Jimmy Kimmel Pulled “Indefinitely” By ABC After Nexstar Drops Late Nighter From Affiliates Over Charlie Kirk Comments
Jimmy Kimmel is off TV for now after comments the host made about Charlie Kirk
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There will be no more
Jimmy Kimmel on TV for the foreseeable future.
“Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be preempted indefinitely,” an
ABC spokesperson told Deadline today.
The stunning dropping of Kimmel comes mere minutes after
Nexstar axed his late night show on the 200 stations it owns throughout the nation.
“Nexstar’s owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt
Jimmy Kimmel Live! for the foreseeable future beginning with tonight’s show,” said the company in a statement Wednesday. “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.”
Mocking Donald Trump as well, last night Kimmel said on his show: “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang 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.