Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night television show has been taken off air “indefinitely” after the host was criticized for comments about the motives behind the killing of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, ABC said.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live will be preempted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson told AFP, using a television industry term for when a show is replaced or removed from the schedule.

Kirk, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot dead last week during a speaking event on a Utah university campus.

Authorities said 22-year-old Tyler Robinson used a rifle to shoot Kirk with a single bullet to the neck from a rooftop. He was arrested and has been formally charged with his murder.

On Monday, Kimmel spoke about the shooting in his popular late-night show’s monologue.

“We had some new l

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