Trending badgeTrendingPosted 1 hour agoSubscribe to Screen Time NewsletterCaret DownHere's The Alleged Reason "The View" Stayed Silent After ABC Shelved Jimmy Kimmel's ShowOn the September 18 and 19 episodes of the daytime talk show, the panelists never mentioned Kimmel's show suspension.by Mychal ThompsonBuzzFeed StaffFacebookPinterestLinkHot Topic🔥 Full coverage and conversation on Politics According to a new report, we apparently got it all wrong about why The View hasn't mentioned what's going with Jimmy Kimmel's show. Lou Rocco / ABC via Getty Images Since the news that Kimmel's late-night show was shelved indefinitely, fans are shocked that panelists Whoopi Goldberg, Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar, Alyssa Farah Griffin, and Sara Hines haven't brought it up on The View. ABC When the cohosts of The View neglected to mention Kimmel during their Sept. 18 episode, which aired one day after Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pulled off the air, viewers wondered why they stayed quiet on the topic. Lou Rocco / Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images the ladies of The View being censored in front of my very eyes omg they're not allowed to talk about the Kimmel cancellation pic.twitter.com/87olPdPBTa- yolanda fister (@yolandafister) September 18, 2025 HBO , @yolandafister / Twitter: @yolandafister BuzzFeed TrendingHot TopicLet's chat about all things PoliticsSee our Politics Discussions So fascinating seeing the View today not even mention the Kimmel situation. That network told them don't even try it. Scary times- Saint Shannon (@shannon_sense) September 18, 2025 @shannon_sense / Twitter: @shannon_sense #TheView being silent about the biggest elephant in the room that involves their network is kinda crazy. is it not called HOT TOPICS? 😭 pic.twitter.com/FsJcB5MqOP- DE'RON 🌞 (@deronworld) September 18, 2025 ABC , @deronworld / Twitter: @deronworld The fact that they are not opening the show with talking about @ABC cancelling Jimmy Kimmel by caving to fascism is very telling. #TheView pic.twitter.com/a6PIhPk1aP- Nikki NuVogue (@NikkiNuVogue) September 18, 2025 ABC , @NikkiNuVogue / Twitter: @NikkiNuVogue Recently, the news of Kimmel being pulled off the air has triggered strong reactions from politicians, Hollywood celebrities, and fellow late-night hosts, but not The View. AaronP/Bauer-Griffin / GC Images In the following episode on Sept. 19, the panelists didn't bring up the late-night host again, leading to more speculation and rumors that they were censored behind the scenes. ABC However, an insider told People that the reports that there's "chaos" behind the scenes or "pressure" on The View are "false" and the women are just "focused" on doing their jobs. "As always, the team is focused on doing the job of producing a daily talk show and having thoughtful conversations at the table," the source said. To be fair to the people who are considering The View's silence is a result of censorship or pressure - FCC Chair Brendan Carr did hint the daytime talk show may be under scrutiny in regard to the FCC's equal opportunity rule. Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images During an appearance on The Scott Jennings Radio Show, Carr said, "I think it's worthwhile to have the FCC look into whether The View and some of the programs that you have still qualify as bona fide news programs and therefore exempt from the equal opportunity regime that Congress has put in place."FCC Chairman Brendan Carr: "I think it's worthwhile to have the FCC look into The View and some of those other programs." pic.twitter.com/efI9F9CvXz- The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) September 18, 2025 Twitter: @BulwarkOnline What started it all happened during Kimmel's Sept. 15 opening monologue, where he mentioned the assassination of Charlie Kirk, who was killed at a campus event at Utah Valley University a week before. Randy Holmes / ABC via Getty Images "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang 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," Jimmy said. Nexstar Media, which owns and operates over 200 local television stations across the US, chose not to air Jimmy Kimmel Live! after his remarks about Kirk. Sinclair followed suit. Carr praised Nexstar's and Sinclair's decision, and Disney's ABC pulled Kimmel's show indefinitely. Samuel Corum / Getty Images Amid the Kimmel's suspension, the FCC chair even told CNBC's Squawk on the Street that "we're not done yet" with changes to "the media ecosystem". Samuel Corum / Getty Images So perhaps, it's only speculation now why The View hasn't mentioned Jimmy Kimmel, but it's not far-fetched to believe this is all by design. What are your thoughts? Let's talk about in the comments.