Overview

• ABC removed the late-night program on Sept. 17 following Kimmel’s comments about commentator Charlie Kirk’s death.
• A network spokesperson described the broadcast as “pre-empted indefinitely,” according to USA Today reporting cited by Complex.
• Executive producer and co-head writer Molly McNearney has become a focus of coverage as questions linger about the show’s return.
• McNearney joined the staff in 2004 as a writer’s assistant, became co-head writer in 2008, and later rose to executive producer.
• She also executive produced the 95th Academy Awards in 2023 and married Kimmel in 2013 in Ojai, California; they share two children.