Overview

• White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said ABC alone decided to pull Jimmy Kimmel’s show and that the president exerted no pressure, even as he agreed with the outcome.
• ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely midweek after the host linked accused shooter Tyler Robinson to MAGA during remarks about Charlie Kirk.
• Nexstar, which owns numerous local stations including 28 ABC affiliates, said it would stop carrying the program for now.
• FCC Chair Brendan Carr publicly criticized Kimmel’s monologue and warned affiliates that their broadcast licenses could be at risk.
• Production sources say Kimmel refused to apologize and had planned a more provocative monologue, while prominent entertainers voiced support for him and some urged boycotts of Disney’s services.