This year marks the 67th annual lighting of the WRAL-TV tower in Raleigh, an annual tradition that has grown to include celebrations with towers at American Tobacco Campus in Durham and Rocky Mount Mills.


WRAL Tower Lighting: WRAL lights the towers in Raleigh, Durham and Rocky Mount

WRAL Tower Lighting

Michelle Mackonochie - familiar to WRAL viewers after five years as part of the morning news team - will anchor the 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. newscasts with Dan Haggerty, and the 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts with Gerald Owens. 

WRAL welcomes Michelle Mackonochie to evening newscasts beginning Jan. 5

Michelle Mackonochie

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Stay up to date with WRAL’s Jimmy Kimmel news and reporting coverage

Jimmy Kimmel News and Reporting Coverage | WRAL

Jimmy Kimmel Coverage

WRAL anchor/reporter Dan Haggerty explains that while Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show is back, there are nearly 70 affiliate stations that didn't air it.

<p>FOUNDATION. &gt;&gt; JIMMY KIMMEL WAS BACK ON ABC LAST NIGHT. HERE'S HOW HE ADDRESSED HIS PREVIOUS COMMENTS THAT GOT HIM KICKED OFF THE AIR FOR A FEW DAYS. &gt;&gt; BUT I DO WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING CLEAR BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT TO ME AS A HUMAN AND THAT IS IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IT WAS NEVER MY INTENTION TO MAKE LIGHT OF THE MURDER OF THE YOUNG THAT. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT FELT EITHER ILL TIMED OR UNCLEAR OR MAYBE BOTH. AND FOR THOSE WHO THINK I DID POINT A FINGER, I GET WHY YOU'RE UPSET IF THE SITUATION WAS REVERSES A GOOD CHANCE. I JUST FELT THE SAME WAY. &gt;&gt; ANALYSTS THINK THAT HIS RATINGS WERE BIG LAST NIGHT, AT LEAST IN THE CITIES THAT COULD ACTUALLY SEE HIM MUCH OF THE COUNTRY COULD NOT. THAT'S BECAUSE NEXSTAR IN SINCLAIR DECIDED TO CONTINUE THEIR BOYCOTT. JUST A REMINDER OF WHO IS NEXT STAR, WHO IS SINCLAIR WILL DO THE 2 BIGGEST LOCAL MEDIA OWNERSHIP GROUPS IN THE COUNTRY. NEXSTAR OWNS 200 STATIONS. SINCLAIR OWNS 185. REMEMBER THE BIG NETWORKS DON'T ACTUALLY OWN AND OPERATE EVERY LOCAL STATION IN THE COUNTRY. YOU CAN TAKE WRAL, FOR INSTANCE, WE ARE ON NBC AND ON FOX BUT WE DON'T RUN BY NBC OR FOX. THEY DON'T CARRY US. WE CARRY THEM. AND IT'S THE SAME STORY FOR THE 385 STATIONS OWNED BY NEXSTAR IN SINCLAIR. THIS MAP HERE SHOWS THE 70 ABC STATIONS OWNED BY THOSE 2 COMPANIES REPRESENTING 70 CITIES THAT COULDN'T TUNE IN LAST NIGHT TO SEE WHAT KIMMEL HAD TO SAY. YOU SEE LOTS OF ATTENTION FROM THIS STORY FROM THE SITUATION HAVE BEEN ON ABC BECAUSE WE THINK OF THEM AS THE BIG DOG. YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S DISNEY MARVEL. ESPN STAR WARS, PIXAR, IT'S MICKEY MOUSE AND OVERPRICED CRUISES. BUT IN TERMS OF LOCAL MEDIA REACH. THEY'RE A BIT OF A DISTRACTION FROM THE REAL STORY NOW, MOST OF YOU THINK THE REAL STORY IS TRUMP AND IT'S HARD NOT TO FOCUS ON THAT PART OF IT. HE HAS TRIED TO SILENCE KIMMEL AND OTHER COMEDIANS AND OTHER NETWORKS AND NEWS OUTLETS IN AUGUST. HE CALLED FOR THE FCC TO REVOKE ABC AND NBC'S BROADCAST LICENSES IN FEBRUARY. HE KICKED THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS POLL BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T USE THE TERM GULF OF AMERICA IN JANUARY, TRUMP POSTED ON TRUTH, SOCIAL UPSET ABOUT CRITICISM FROM SETH MEYERS. HE SAID COMCAST AND NBC WOULD QUOTE, PAY A BIG PRICE FOR THIS. AND TRUMP TOOK TO TRUTH SOCIAL AGAIN LAST NIGHT AFTER KIMMEL SHOW HE WROTE, KIMMEL PUTS THE NETWORK IN JEOPARDY BY PLAYING 99% POSITIVE DEMOCRAT GARBAGE. HE IS AT ANOTHER ARM OF THE DNC AND TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, THAT WOULD BE A MAJOR ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TEST ABC OUT ON THIS. LET'S SEE HOW WE DO. LAST TIME. I WENT AFTER THEM. THEY GAVE ME 16 MILLION DOLLARS. THIS ONE SOUNDS EVEN MORE LUCRATIVE. SO HE IS ARGUING THERE THAT BY ABC GIVEN KIMMEL PLATFORM TO SPEAK FREELY AGAINST REPUBLICANS AND HIS ADMINISTRATION. IT AMOUNTS TO CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE DEMOCRATS NOW TESTING THAT ARGUMENT, AS HE SAID, WOULD BE A NOVEL ATTACK ON FREE SPEECH AND OUR NETWORKS. THAT SAID IT IS CLEARLY A THREAT, THOUGH IT'S FAR FROM THE FIRST YOU SEE NETWORKS AND OUTLETS HAVE FACED THREATS MANY TIMES. AND WHILE TRUMP MIGHT BE THE LOUDEST OR EVEN THE BRASH CRITIC OF THE MEDIA, HE'S CERTAINLY NOT THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO BE VINDICTIVE. RICHARD NIXON FAMOUSLY HATED THE MEDIA, CREATED AN ENEMIES LIST OF JOURNALISTS, POLITICAL OPPONENTS AND CELEBRITIES. TELL ME IF THIS SOUNDS FAMILIAR, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT THE GREAT MAJORITY. &gt;&gt; OF THOSE IN THE MEDIA IN THE WASHINGTON PRESS CORPS, BOTH TELEVISION AND PRINT MEDIA WERE AGAINST ME. THE REASONS FOR THAT I THINK ARE SEVERAL ONE IS I'M A CONSERVATIVE AND AN EFFECTIVE CONSERVATIVE IN THEIR VIEW THEY ARE LIBERAL NIXON ACTUALLY TRIED TO USE THE IRS TO TARGET AND HARASS JOURNALISTS WHO HE DIDN'T LIKE. HE WAS HEARD ON THE RECORDING TELLING HIS CHIEF OF STAFF TO, QUOTE, POUND THESE PEOPLE. &gt;&gt; BUT MANY TIMES THE THREATS DIDN'T COME FROM THE PRESIDENT. MUCH LIKE WITH KIMMEL. THEY CAME FROM THE FCC AND IN MANY CASES, THEY'RE THE MEDIA COMPANIES FOUGHT BACK. I MEAN, NOTORIOUSLY THE CAREER OF HOWARD STERN, A MASSIVELY POPULAR RADIO HOST KNOWN FOR RAUNCHY AND CONTENT. HE WAS UNDER CONSTANT PRESSURE FROM THE FCC, BROKE RECORDS WITH FINES IN THE MILLIONS NEARLY GOT THE LICENSE STRIPPED FROM CBS RADIO. BUT THEY FOUGHT FOR HIM. THEY WENT TO COURT. THEY FOUGHT FOR FREE SPEECH. SOMETIMES THE MEDIA COMPANIES DON'T FIGHT BACK THERE. TONS OF EXAMPLES OF THIS HAPPENING TO IN 1969, CBS CANCELED THIS MOTHER'S BROTHER COMEDY HOUR AFTER THEY CONTINUE TO HEADS WITH EXECUTIVES FOR SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE WAR IN VIETNAM. IN 1997, SEVERAL ABC STATIONS REFUSED TO AIR ELLEN'S COMING OUT EPISODE. THEY CALLED IT INAPPROPRIATE CONTENT AND MAYBE THE BEST EXAMPLE IN 2001, SEVERAL ABC AFFILIATES DROPPED POLITICALLY INCORRECT WITH BILL MAHER AFTER HIS COMMENTS ABOUT THE HIJACKERS FOLLOWING 9.11 CALLING THE U.S. MILITARY COWARDS, STATEMENTS THAT EVENTUALLY LED TO ITS CANCELLATION. BUT I WILL ADMIT THIS DOES FEEL DIFFERENT THAN THOSE EXAMPLES. AND I THINK I MIGHT KNOW IN 1984, THE MAJORITY OF AMERICA'S MASS MEDIA WAS CONTROLLED BY ROUGHLY 50 INDEPENDENT MEDIA COMPANIES. 50, 50 DIFFERENT VOICES, 50 COMPANIES BALANCING COVERAGE, UNBIASED POLITICS, FREE SPEECH, PUBLIC TRUST IN 50 DIFFERENT OPINIONS ON HOW TO NAVIGATE THOSE VALUES WITH PROFIT. TODAY, THERE ARE 6 JUST 6. HERE'S THE LIST. INDUSTRY EXPERTS ESTIMATE THAT 90% OF THE NATIONAL MEDIA MARKET IS CONTROLLED BY THE 6 COMPANIES. NOW WE'VE SEEN THE SAME CONSOLIDATION IN LOCAL NEWS IN 1984, THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS WITH DIFFERENT OWNERS TODAY. THERE ARE JUST 5 MAJOR PLAYERS IN THE TOP 3 ALONE CONTROL ALMOST HALF OF THE MARKET. WHY IS THIS? WHY DID THIS HAPPEN? WELL, THE SHORT ANSWER IS REGULATION IN 1984, UNDER REAGAN. THE FCC RELAX THE OWNERSHIP CAPPED AT THE TIME. YOU COULD ONLY ON 7 STATIONS A MOVE THAT UP TO 12 IN THE 90'S IN THE CLINTON, THEY RAISE THE CAP AGAIN IN ALLOWED CROSSOVER. MEANING YOU COULD OWN A TV STATION NEWSPAPER AND RADIO STATION ALL IN THE SAME MARKET IN THE DOTS. UNDER BUSH, THE CAP WENT UP AGAIN, ALLOWING INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES TO REACH UP TO 39% OF HOUSEHOLDS IN 2017 UNDER TRUMP, THEY ALLOWED ONE COMPANY TO OWN THE TOP 2 STATIONS IN A SINGLE MARKET. HERE WE ARE NOW IN 2025 AND NUMBER ONE, NEXSTAR WANTS TO CHANGE THE RULES AGAIN. THEY WANT TO GET BIGGER. THEY WANT TO BUY ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE TOP MEDIA COMPANIES. NUMBER 4, TEGNA MEANING THAT THEY WOULD GROW AND 264 STATIONS FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, THOUGH THEY WOULD NEED THE FCC AND TRUMP. ARE YOU STARTING TO PICK UP ON THE POSSIBLE MOTIVATION HERE? YOU KNOW, THIS CONVERSATION HAS REVOLVED AROUND FREE SPEECH, RIGHT? BUT KIMMEL ISN'T THE ONLY ONE WITH THAT. FREEDOM COMPANIES HAVE IT TOO. IF NEXT STAR DOESN'T WANT TO SHOW KIMMEL, THEY DON'T HAVE TO. THEY MAY RISK BREAKING THEIR AFFILIATION AGREEMENT WITH ABC. BUT IF THEY WANT TO TAKE THAT STAND, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SO. YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIKE IT. BUT THESE COMPANIES HAVE A RIGHT TO SPEECH TO HAVE A VOICE AND USE THAT VOICE TO FURTHER THEIR VALUES. THEIR BUSINESS INTERESTS OR TO CLOSE THE DEAL DOESN'T MATTER. WHAT DOES MATTER IS THAT THAT VOICE HAS NEVER BEEN LOUDER OR MORE POWERFUL. THIS IS THE PRIMARY CONCERNS SURROUNDING MEDIA CONSOLIDATION OR WELL. BRADBURY WELLS FROM PLATO TO EDWARD R MURROW, JEFFERSON TO ROOSEVELT. ALL OF THEM WARNED ABOUT THIS. THINK THINK ABOUT IT. IF THIS WERE BACK IN THE 80'S AND NEXSTAR OWNED 7 STATIONS, NOT HUNDREDS. WOULD ABC HAVE FOLLOWED THEIR LEAD WITH THE WHOLE WORLD, THE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS WITH THE PRESIDENT HAVE LEVERAGE. I WANT TO REMIND YOU WHAT THIS CONSOLIDATION LOOKS LIKE WITH A VIDEO THAT WENT VIRAL BACK IN 2018 WHEN SINCLAIR GAVE ALL OF ITS STATIONS. THIS A MUST READ NEWS PROMO A CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF WHAT MEDIA CONSOLIDATION CAN LOOK LIKE. THE SHARING OF BIASED AND FALSE NEWS HAS BECOME ALL TOO COMMON ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND WE ARE TRULY NATIONAL SERVICE FIRST. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO OUR DEMOCRACY. &gt;&gt; TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK. I KNOW A LOT OF YOU FEEL PASSIONATELY ABOUT THIS TOPIC AND I'M GLAD YOU DO. IT IS A BIG ONE. GIVE ME YOUR THOUGHTS. E-MAIL DAN AT WRAL DOT COM.</p>

Jimmy Kimmel is back: Why nearly 70 cities couldn't watch

Jimmy Kimmel is back: Why nearly 70 cities couldn't watch   In Depth with Dan

Jimmy Kimmel used his first episode back Tuesday night to address his controversial comments and defend free speech.


Anyway, as I was saying before I was interrupted. Jimmy Kimmel Live is back after a nearly weeklong suspension. Disney says it objected to the host's comments after Charlie Kirk's murder. Kimmel addresses that in his return monologue. I don't think the murderer who shot Charlie Kirk represents anyone. This was a sick person who believed violence was a solution, and it isn't ever. Kimmel is also defending free speech with humor. The guy in Germany offered me a job. Can you imagine? has become so authoritarian the Germans are like, come here. Some repeat audience members say this taping felt different. There was a gravity but also happiness of just being back. Disney says it lifted the suspension after thoughtful conversations with Jimmy. Critics claim it originally caved to President Donald Trump. He says Kimmel's return on ABC puts the network in jeopardy. He adds, quote, We're going. Test ABC out on this. Sinclair and Nexstar Media are continuing to preempt the show on their stations. The FCC chair applauds them for what he calls standing up to a national programmer. The preemptions are a financial hit for Disney. Some analysts say a boycott from Kimmel fans would have been worse. Money was the impetus for the first decision in pulling Jimmy Kimmel off the air, and money is the impetus for returning him. I'm Amy Kiley reporting.

Jimmy Kimmel's message his first night back

(CNN) — “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to ABC on Tuesday night, the network said Monday, ending a nearly weeklong standoff over the late-night talk show, even as major station owners said they would still keep the show off their airwaves for viewers in thousands of homes.

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DRAUGHON DRAWS: The FCC takes the hard way on broadcast speech

The Texas Republican said he was "thrilled" Jimmy Kimmel was pulled off the air by ABC over his comments about conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. But he said he strongly disagreed with the government policing speech, asserting it could come back to bite conservatives when Democrats retake power.

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WRAL anchor/reporter Dan Haggerty explained why ABC decided to take Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show off the air indefinitely after his recent comments about Charlie Kirk's suspected killer.

TRUCKS AND S U. OKAY. LET'S TALK ABOUT JIMMY KIMMEL. >> HE AND HIS LATE NIGHT SHOW ARE OFF THE AIR INDEFINITELY AFTER SOMETHING HE SAID DURING THE OPEN MONOLOGUE. HERE'S THAT CLIP. >> IT'S A NEW LOWS OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THE MAG AGAIN, DESPERATELY TRYING TO CHARACTERIZE THIS KID WHO MURDERED CHARLIE KIRK IS ANYTHING OTHER THAN ONE OF THEM AND WHAT EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SCORE POLITICAL POINTS FROM IT. OK? SO NOW? >> HE IS OFF THE AIR AND SOME PEOPLE ARE UP IN ARMS ABOUT THIS, CALLING IT CANCEL CULTURE OR HYPOCRISY FROM THE RIGHT AND SOME CONFUSION AROUND FREEDOM OF SPEECH. SO LET'S TRY AND UNPACK ALL OF THIS TONIGHT WHERE TO START SO FIRST, JIMMY KIMMEL WORKS FOR ABC. WHY DOES THAT MATTER? WILL ABC JUST LIKE NBC AND CBS? THEY ARE ON PUBLIC AIRWAYS. SO ALL YOU NEED IS THE RABBIT EARS TO TUNE IT. THAT MEANS THAT THE KIND OF PLAY BY DIFFERENT RULES THAN THE CABLE NEWS NETWORKS THE HAVE TO PAY FOR LIKE FOX NEWS, CNN NEWSMAX, ETC. TODAY THE FCC CHAIRMAN EXPLAINED THAT ON CNBC WHEN HE SAID THIS. >> BROADCAST TV IS DIFFERENT AND WE'RE ON A CABLE SHOW RIGHT NOW. YOU DON'T HAVE AN FCC LICENSE. YOU DON'T HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST PODCAST. DO EITHER STANDUP COMEDIANS, WHETHER THEY'RE ON LOTS OF FORMS OF COMMUNICATIONS, DON'T. KIMMEL IS FREE TO DO THAT. BUT IF YOU BROADCAST TV LICENSE, THAT MEANS THAT YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT VERY FEW PEOPLE HAVE AND YOU'RE EXCLUDING OTHER PEOPLE FROM HAVING ACCESS TO VALUABLE PUBLIC RESOURCE. AND IT COMES WITH AN OBLIGATION TO SERVE THE PUBLIC INTEREST. >> BECAUSE KIMMEL SAID WHAT HE SAID ON ABC. HE IS HELD TO A DIFFERENT STANDARD. THEN THE STUFF YOU SEE ON THE FOX NEWS AND THERE'S NO SHORTAGE OF HOT TAKES ON THAT STATION. ONE OF THEIR ANCHORS, JESSE WATERS SAID THIS WHEN COMMENTING ON CHARLIE KIRK'S ASSASSINATION. >> WE'RE AT WAR WITH US. WHETHER WE WANT TO ACCEPT IT OR NOT, THEY ARE AT WAR WITH US. WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT? HOW MUCH POLITICAL VIOLENCE ARE WE GONNA TOLERATE? >> NOW YOU MAY SEE BOTH OF THESE PEOPLE AS INFLUENTIAL VOICES SHARING SIMILAR MESSAGES OF ACCUSATION AND DIVISION. BUT AGAIN, ONLY KIMMEL WORKS FOR A NETWORK ON PUBLIC AIRWAYS HELD TO ACCOUNT BY THE FCC. HERE IS ANOTHER CLIP FROM THE FCC CHAIRMAN. BASICALLY SAYING IF ABC DIDN'T DROP KIMMEL. >> BUT FRANKLY, WHEN YOU SEE STUFF LIKE THIS I MEAN, LOOK, WE CAN DO THIS THE EASY WAY OR THE HARD WAY THESE COMPANIES CAN FIND WAYS TO CHANGE, CONDUCT, TO TAKE ACTION, ON KIMMEL OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE ADDITIONAL WORK FOR THE FCC. >> THIS IS JUST THE LATEST INSTALLMENT OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION THREATENING THE BIG BROADCASTERS LAST MONTH. HE POSTED ON TRUTH SOCIAL SAYING ABC AND NBC SHOULD LOSE THEIR LICENSES. BUT BEFORE THE FCC COULD ACT, KIMMEL WAS ALREADY DROPPED BUT NOT BY ABC. NOT NOT. AT FIRST, IT WAS ACTUALLY NEXSTAR THAT MADE THE FIRST MOVE. WHO IS NEXT? START? WELL, THEY ARE ONE OF THE BIGGEST MEDIA COMPANIES IN THE COUNTRY. THEY OWN 200 STATIONS NATIONWIDE. SOME OF THEM ARE ABC STATION SUMMER. NBC SUMMER CBS. THEY ACTUALLY ON THE CBS STATION RIGHT HERE IN RALEIGH ACROSS THE COUNTRY. NEXSTAR CAN REACH ABOUT 68 TO 70% OF US HOW HOUSEHOLDS THIS IS KIND OF SOMETHING THAT MOST PEOPLE I DON'T REALLY THINK ABOUT OR UNDERSTAND WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR LOCAL NEWS. YOU SEE ABC DOESN'T OWN OR OPERATE EVERY LOCAL ABC STATION IN THE COUNTRY, MOST OF THEM ARE OWNED BY MASSIVE, PUBLICLY TRADED MEDIA OWNERSHIP GROUPS AND NEXSTAR IS THE BIGGEST ONE. HERE IS A LIST OF THE TOP 5 FOR INSTANCE, WRAL IS ON NBC AND FOX RIGHT. BUT WE ARE RUN BY NBC OR FOX. WE ARE OWNED BY A RALLY COMPANY CAPITAL BROADCASTING AND WE HAVE A MUTUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THOSE NETWORKS. WE GIVE THEM THE THE AIRWAYS TO ACCESS THE PEOPLE HERE IN THE TRIANGLE AND THEY GIVE US THE BIG NATIONAL PROGRAMS TO DRIVE VIEWERSHIP AND ADVERTISING. WHY AM I TELLING YOU ALL THIS? WELL, HOURS BEFORE ABC ANNOUNCED THAT KIMMEL WAS GETTING PULLED, NEXSTAR PULLED HIM. FIRST OF NEXSTAR'S 200 STATIONS. 32 OF THEM ARE ABC STATIONS. AGAIN. WHY EXACTLY DOES THAT MATTER? WELL, BECAUSE NEXSTAR IS TRYING TO BUY ONE OF THE OTHER TOP 5 MEDIA COMPANIES TAKING UP, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH A DONE DEAL EXCEPT THEY STILL NEED THAT FCC APPROVAL. NOW THE SPECULATION IS IF NEXT STAR MOVES AGAINST KIMMEL THAT WILL MAKE THE WHITE HOUSE HAPPY AND THEN BETTER THEIR CHANCES OF GETTING THAT APPROVAL AGAIN, THERE IS NO PROOF TO THIS CLAIM AND I ONLY BRING IT UP BECAUSE WE JUST WENT THROUGH THIS WITH STEPHEN COLBERT. HE WAS ALSO FAMOUSLY CRITICAL OF THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SHOW WAS CANCELED. JUST BEFORE THE FCC APPROVED PARAMOUNT'S MERGER WITH SKYDANCE MEDIA PEOPLE ACCUSE PARAMOUNT OF PLAYING SIMILAR POLITICS. BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST ACCUSATIONS THE PEOPLE MAKING THEM SAY THEY ARE JUST FOLLOWING THE MONEY. BUT LET'S KEEP FOLLOWING IT. YES, COLD AIR WAS THE NUMBER ONE LATE NIGHT HOST. BUT THAT TITLE MEANS A LOT LESS THIS YEAR THAN IT DID LAST YEAR IN THE YEAR BEFORE IN THE BEFORE. THE SHOWS HAVE BIG STAFFS. THE FAMOUS HOST HAVE BIG SALARIES IN THE AD. REVENUE HAS NOT BEEN KEEPING UP OVER THE PAST YEARS. THIS IS A TRAJECTORY THAT HAS BEEN FELT BY EVERY LATE NIGHT SHOW, INCLUDING CAMELS. BUSINESS INSIDER REPORTED ADVERTISERS SPENDING ON LATE NIGHT SHOWS HAS BEEN CUT IN HALF OVER THE PAST 6 YEARS FROM 439 MILLION DOLLARS IN 2018 TO 221 MILLION DOLLARS IN 2024, THAT IS A PRETTY STEEP DROP. WHAT DO YOU THINK IS THIS ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL POWER MONEY BUSINESS POLITICS, ALL OF THE ABOVE IS WORTH THINKING ABOUT. BUT I WILL SAY THIS FREEDOM OF SPEECH IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT THAT PROTECTS YOU FROM GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP. ARRESTS WERE FIGHTS BUT DOESN'T MEAN YOU HAVE A FREE PASS TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES. EVERYBODY HAS A BOSS. IF YOU WORK FOR A COMPANY, YOU REPRESENT THE COMPANY AND ITS VALUES AND ITS CO WORKERS AND ITS GOALS. IF YOU SAY SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T ALIGN WITH THOSE VALUES AND THOSE GOALS, THE BOSS CAN FIRE YOU. IF YOU ARE THE BOSS, YOU STILL HAVE A BOSS. IT'S YOUR CUSTOMERS. LOOK AT BUD LIGHT. A RECENT FAMOUS EXAMPLE. WHAT HAPPENED? THEY PARTNERED WITH THE TRANSGENDER INFLUENCER AND THE RESPONSE WAS A HUGE WAVE OF CONSERVATIVES AND BOYCOTTING BUDLIGHT IN ONE MONTH SALES TANKED AND THEY WATCHED NEARLY ONE AND A HALF BILLION DOLLARS. SO WHAT DID ANHEUSER BUSCH DO? THEY THEY WANTED TO APPEASE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE BUYING THEIR BEER ANYMORE. SO THEY PIVOTED ENTIRELY THE TONE DOWN THE ACTIVIST IN LGBTQ SUPPORT. THEY HIRED FAMOUS COMEDIAN SHANE GILLIS, A MAN WHO WAS ONCE CANCELED FIRED BY SNL FOR OLD JOKES THAT SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT WERE RACIST AND HOMOPHOBIC. FAST FORWARD A FEW YEARS. BUT LIGHT IS BACK. GILLIS IS HUGE AND EVEN HOSTED SNL. THE PLACE THE FIRE DIDN'T BOTH BACK FROM CANCELLATION BECAUSE WELL, MONEY BUSINESS POLITICS MAY BE IN THAT ORDER. BUT WHAT DOES ANY OF THIS HAVE TO DO WITH YOU AND YOUR LIFE AND YOUR JOB AND YOUR FAMILY I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO ME. WHAT WHAT I THINK. BUT I'M MORE INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THIS. SO LET'S LET'S KEEP THIS CONVERSATION GOING. SEND ME AN E-MAIL, DAN, A WRAL DOT COM. I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU. YOU GET YOUR FEW THOUGHT. YOUR INPUT, ALL THE INTELLIGENT VIEWERS OUT THERE ALWAYS HELP DRIVE THE SECOND. THIS IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE. THERE WAS A LOT TO TALK ABOUT HERE. AND I WONDER IF THERE WAS A PIECE OF THIS. YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE TALKING MORE ABOUT? TELL ME

In Depth with Dan: Why Jimmy Kimmel's show was pulled off the air

Disney's ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show off the air indefinitely after his recent comments about Charlie Kirk's suspected killer.

The veteran late-night comic, made several remarks about the reaction to the conservative activist's assassination last week on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Monday and Tuesday nights, including that "many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk."

>> NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE IN EITHER SHOOTING AND POLICE ARE ASKING ANYONE WITH INFORMATION TO COME FORWARD. >> LOCKS ON THE GATES OUTSIDE THE EL CAPITAN THEATER IN LOS ANGELES. THIS AFTER THE NEWS AND ABC'S PARENT COMPANY, DISNEY PULL TALK SHOW HOST JIMMY KIMMEL OFF THE AIR INDEFINITELY. THE HOST MADE COMMENTS MONDAY NIGHT ABOUT THE SHOOTING SUSPECT IN THE CHARLIE KIRK SHOOTING IN HIS MONOLOGUE. KIMMEL SAID, QUOTE, THE MAG AGAIN IS DESPERATELY TRYING TO CHARACTERIZE THIS KID WHO MURDERED CHARLIE KIRK AS ANYTHING OTHER THAN ONE OF THEM AND DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO SCORE POLITICAL POINTS FROM IT AND OF QUOTE, IT QUICKLY PROMPTED REACTION FROM THE FCC COMMISSIONER THREATENING LEGAL ACTION, ABC AND CAMELS REPRESENTATIVES HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO A REQUEST FOR COMMENT. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP POSTED TO TRUE SOCIAL AFTER THE NEWS OF KIMMEL SHOW BEING POLLED. HE CONGRATULATED ABC FOR ITS DECISION AND CALLED FOR NBC TO CANCEL JIMMY FALLON AND SETH MEYERS SHOWS THE DECISION IS GETTING PUSHBACK, THOUGH IN WASHINGTON, D.C., MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER SAYS THIS IS A FREE SPEECH ISSUE. >> IT'S NOT WHETHER YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH WHAT THE PERSON SAID. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY IT EVERY RIGHT TO SAY IT ON ABC. THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO SAY IT IN NEWSPAPERS. THEY'VE A RIGHT TO SAY IT TO THEIR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES. 2 YEARS SINCE IN AN INTERVIEW WITH FOX NEWS FCC COMMISSIONER BRENDAN CARR SUGGESTED THAT