After Jimmy Kimmel ‘s monologue on Monday prompted remarks from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr today, Nexstar said that it will pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel Live! from its ABC stations “for the foreseeable future” following his remarks about the suspect in Charlie Kirk ’s assassination. ABC quickly followed suit.

“ Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be preempted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson told Deadline today.

The monologue in question mocked Donald Trump over POTUS’ take on the NFL and TikTok, before Kimmel offered his blunt assessment of the aftermath of Kirk’s death: “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang 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 poin

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