Overview

• ABC confirmed it pulled the late-night show indefinitely after Jimmy Kimmel said the MAGA right was trying to politically exploit Charlie Kirk’s killing.
• Nexstar stations stopped carrying the program after FCC chair Brendan Carr denounced Kimmel’s comments as scandalous and, in a podcast, warned broadcasters could face license consequences.
• President Donald Trump praised ABC’s move as “excellent news for America” and urged NBC to take Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers off the air.
• Some Sinclair-affiliated stations said the show would not return unless Kimmel issued a direct apology to Kirk’s family and made a significant personal donation to them and Turning Point USA.
• The suspension is being linked to a wider pattern of media concessions under political and regulatory pressure, following CBS’s planned end of Stephen Colbert’s show and settlements with Trump, as figures from Hollywood and Democrats including Kamala Harris condemn the move as an assault on free expression.