However, the host was not planning on apologizing and did not believe an apology for the monologue in question was warranted, according to the source.<\/p>\n
Disney, ABC\u2019s parent company, is monitoring the situation and sees a possible return for the show in the next several days, a person familiar with the situation told The Wall Street Journal<\/a>. However, no return date has been set.<\/p>\n The Daily Beast has reached out to Kimmel\u2019s representatives at ABC for comment.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump cheered the news on Truth Social<\/a> at 1 a.m. local time from the UK.<\/p>\n \u201cGreat News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done,\u201d he wrote, before taking shots at the remaining network late-night hosts. \u201cKimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that\u2019s possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT\u201d<\/p>\n Earlier in the day, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened to take away ABC\u2019s broadcasting license in an interview with right-wing YouTuber Benny Johnson.<\/p>\n Carr claimed that Kimmel had played into a \u201cnarrative\u201d that Kirk\u2019s suspected shooter was a \u201cMAGA or Republican motivated person,\u201d citing Monday night\u2019s monologue. <\/p>\n However, the clip in question does not feature Kimmel, who has helmed his show for over two decades, explicitly characterizing Robinson as MAGA or Republican.<\/p>\n Kimmel, 57, actually says, \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Hours before taking Kimmel off the air, senior executives at ABC, Disney, and their affiliates held emergency meetings to figure out how to respond to the backlash to his comments, Rolling Stone<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n While multiple executives believed Kimmel hadn\u2019t crossed a line, the threat of retaliation from the Trump administration spooked them, two sources told the outlet. <\/p>\n \u201cThey were p—ing themselves all day,\u201d an ABC insider told Rolling Stone.<\/p>\n This is sick. @jimmykimmel<\/a> is explicitly stating that MAGA killed Charlie Kirk and is victim blaming the assassination on Charlie\u2019s movement. It\u2019s definitionally evil and a malicious lie. Kimmel must be held accountable. pic.twitter.com\/PznwF4lgQl<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 17, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n In Nexstar\u2019s statement, Andrew Alford, the president of the company\u2019s broadcast division, called Kimmel\u2019s remarks \u201coffensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse.\u201d <\/p>\n He said the company does not believe the comments \u201creflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the local communities in which we are located\u201d and characterized its decision as an \u201ceffort to let cooler heads prevail as we move toward the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue.\u201d<\/p>\n Carr, who touted<\/a> CBS\u2019 cancellation of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier this year, thanked<\/a> Nexstar for \u201cdoing the right thing\u201d on X. <\/p>\n In an appearance on Fox News\u2019 Hannity Wednesday evening, Carr said ABC was failing to meet the \u201cpublic interest obligations\u201d that justify its FCC license by airing Kimmel\u2019s show. <\/p>\n Carr also lamented that late night had gone from \u201ccourt jesters that would make fun of everybody in power to being court clerics and enforcing a very narrow political ideology.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Puck\u2019s Matt Belloni reported<\/a> that ABC has \u201cno plans\u201d to pull episodes of its other Kimmel-hosted show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? \u201cAt least not until @BrendanCarrFCC<\/a> sees this tweet and asks that it be pulled,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Authorities have identified the suspect in Kirk\u2019s shooting as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson. A criminal indictment filed Tuesday alleged that Robinson told his roommate and romantic partner, a man transitioning into a woman, that he \u201chad enough\u201d of Kirk\u2019s \u201chatred.\u201d<\/p>\n MAGA erupted in celebration after the announcement from ABC.<\/p>\n![\"JIMMY](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/HFPI4SPZWVEK3PR2RYIYPWYERM.jpg\")
Donald Trump was a guest on Kimmel’s show in 2016 but has made him a target in the years since. Randy Holmes\/Getty Images <\/p>\n![\"LOS](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/F3QDIJ5YBNA3PGWSN7GMODULXU.jpg\")
Both Kimmel and Stephen Colbert were nominated for Outstanding Variety Talk Series at the 2025 Emmy Awards, where Colbert won. Francis Specker\/Getty Images <\/p>\n