(LOOTPRESS) – CNN reports that Disney’s ABC has taken Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show off the air indefinitely following backlash over his recent comments regarding Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.
“Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson told CNN, declining to share any further details.
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According to CNN, the decision was announced Wednesday evening after at least one major operator of ABC-affiliated stations said it would not broadcast the program “for the foreseeable future.”
The operator, Nexstar, said it “strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.”
CNN also reports that the Federal Communications Commission’s Trump-aligned chairman threatened Wednesday to “take action” against Disney and ABC over Kimmel’s remarks.
During his Monday evening monologue, Kimmel suggested Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, might have been a pro-Trump Republican.
“The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”
