A screen capture from “Les Guignols de l’Info” a popular French TV comedy that is no longer on the air.
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The recent controversy in the U.S. over Jimmy Kimmel’s show being taken off the air, then restored got two of our correspondents thinking about similar sagas in the countries they cover. In both France and Russia popular political satire shows with puppets ran afoul of those in power and were pushed off the air. We hear from each show’s creator about what happened.