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Jimmy Kimmel attends the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 7, 2025 in Los Angeles. (Kevin Winter/Getty Images North America/AFP)
September 18, 2025, 8:51 am
ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show over remarks about Charlie Kirk’s death
Veteran host said MAGA supporters are ‘working hard to capitalize’ on shooting, suggested killer might have been a pro-Trump Republican; president welcomes ABC’s ‘courage’
By David Bauder
Whoopi Goldberg speaks during the Broadway at the White House event in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Nov. 16, 2015 (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
February 2, 2022, 5:05 am
ABC suspends Whoopi Goldberg from ‘The View’ for ‘hurtful’ Holocaust comments
Network tells co-host to take a two-week break ‘to reflect and learn about the impact of her comments’; move comes despite apologies for saying Nazi genocide ‘not about race’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Victor Rasuk and Nathalie Kelley in ABC's new modern-day fairy tale 'The Baker and the Beauty.' (ABC/Guy D'Alema)
April 27, 2020, 10:38 pm
Adaptation of Israeli sitcom ‘Beauty and the Baker’ gets rise out of US audience
Episode 3 of the series ‘The Baker and the Beauty’ airs on ABC April 27; love overcomes race, class, and all expectations in the romantic comedy
By Rich Tenorio
An image from the music video for 'Further Up,' a single by Israeli duo Static & Ben El featuring US rapper Pitbull, released January 10, 2020. (Screenshot: YouTube)
February 28, 2020, 12:12 pm
Israeli pop stars Static & Ben El hosted on ‘Good Morning America’
Duo appear with rapper Pitbull to talk about their collaboration on recently released song, describe working with US star as ‘a dream come true’
By ToI Staff
Former NBC President Fred Silverman poses in his office in Los Angeles, August 10, 2015. (Frazier Moore/AP)
January 31, 2020, 9:58 am
Fred Silverman, TV executive at 3 major networks, dies at 82
Jewish entertainment mogul, who led CBS, ABC, and NBC at different times in his 30-year career, famous for such hits as ‘Charlie’s Angels,’ ‘Roots’ and ‘Hawaii Five-O’
By Lynn Elber
Photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein, March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP)
November 5, 2019, 9:30 pm
ABC defends withholding interview with Epstein accuser, says wasn’t ready to air
Reporter seen in leaked video railing against network for not broadcasting 2015 interview after pressure from Dershowitz, UK royal family; ABC: Report didn’t meet standards
By David Bauder
The original Israeli posters for 'The Beauty and the Baker' (Courtesy Keshet)
May 12, 2019, 6:40 pm
TV’s Keshet inks deals with US networks ABC and NBC
With its ‘Beauty and the Baker’ and ‘Lincoln’ picked up, Israeli television company widens its reach as content producer
By Jessica Steinberg
This Wednesday, May 10, 2017, file photo shows the ABC logo, a Disney brand, in an advertisement at a bus stop near their television studio on the West Side of Manhattan, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
January 30, 2019, 5:42 am
ABC orders pilots based on two Israeli television series
‘Until the Wedding’ is a romantic drama based on a series of the same name in Hebrew; ‘The Baker and the Beauty’ is based on ‘Being With Her’
By JTA
Comedian Roseanne Barr speaks in Tel Aviv on January 28, 2019, at an event organized by the Tel Aviv International Salon in partnership with The Times of Israel. (Times of Israel staff)
January 29, 2019, 1:14 am
Defiant Roseanne Barr says show got canceled because she was ‘defending Israel’
Controversial comedian tells overwhelmingly supportive crowd in Tel Aviv she was targeted for her support of Israel, proud Judaism
By ToI Staff
Roseanne Barr at 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' in New York, April 30, 2018. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for NBC)
June 25, 2018, 12:16 am
Rabbi releases podcast of Roseanne apologizing for tweet
Actress says she thought Valerie Jarrett was a white women when she tweeted apparently racist comments against her
By JTA
In this image released by ABC, Roseanne Barr, left, and John Goodman appear in a scene from "Roseanne." (Adam Rose/ABC via AP)
June 22, 2018, 5:00 am
ABC orders ‘Roseanne’ spinoff — minus Roseanne Barr
After star’s racist tweet sees TV show axed, Conner family-based sitcom will now get 10 new episodes in fall, without the matriarch
By Lynn Elber
US President Donald Trump speaks during a bill signing ceremony at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Building in Washington, DC, May 30, 2018. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)
May 31, 2018, 9:11 am
Breaking silence on Roseanne race row, Trump attacks ABC
After network chief Bob Iger called Valerie Jarrett to apologize, US president complains he has never received an apologetic call for statements against him
By AFP
Roseanne Barr participates in the "Roseanne" panel during the Disney/ABC Television Critics Association Winter Press Tour on Monday, Jan. 8, 2018, in Pasadena, Calif. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
May 31, 2018, 4:37 am
After Roseanne axed, some ask why ABC didn’t see racism coming
Even before Valerie Jarrett tweet that got her show canceled, controversial star already had history of off-color comments
By David Bauder
In this photo taken on January 8, 2018, actress Roseanne Barr attends the Disney ABC Television TCA Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, California. (AFP PHOTO / VALERIE MACON)
May 29, 2018, 10:58 pm
Hit reboot ‘Roseanne’ axed over star’s racist tweet
Sitcom canned after Barr calls ex-Obama aide Valerie Jarrett a cross between ‘Muslim brotherhood and Planet of the Apes’
By AFP
Investigative reporter Brian Ross of ABC News (screen capture: YouTube)
December 3, 2017, 2:45 am
ABC News suspends reporter for ‘serious’ error on Flynn
Brian Ross reported erroneously that during the campaign, then candidate Trump tasked his future national security adviser to contact Russians
By Jocelyn Noveck
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