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Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer, wrote CTV.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson said, declining to share any further details.

Soon after Kimmel's remarks, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr suggested the regulatory agency could take action against TV broadcasters, which come with an "obligation to operate in the public interest" - unlike cable channels, streamers, etc. "These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there's going to be additional work for the FCC ahead," he told podcaster Benny Johnson, adding that "we could be called ultimately to be a judge in that." Following the move by ABC, Carr further stressed a need to "reinvigorate the public interest," which means "you can't be running a narrow partisan circus and still meet your public interest obligations," writes Seeking Alpha.

“Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done,” President Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform. “That leaves Jimmy (Fallon) and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!!

“The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”

“From our country’s beginning, the right of the press to challenge the government, root out corruption and speak freely without fear of recrimination has been central to our democracy. Times may have changed, but that principle – enshrined in the First Amendment – has not. The threat from any politician to revoke a broadcast license simply because they disagree with the station’s content undermines this basic freedom," wrote National Association of Broadcasters in 2024.

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