"Conservative cancel culture has come for Jimmy Kimmel: Walt Disney-owned ABC has announced it's pulling new episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live! "indefinitely" following right-wing outrage over comments he made during his September 15 show about reaction to the killing of right-wing podcaster and provocateur Charlie Kirk. Disney's decision follows a move by one of its major affiliate groups, Nextstar, to pre-empt the show in response."
"While Nexstar didn't say what exactly Kimmel said that it objected to, and ABC offered no further explanation of its move, earlier on Wednesday, FCC chairman Brendan Carr denounced this part of Kimmel's Monday monologue, per Deadline: "We had 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 with everything they can to score political points from it.""
ABC has pulled new episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely after right-wing outrage over comments Kimmel made about reactions to the killing of right-wing podcaster and provocateur Charlie Kirk. The network's move followed Nexstar's decision to preempt the program across its ABC-affiliated markets. Nexstar did not specify which comments it objected to but stated that it strongly objects to recent remarks and will replace the show with other programming. FCC chairman Brendan Carr denounced part of Kimmel's Monday monologue, calling recent reactions a low point and accusing MAGA-aligned figures of exploiting the killing for political points. ABC offered no further explanation.
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