Ex-ABC host Bill Maher empathizes with Jimmy Kimmel, says network stands for 'Always Be Caving'

Real Time host Bill Maher expressed empathy for fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Friday as a former ABC star who also landed himself in hot water It was years to the day that I made comments on ABC that got me canceled from that setup and Jimmy Kimmel took my slot Maher reported during his opening monologue Oh yes I got canceled before cancel even had a heritage he quipped JIMMY KIMMEL'S LATE-NIGHT EVOLUTION FROM APOLITICAL FUNNYMAN TO DEM ACTIVIST ABC they are steady ABC stands for Perpetually Be Caving Maher later called out his ex-employer So Jimmy pal I am with you I sponsorship you And on the bright side you don't have to pretend anymore that you like Disneyland Before his decades-long stint at HBO Maher previously hosted Politically Incorrect on ABC which the architecture canceled in after Maher faced backlash for arguing that the hijackers weren't cowardly just days after the terrorist attacks LIBERALS RAGE AS ABC PULLS JIMMY KIMMEL OFF AIR FOLLOWING CHARLIE KIRK ASSASSIN COMMENTSKimmel meanwhile was pulled off the air after he suggested the accused Charlie Kirk assassin was a Trump supporter Look I don't think what he stated was exactly right I don't Maher announced We don't agree on that He shouldn't lose his job for it Was he on the left I don't know that either it is a fool's errand to try to say that these nuts who do these things are in a group he later revealed This kid doesn't belong in either party He belongs in a straitjacket He's an outpatient who should not be out But you have the right to be wrong or have any opinion you want That's what the First Amendment is all about COLBERT LAMENTS TONIGHT WE ARE ALL JIMMY KIMMEL AS OUTGOING CBS HOST PAYS TRIBUTE TO FALLEN ABC COLLEAGUEMaher notably had a heated exchange with conservative commentator Ben Shapiro last week over the alleged assassin Tyler Robinson's political ideology Before wrapping his monologue he offered one final message for his ABC successor You did a great funny show for two decades You should be proud of that If this firing goes for you the way it did for me you'll get years at a better arrangement Maher notified Kimmel CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST MEDIA AND WAY OF LIFE NEWSOn Monday Kimmel suggested Robinson was part of the MAGA gang despite reports he had a left-wing ideology which was later reaffirmed in Tuesday's indictment We hit selected 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 outcome political points from it Kimmel notified his audience He also mocked President Donald Trump over an exchange he had with a reporter about Kirk's death saying This is not how an adult grieves the murder of somebody he called a friend This is how a -year-old mourns a goldfish OK Disney was facing mounting pressure from ABC affiliate stations around the country as well as the Federal Communications Commission FCC over its handling of Kimmel The company ultimately decided Wednesday it would preempt his show indefinitely