Agree with you there but the bigger problem is the FCC threatening companies over their public speech. Not only should the government not be doing that it just creates more problems. It turns Kimmel into a martyr, opens up the door for a lawsuit against the government, and creates a precedent which can later turn around and bite the right when the left comes to power.
Wrong.
You're parroting what the MSM talking heads are trying to gaslight the public with.
There are about 160 ABC affiliates who decided to implement the preemptive programming and take Kimmel off. Their reasons had nothing to do with the FCC. It was because they didn't want to lose their advertisers and because their key market demographic didn't like what Kimmel was spouting off. It was purely about trying to protect their revenue before the Bud Light Effect took hold.
Yes, the FCC said they were going to investigate, but that doesn't require the networks to stop airing Kimmel in the meatime.
The fact that Kimmel refused to apologize also helped his handlers make the decision. Again, not an FCC issue.
This video explains it much more thoroughly and provides facts to back up the conclusions.
Colbert's show is already cancelled, so whatever he has to say is irrelevant. He can say whatever, and all the network will do is preempt him too, but they can't fire him twice.
Kimmel's contract is up in a year, so he's probably looking at the same writing on the wall as Colbert: cancelation.
The country is tired of unfunny political smear shows masquerading as late night comedy. That's why their ratings are in the sewer.