ABC Pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' Indefinitely After Host's Charlie Kirk Comments Brian SteinbergSeptember 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM 0 Disney Disney's ABC said it would take Jimmy Kimmel's popular latenight show off its schedule "indefinitely" after one of the biggest owners of TV stations in the U.S.
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Brian SteinbergSeptember 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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Disney's ABC said it would take Jimmy Kimmel's popular late-night show off its schedule "indefinitely" after one of the biggest owners of TV stations in the U.S., Nexstar Media, said it would pre-empt airings of the program following remarks the host made about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Nexstar said Wednesday that its "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." The company 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."
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In his monologue Monday night , Kimmel said that the "MAGA gang" was trying to score political points off Kirk's murder. Kirk, a prominent conservative activist, was shot and killed Sept. 10 at a debate at Utah Valley University. Three days later, authorities announced they had arrested the suspected shooter.
"We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them," Kimmel said.
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