ABC yanks Jimmy Kimmel's show
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Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been pulled off the air by ABC after longtime host Jimmy Kimmel made controversial remarks about the MAGA response to the alleged Charlie Kirk assassin's motives. However, it feels like he could be back on the network... eventually.
The network announced it would pull Kimmel's talk show indefinitely following affiliates' decision to preempt the program after his comments on Charlie Kirk's death.
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ABC network indefinitely suspends Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show following a comment about Charlie Kirk's killer and mocking of Trump
The comedian criticized the MAGA movement on Monday for "trying to score political points," and the president of the audiovisual regulator, appointed by Trump, had threatened to revoke the network's license.
Sinclair Broadcast Group announced its ABC affiliates will air a Charlie Kirk tribute special to fill in Jimmy Kimmel's now-vacant timeslot after Disney pulled it off the air.
This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times. Walt Disney Co.-owned broadcaster ABC said it is pulling "Jimmy Kimmel Live" indefinitely following backlash over the host's remarks about slain right wing activist Charlie Kirk.
A “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” audience member described the moment he found out the show had been suspended indefinitely by ABC, saying the announcement came, “right as the studio audience was about to walk in.