ABC says it is taking its late-night talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! , off the air “indefinitely” over comments its host, Jimmy Kimmel , made regarding the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

The news comes shortly after Nexstar, which owns several dozen local affiliates that air ABC programming (including Jimmy Kimmel Live! ), announced it would preempt the show for the foreseeable future over Kimmel’s remarks.

And that announcement came shortly after Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr said on a podcast that affiliates should “push back” against the network and the show.

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The comments in question aired during the Tuesday edition of Jimmy Kimmel Live! , when Kimmel said “we hit some new

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