{"id":22750,"date":"2025-09-17T23:44:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T23:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/22750\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T23:44:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T23:44:06","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-live-suspended-indefinitely-after-hosts-charlie-kirk-comments-jimmy-kimmel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/22750\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel Live! suspended indefinitely after host\u2019s Charlie Kirk comments | Jimmy Kimmel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be suspended \u201cindefinitely\u201d after the late night host\u2019s comments about the killing of Charlie Kirk<\/a>, ABC has announced.<\/p>\n

The network, which is owned by Disney, announced on Wednesday night that it would remove Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s show from its schedule for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n

\u201cJimmy Kimmel Live! will be preempted indefinitely,\u201d an ABC spokesperson said in a statement. Preempting means ABC will broadcast another show in the slot instead.<\/p>\n

ABC\u2019s decision to suspend Kimmel came just minutes after one of the biggest owners of TV stations in the US, Nexstar Media, announced it would preempt any episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live! set to air on the stations it owns across the country due to his comments.<\/p>\n

\u201cNexstar\u2019s owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television<\/a> Network will preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! for the foreseeable future beginning with tonight\u2019s show,\u201d Nexstar said in a statement. \u201cNexstar 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his opening monologue for Tuesday night\u2019s show, Kimmel said that \u201cmany in Maga-land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk\u201d, less than a week after Kirk was shot dead while on a speaking tour in Utah on 10 September<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The suspect, Tyler Robinson, has been charged with aggravated murder, felony discharge of firearm and witness tampering<\/a>, and could face the death penalty.<\/p>\n

During his Monday monologue Kimmel said, \u201cWe hit some new lows over the weekend with the Maga gang trying to characterise this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Tuesday\u2019s show Kimmel also criticised US vice president JD Vance for blaming the left for Kirk\u2019s death without evidence while hosting an episode of Kirk\u2019s podcast from the White House.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile our side of the aisle certainly has its crazies, it is a statistical fact that most of the lunatics in American politics today are proud members of the far left,\u201d Vance said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd by \u2018statistical fact\u2019, he means \u2018complete bullshit\u2019,\u201d Kimmel said to applause, citing a study that found far-right groups were the greatest source of domestic terror and extremist violence in the US. The Department of Justice has removed the study from its website.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere\u2019s a question JD Vance might be able to answer: who wanted to hang the guy who was vice president before you? Was that the liberal left? Or the toothless army who stormed the Capitol on January 6?\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Before Nexstar took action, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr had urged local broadcasters to stop airing the show, saying they were \u201crunning the possibly of fines or licensed revocation from the FCC\u201d if they continue to run content that ends up being a pattern of news distortion\u201d during an appearance on right wing commentator Benny Johnson\u2019s podcast.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday night, Carr thanked Nexstar \u201cfor doing the right thing\u201d in a statement on social media.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cLocal broadcasters have an obligation to serve the public interest. While this may be an unprecedented decision, it is important for broadcasters to push back on Disney programming that they determine falls short of community,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

Andrew Alford, the president of Nexstar\u2019s broadcasting division, called Kimmel\u2019s comments \u201coffensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cContinuing to give Mr Kimmel a broadcast platform in the communities we serve is simply not in the public interest at the current time, and we have made the difficult decision to preempt his show in an effort to let cooler heads prevail as we move toward the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue,\u201d Alford said.<\/p>\n

Kimmel has yet to issue any statement on the matter.<\/p>\n

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