{"id":8921,"date":"2026-07-17T20:38:06","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:38:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=8921"},"modified":"2026-07-17T20:38:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T15:38:06","slug":"why-trump-wants-these-tv-networks-to-lose-their-licenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=8921","title":{"rendered":"Why Trump Wants These TV Networks to Lose Their Licenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"paragraph-content\">\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Following his comments, ABC announced it would suspend Kimmel\u2019s show indefinitely\u2014a decision Trump celebrated, <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115222372625104790\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">saying<\/a>: \u201cGreat news for America: The ratings challenged<em> Jimmy Kimmel Show<\/em> is canceled. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">When Kimmel\u2019s show returned to air a few days later, Trump strongly <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115256938634035559\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">criticized<\/a> the network over its decision<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">More recently, both Trump and First Lady Melania <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/28\/jimmy-kimmel-president-trump-melania-calls-to-be-fired-george-clooney-support\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">called for Kimmel to be fired <\/a>over a skit the comedian delivered about the White House Correspondents&#8217; Dinner\u2014a bit which was filmed and televised days before this year\u2019s event, which involved a shooting incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph-element\" class=\"rich-text mb-6 font-graphik text-body-large text-black-coffee mt-8 focus-visible:outline focus-visible:outline-black-coffee focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:shadow-focus-color text-left\">Colbert\u2019s show was canceled by CBS due to financial reasons, according to the network. But <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenWarren\/status\/1946003619821580369?lang=en\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">others voiced concerns<\/a> that it was instead done due to pressure from the Trump Administration, especially given the timing. The cancellation was announced days after Colbert, in his opening monologue, addressed how CBS\u2019 parent company, Paramount, had reached a $16 million <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/7299965\/trump-paramount-60-minutes-lawsuit-settlement\/\" title=\"undefined\" target=\"undefined\">settlement with Trump<\/a> over the editing of a <em>60 Minutes <\/em>interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris. Colbert called the settlement a \u201cbig fat bribe,\u201d referencing the then-pending sale of Paramount to Skydance Media, which required the approval of the Trump Administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following his comments, ABC announced it would suspend Kimmel\u2019s show indefinitely\u2014a decision Trump celebrated, saying: \u201cGreat news for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is canceled. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done.\u201d When Kimmel\u2019s show returned to air a few days later, Trump strongly criticized&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8922,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.time.com\/v3\/assets\/bltea6093859af6183b\/bltb4945128a0d2ae91\/6a5a16dd6a33e5ef7b268c6b\/Trump_Cameras.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}