Jimmy Kimmel poses within the press room with the award for host for a recreation present for Who Desires to Be a Millionaire throughout evening two of the Inventive Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
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Late evening has misplaced one other host after ABC introduced Wednesday Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension following feedback he made earlier within the week concerning hypothesis swirling across the suspect within the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
An ABC spokesperson advised NPR Wednesday night that “Jimmy Kimmel Stay will likely be preempted indefinitely.” Kimmel is the second late evening host to be knocked off air. A couple of months in the past, CBS introduced it could not be bringing again The Late Present with Stephen Colbert.
CBS mentioned the choice was purely a monetary one. Nevertheless it coincided with a lawsuit filed by President Trump involving CBS Information, that was ultimately settled, and the sale of CBS’ guardian firm that wanted approval from the Federal Communications Fee. The timing raised suspicions from media watchers.
Kimmel’s elimination comes after FCC Chairman Brendan Carr condemned Kimmel’s latest monologue throughout an interview with YouTuber Benny Johnson. In that interview, Carr threatened to tug licenses from ABC associates who continued to broadcast Jimmy Kimmel Stay!
Carr advised Johnson, “It is actually kind of previous time that a number of these licensed broadcasters themselves push again on Comcast and Disney to say, ‘Pay attention, we’re going to preempt, we aren’t going to run Kimmel anymore till you straighten this out. As a result of we licensed broadcasters are working the potential of fines or license revocations from the FCC if we proceed to run content material with a sample of reports distortion.'”
Nexstar Media Group, an operator of 32 ABC stations, later introduced that its ABC-affiliated stations will cease airing Jimmy Kimmel Stay! indefinitely, beginning Wednesday evening. Nexstar is also underneath scrutiny for its desired merger with TEGNA Inc. for $6.2 billion. It, too, wants FCC approval.
Nexstar’s broadcasting president, Andrew Alford, mentioned in a press release that Kimmel’s feedback don’t replicate the values of the communities the corporate serves. He added that pulling the present is meant to advertise “respectful, constructive dialogue” throughout a delicate political second.
On Monday evening, Kimmel commented on the assassination of Charlie Kirk in his monologue, saying:
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately attempting to characterize this child who murdered Charlie Kirk as something aside from certainly one of them and doing every thing they will to attain political factors from it,” Kimmel mentioned.
There was no clear motive disclosed in Kirk’s killing and investigators proceed to dig into the background of the suspect charged within the case.
President Trump has been essential of each Colbert and Kimmel, calling them “untalented” amongst different issues. Each have used stinging wit to touch upon social and present occasions.
Trump posted on social media from Windsor Citadel, the place he’s visiting the UK, calling the transfer by ABC as “Nice Information for America.” In his put up, Trump falsely mentioned that Kimmel’s present had been canceled.
