Disney-owned ABC pulled “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” from the air “indefinitely” Wednesday after the late-night host’s Monday monologue feedback about Charlie Kirk’s accused killer angered the FCC commissioner and TV station execs.
Simply earlier than ABC’s announcement, the company proprietor of quite a few native TV stations nationwide, Nexstar, mentioned it will preempt the present “for the foreseeable future” starting with Wednesday’s broadcast.
“Nexstar 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,” the corporate added.
Deadline famous that Nexstar is within the strategy of searching for FCC approval for a significant merger.
In his monologue, Kimmel had intimated that 22-year-old suspect Tyler Robinson felt extra affiliated with the likes of Trump and MAGA than some other ideology.
“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,” he mentioned.
Initially Revealed: September 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM EDT
