He's back on but two big affiliates will not carry his show pending further enquiry.
Broadcast TV is dying, with only oldies (ahem) watching. Younger people do not "get" the idea of appointment TV. They stream what they want, when they want. Amazing how Carson, Letterman, Craig Ferguson all managed not to be didactic finger wagging schoolmarms.
Exactly right. I've been very frustrated at the desire to stomp on Kimmel's show from the right, even if he deserves it, when the best thing is just to let him disperse in the breeze. Sadly seems impossible to stop. I think the time of fish in a barrel is coming to a close, for better or worse.
But though It's ugly, and tactically dumb, it may be ultimately for the best that the fight is being botched. It's false to be arguing about late night cable shows like they're what the culture pivots on anymore. Gonna have to find a new way somehow.
I think the best example of what you're referring to here is the Jimmy Fallon bit where he was singing and dancing with a load of costume syringes encouraging people to get vaxed. Regardless of how one feels about the issue, that was incredibly cringe and ghey and probably did more harm than good from the regime's POV.
But, is Kimmel off the air because he was 'cancelled' by Trump, or because his show was shite that no one watched, and the network took the bad PR as an opportunity to dump an unprofitable venture?
He's back on but two big affiliates will not carry his show pending further enquiry.
Broadcast TV is dying, with only oldies (ahem) watching. Younger people do not "get" the idea of appointment TV. They stream what they want, when they want. Amazing how Carson, Letterman, Craig Ferguson all managed not to be didactic finger wagging schoolmarms.
Exactly right. I've been very frustrated at the desire to stomp on Kimmel's show from the right, even if he deserves it, when the best thing is just to let him disperse in the breeze. Sadly seems impossible to stop. I think the time of fish in a barrel is coming to a close, for better or worse.
But though It's ugly, and tactically dumb, it may be ultimately for the best that the fight is being botched. It's false to be arguing about late night cable shows like they're what the culture pivots on anymore. Gonna have to find a new way somehow.
I think the best example of what you're referring to here is the Jimmy Fallon bit where he was singing and dancing with a load of costume syringes encouraging people to get vaxed. Regardless of how one feels about the issue, that was incredibly cringe and ghey and probably did more harm than good from the regime's POV.
But, is Kimmel off the air because he was 'cancelled' by Trump, or because his show was shite that no one watched, and the network took the bad PR as an opportunity to dump an unprofitable venture?