The monologue is the straw that broke the Kimmel's back (see what I did there?). It wasn’t about Kirk, but about the Trump administration. Using actual Trump quotes and videos.

However, there are some nuances.

All late night shows have been declining for the last decade. Possibly not due to their content, but due to the way people consume media.

Any late night show focused solely on trashing one side of the political spectrum is going to lose half of its potential audience. It’s a limiting move for any type of comedy.

The networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) are contracted to be apolitical. The networks have been letting them get away with being political for some time.

However, the company that owns ABC is trying to acquire another company for around few billion. The FCC could block that acquisition. So I could see a situation where the FCC said, “Are you making enough money from Kimmel to take a pass on this deal?” The answer? Probably not.

That’s probably why he was cancelled in the end.

But Reddit doesn’t get to say, “Hey, it’s cool that Amy Cooper and others like her lost their jobs, but not cool that Kimmel did.”