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The ABC web has taken "Jimmy Kimmel Live" disconnected the aerial indefinitely. The determination comes aft comments the late-night big made astir the sidesplitting of Charlie Kirk.
The determination from ABC besides comes aft Nexstar Media Group announced it would pre-empt Kimmel's show and regenerate it with different programming. Nexstar, which owns NewsNation, besides owns 32 ABC affiliates, including KTVX successful Salt Lake City.
“Mr. Kimmel’s comments astir the decease of Mr. Kirk are violative and insensitive astatine a captious clip successful our nationalist governmental discourse, and we bash not judge they bespeak the spectrum of opinions, views, oregon values of the section communities successful which we are located,” said Andrew Alford, President of Nexstar’s broadcasting division. “Continuing to springiness Mr. Kimmel a broadcast level successful the communities we service is simply not successful the nationalist involvement astatine the existent time, and we person made the hard determination to preempt his amusement successful an effort to fto cooler heads prevail arsenic we determination toward the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue.”
Also connected Wednesday, FCC Chair Brendan Carr had urged section broadcasters to halt airing the amusement connected ABC.
