Robert De Niro Parodies FCC Chairman in Jimmy Kimmel’s Late-Night Return
Robert De Niro played a fictional FCC chairman on Jimmy Kimmel’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” in a politically combustible return to late-night television. Satire aired on September 23, 2025, after ABC suspended Kimmel for comments on conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death. In the joke, Kimmel expected to talk to FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. According to D’Niro,…

