Amazingly, I woke up just in time to hear his monologue. When I had wakened up enough to turn the channel to an ABC station, Kimmel was just being introduced! I thought he struck all the right notes in his comments.
One of the questions now is whether the viewers of the 23% of the local stations still not carrying his show will demand that Sinclair and the other local station owners will relent. I think there is a good chance that the same sort of pushback we have seen on the national level may also work on the local level.
I'm still perplexed at why Kimmel's comments were considered to be so objectionable. His point seems to me to be twofold: one, that people were jumping to conclusions prematurely about the motivations of the Charlie Kirk shooter; and two, Trump's tone-deaf response to a question about how he was handling the death of his (supposed) friend.
I've always liked Kimmel, dating back to his days as Ben Stein's sidekick on "Win Ben Stein's Money", and then later, on "The Man Show". He always seemed to be genuine, personable, and witty. By all accounts he is a good guy, and treats his emoployees well.
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