The Kimmel suspension stayed in the news headlines all week and in his return he gave a good performance for his extended audience, whether they watched him on TV, YouTube, or read articles about the monologue. He sent the heartfelt message in the part before the commercial break and went back to skewering the administration after.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I don’t know. I was known as a pretty tough grader in my days as a college > professor, but I give Kimmel’s opening monologue an A+. He was funny and he > was unapologetic and he said everything he had planned to say the night he > was suspended, he didn’t say anything he didn’t believe, he doubled down > on his condemnation of Trump and his henchmen, he was emotional and > genuine in his grief for the murder of a young man and the loss to his > family and friends and moved by his widow’s forgiveness of her husband’s > murderer. > > I actually don’t know what more he should or could have said, or how he > could have said it better. > > > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > > On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 at 10:40 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Over a million views in one hour. And you know the idiot in the White >> House watched it on his phone since the DC affiliate isn’t carrying JKL. >> >> https://youtu.be/c1tjh_ZO_tY >> >> I think Kimmel did ok, but he could’ve gone farther. Then again, thanks >> to Trump, Kimmel still has a bullseye on his chest, so perhaps he exercised >> some caution. >> >> Kevin M. (RPCV) >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 23, 2025 at 12:40 PM 'Bob F' via TVorNotTV < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> "And now some news from the Department of Awkward Timing," begins this >>> Deadline piece from Dade Hayes; note after *die Maus*' name: >>> >>> https://deadline.com/2025/09/disney-raising-prices-streaming-hulu-bundle-jimmy-kimmel-1236553573/ >>> (link) >>> B >>> >>> PGage, to Kevin M and moi, Sept 22nd: >>> >>> I think the bar here is simply does. He apologize for what he said? If >>> he does, then he caved into Disney and he is done much more harm than good >>> for the cause of freedom. But if he basically sticks to his original plan >>> which was to clarify what he said, and distinguish it from the distortions >>> and misinterpretations that were running wild on conservative media, >>> perhaps adding an apology for not articulating his himself as clearly as he >>> could have in light of the understandable, high feelings in the immediate >>> aftermath of the violet death then I think this incident has the potential >>> to be a milestone in the long, hard journey back from the dark Trump abyss. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/47c2160b-1b18-459c-b896-4e935382a4a0n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/47c2160b-1b18-459c-b896-4e935382a4a0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DAqjY8LUOSLGSo1Bf1XOXWBS9knoXhU7Sx8AmL1kZ6Qw%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DAqjY8LUOSLGSo1Bf1XOXWBS9knoXhU7Sx8AmL1kZ6Qw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLvg2%3DXgSVSs_hX2Bn7_muc-mF5RThXgV1DmXX5ybh0Cw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLvg2%3DXgSVSs_hX2Bn7_muc-mF5RThXgV1DmXX5ybh0Cw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFzhLkyyLtfn8ss11H03PdCTp4ZLoMqdnF2vN%2BY-BLTZw%40mail.gmail.com.
