{"id":48111,"date":"2025-09-18T00:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/abc-pre-empts-jimmy-kimmel-live-over-kimmels-charlie-kirk-comments\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T00:46:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:46:08","slug":"abc-pre-empts-jimmy-kimmel-live-over-kimmels-charlie-kirk-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/abc-pre-empts-jimmy-kimmel-live-over-kimmels-charlie-kirk-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC pre-empts &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221; over Kimmel&#8217;s Charlie Kirk comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>ABC confirmed Wednesday that the popular late-night show &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221; has been &#8220;pre-empted indefinitely&#8221; following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-j3YdxNSzTk&amp;t=192s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">comments<\/a> Kimmel made on the show in response to <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/charlie-kirk-shot-utah-turning-point-usa\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">the shooting death<\/a><\/span> of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely,&#8221; an ABC spokesperson told CBS News in a statement. There was no word on if or when the show may return. <\/p>\n<p>ABC&#8217;s announcement came after media giant Nexstar announced in a news release that it would preempt Kimmel&#8217;s show indefinitely on all its stations over Kimmel&#8217;s remarks. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/17\/e539d568-3200-48d0-a6ad-0a2fd03d0791\/thumbnail\/620x414\/1588667fd1e095216bb51c5168b99607\/gettyimages-2214501498.jpg#\" alt=\"JIMMY KIMMEL \" height=\"414\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/17\/e539d568-3200-48d0-a6ad-0a2fd03d0791\/thumbnail\/620x414\/1588667fd1e095216bb51c5168b99607\/gettyimages-2214501498.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/09\/17\/e539d568-3200-48d0-a6ad-0a2fd03d0791\/thumbnail\/1240x828\/9ee8b9ef3a7fd3f37b3f2efc5eaf2c9c\/gettyimages-2214501498.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Jimmy Kimmel speaks at the Disney upfronts on May 13, 2025, in New York City.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Michael Le Brecht\/Disney via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Mr. Kimmel&#8217;s comments about the death of Mr. Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse, and we do not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the local communities in which we are located,&#8221; said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar&#8217;s broadcasting division, in a statement. &#8220;Continuing to give Mr. Kimmel a broadcast platform in the communities we serve is simply not in the public interest at the current time, and we have made the difficult decision to preempt his show in an effort to let cooler heads prevail as we move toward the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Nexstar owns and operates more than 200 stations nationwide. It&#8217;s unclear how many of those are ABC affiliates. <\/p>\n<p>Kimmel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-j3YdxNSzTk&amp;t=192s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">made the remarks<\/a> in his monologue Monday, suggesting allies of President Trump were trying to use Kirk&#8217;s assassination for political gain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&#8221; has been a staple for the network since it began airing in 2004. <\/p>\n<p><em>This is a developing story and will be updated.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/faris-tanyos\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Faris  Tanyos<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Faris Tanyos is a news editor for CBSNews.com, where he writes and edits stories and tracks breaking news. 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