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Jimmy Kimmel Saga Adds to Hollywood’s Ever-Mounting Woes

If producers have to consider politics, whose jobs could be next?

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By Alicia Clanton

September 19, 2025 at 12:34 AM UTC

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ABC’s snap suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday cements “political pressure” on the laundry list of things weighing down Hollywood.