The American Broadcasting Company has suspended Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show indefinitely after comments he made about Charlie Kirk's killing led a group of ABC-affiliated stations to say it would not air the show.

Kimmel, the veteran late-night comic, made several comments about the reaction to Kirk's assassination on his Monday and Tuesday night shows.

He said "many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalise on the murder of Charlie Kirk".

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC), which has aired Kimmel's late-night show since 2003, moved swiftly after Nextstar Communications Group said it would pull the show starting on Wednesday, US time.

"'Jimmy Kimmel Live' will be pre-empted indefinitely," an ABC spokesperson said, without elaborating.

Kimmel's comments about Kirk's deat

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