean, Kimmel isn’t the first.
shalafi@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks 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.