ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely after comments that he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing led a group of ABC-affiliated stations to say it would not air the show
Kimmel, the veteran late-night comic, made several comments about the reaction to Kirk’s assassination on his show Monday and Tuesday nights. He stated, “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on Charlie Kirk’s murder.” After Nexstar Communications Group announced that it would discontinue the show on Wednesday, ABC, which has broadcast Kimmel’s late-night show since 2003, acted quickly. Kimmel’s comments about Kirk’s death “are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse,” said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar’s broadcasting division. Nexstar operates 23 ABC affiliates.
There was no immediate comment from Kimmel.President Donald Trump celebrated ABC’s move on the social media site Truth Social, writing: “Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done.”
He also said that Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, two other late-night hosts, should be canceled as well, calling them “two total losers.” Kimmel’s contract is up at the end of next season, which ends in May 2026.
On Twitter Wednesday night, White House deputy chief of staff Taylor Budowich posted: “Welcome to Consequence Culture. Normal, common sense Americans are no longer taking the b———- and companies like ABC are finally willing to do the right and reasonable thing.”
“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 stated in his monologue on Monday.
ABC suspends Jimmy Kimmel’s show indefinitely over Charlie Kirk death monologue
