‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ has been sensationally canned “indefinitely” after the host’s remarks about the killing of Charlie Kirk sparked backlash with a key distributor.
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Moments ABC, which airs the long-running night talker, confirmed that it will be “pre-empted indefinitely.”
The move comes after affiliate entity, Nexstar, which is one of the biggest distributors of the show across the US, took umbrage with comments Jimmy Kimmel made about Kirk’s assassination.
As widely reported, the 31-year-old right-wing political activist was gunned down during an event at Utah Valley University.
What Did Jimmy Kimmel Say About Charlie Kirk?
During the opening monologue of his show, Kimmel said:
“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.”
Why Has ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Been Pulled?
In the wake of the remarks, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr reportedly threatened to take action against ABC affiliates in the wake of Kimmel suggesting the shooting suspect, Tyler Robinson, was a MAGA Republican.
Speaking on a podcast, Carr is quoted as saying:
“Listen, we’re not going to run Kimmel anymore until you straighten this out because we’re running the possibility of license revocation from the FCC if we continue to run content that ends up being a pattern of news distortion.”
In the aftermath, Nexstar issued a statement, stressing that they would not air ‘Kimmel’ nor for the foreseeable future.
Andrew Alford, President of Nexstar’s broadcasting division, said:
“Mr. Kimmel’s comments about the death of Mr. Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse, and we do not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the local communities in which we are located. Continuing 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.”
Now, it appears, the snowball effect has seen Kimmel taken off air.
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The main ones talking about freedom of speech when it comes to spewing hate and fake news cannot take free speech from others when it simply states THE TRUTH 🫖☕ nothing insensitive or offensive about what Kimmel said so I hope he sticks to his word
The killer is a woke leftists with a trans women partner.
You see why Jimmy Kimmel was cancelled?
He made dmb low IQ people like you think he’s a MAGA instead of taking accountability for your cult member’s disgusting killings you try to brainwash people to believe lies.
Y’all are fake and ugl.y
@Paulo. what is wrong with you? were you born with your brain inside your ass? Freedom of speech doesn’t mean you can say whatever you want. u dummy! He clearly crossed the line for mocking someone’s death and comparing with his show’s rating. Just like will you mocking Martin Luther King’s death? NOOOOOOO
Exactly but MAGA assholes love to claim freedom of speech to get away with their b*******. Just like you – always saying the most disrespectful sht to troll but trying to act like some kind of moral compass to defend MAGA and the orange a**. Charlie Kirk is saving you a seat next to him in HELL wack ass ho
It’s Superbowl 2004 all over again. One conservative distributor didn’t like a comedian’s language and now his show is pulled. America is the ghetto…
Finally!
I’m glad they noticed his pattern of news distortion that he was pushing for a while.
Karma! Democrats are evil af. Whoever supporting LGBTQ+/>$%#@….(I swear to God they are keep adding stuff up) are a bunch of impulsive and incontrollable wild animals. How dare this heartless mofo comparing the legendary Charlie Kirk with his flop show rating!!! Jimmy Kimmel and his Live show need to be cancelled ASAP.
Wow, the ones who never shut up about “freedom of speech” suddenly can’t stand it when others use it.
They’re out there 24/7—s3xists, r4cists, homophob3s, f4scists—crying that they’re being silenced… while literally shouting their opinions everywhere.
But the moment they get control of the media or the money, they instantly wipe out anyone who dares to disagree.
Funny how that works.
Ridiculous, every word and action right now is all projection.
Absolute joke.