(18 Sep 2025)
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New York – 18 September 2025
1. Wide exterior of The Ed Sullivan Theater
2. CU ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ marquee
3. Wide people waiting in line for tickets at ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew Docktor, tourist from Chicago:
Reporter: "So what do you think about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel?"
Docktor: "Awful. First of all, this is an issue of First Amendment rights, and it seems to be just pushed aside. And so we’re here to, fortunately, first of all we love Stephen, we love the show, but also show our support to these people who are speaking what they want to, their opinion. And I think this is getting out of hand."
5. Wide people in line
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrew Docktor, tourist from Chicago:
Reporter: "First it was (Stephen) Colbert and now it’s Jimmy Kimmel. Do you think the voices are being silenced?"
"I do, but I also think you’ve got to follow the money. And I think there’s a reason this is happening. And, you know, who are we to make this decision? But that’s why we need journalists. That’s why people who can do, call attention to what’s actually happening around us. And what is it? (U.S. Supreme Court Justice) Brandeis said the best antiseptic is sunlight, and we’re exposing things for what they are. And people can no longer be ignorant about what’s happening around us."
7. Various of people in line
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Lou Stone and Michelle Stone, tourists from Texas:
Lou Stone: "It’s kind of scary, you know? Like, we’ve always had pretty much freedom of speech here."
Michelle Stone: "And it seems like that’s kind of going away. And I know it’s a public venue, but it still seems like he should have been able to say even the little bit that he said."
9. Wide of people in line
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Elvin Miranda, tourist from Virginia:
"I think it’s unfortunate, you know, it is definitely, I believe, wrong. It’s an attack on the First Amendment and freedom of speech, and I think that we’re going in the wrong direction in this country. We should definitely take that a little bit more serious and have more openness and be able to listen to one another."
11. Wide of ‘Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ marquee
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Elvin Miranda, tourist from Virginia: "That is the issue, right? I mean, comedians are the ones that, they kind of hold the last pillar of freedom of speech in the US, right? Once you begin to attack them, I think we’re going in the wrong direction. So it’s unfortunate. I hope that things change and that we’re able to keep the other ones around."
13. Wide of people on sidewalk including Elvin Miranda
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Erin Dolan, tourist from Ohio:
"I do worry a little bit about it. It seemed like maybe the first time with Stephen Colbert that it was maybe an anomaly or a one-off but now it sure seems like this is the start of a pattern."
15. Wide of people on sidewalk including Erin Dolan
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Bridget Dolan, tourist from Seattle:
"I think it’s kind of stupid people have the right to speak what they would like to speak out and it was in my opinion not a fair decision to make."
17. Wide of people in line
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Bridget Dolan, tourist from Seattle:
"And it is not fair for people to be silenced so it’s just not something that I’m happy that’s happening."
19. Wide of street scene in front of The Ed Sullivan Theater
VIDEO SHOT BY JOE FREDERICK
STORYLINE:
Colbert got the news Wednesday while taping an episode of his show, telling a stunned studio audience that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” had been suspended.
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