Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been suspended for the foreseeable future by ABC, according to reports.
According to Deadline, a spokesperson for ABC confirmed the late-night show would be “preempted indefinitely.”
The move came after media company Nexstar pulled Kimmel’s show from the 200 stations it owns across the U.S, saying in a statement Wednesday (Sept. 17) that it “strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk.”
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Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, sparking a manhunt by the FBI and heated political debates.
“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,” Kimmel said.
This story will be updated.
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