Overview

• Nexstar removed the show from its ABC stations, and Sinclair said it will not carry future episodes without a public apology to Charlie Kirk’s family, with some reports citing a requested donation to Turning Point USA.
• FCC chair Brendan Carr urged broadcasters to drop the program and suggested investigations, fines or even license consequences if a pattern of “distorted” content persisted.
• President Donald Trump praised ABC’s decision, urged other late‑night hosts be taken off the air, and later suggested critical broadcasters could lose their licenses.
• Entertainment unions, civil‑liberties groups and high‑profile figures — including SAG‑AFTRA, the WGA, FIRE, Barack Obama, Gavin Newsom and Chuck Schumer — denounced the suspension as a threat to free expression, with protests organized outside Kimmel’s Hollywood studio.
• Kimmel has not commented publicly; reports say ABC executives plan to meet with him, while the case over Kirk’s killing continues with suspect Tyler Robinson charged and the motive still unclear.