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Jimmy Kimmel Slams JD Vance for Saying He Was Pulled From TV Due to Bad Ratings

Jimmy Kimmel dismissed Vice President JD Vance's claims about poor ratings, highlighting the show's return on all Nexstar and Sinclair stations with over 6.3 million viewers.

  • Last week, Jimmy Kimmel rejected Vice President JD Vance's account on his Brooklyn, New York week program, saying `Vice President Maybelline was making the rounds, attempting to defend his boss and the chairman of the FCC with a new fairytale even a 5-year-old wouldn't believe.`
  • In a Fox News interview last week, Vice President JD Vance said Kimmel was taken off air due to weak ratings and that stations and advertisers, not Brendan Carr, were responsible.
  • According to Nielsen ratings, Jimmy Kimmel Live! dropped from 6.5 million Tuesday viewers to 2.3 million Thursday viewers, with adults 18-49 and 25-54 falling 73%.
  • Disney announced a deal to bring Kimmel back after less than a week, and Nexstar and Sinclair resumed airing the show on Friday, restoring broadcasts to 100% of the country.
  • Amid right-wing pressure and threats from Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr, Disney shareholders demanded answers while JD Vance's favorability dropped to a net-12 as of Aug. 1.
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americasvoice.news broke the news in on Tuesday, September 30, 2025.
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