American network ABC said it would indefinitely stop airing Jimmy Kimmel Live! after remarks the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk’s assassination came under harsh criticism from the head of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
Earlier on Wednesday, Nexstar Media Group said it would stop airing the show on its 32 ABC affiliates, citing comments that Kimmel made.
“Mr Kimmel’s comments about the death of Mr Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse,” Nexstar broadcasting division president Andrew Alford, said.
During his monologue on Monday, Kimmel said: “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.
“In between the finger pointing, there was, uh, grieving – on Friday, the White House flew the flags at half-staff, which got some criticism, but on a human level you can see how hard the president is taking this,” Kimmel said, before cutting to a clip in which US President Donald Trump responded to reporters asking about how he was doing by pointing to construction at the White House.
Kimmel’s comments inflamed many conservative commentators and brought a rebuke from members of the Trump administration
Earlier, FCC chair Brendan Carr had urged local broadcasters to stop airing the show on the Walt Disney-owned ABC.
Jimmy Kimmel.Credit: Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP
CNN reported that Carr told right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson that Kimmel’s remarks constituted “the sickest conduct possible” and suggested the FCC could move to revoke ABC affiliate licenses to force Disney to punish the late-night host, who has been a vocal critic of Trump.
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