Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show was pulled off the air indefinitely by ABC because of comments he made about the killing of Charlie Kirk, according to CNBC .
The announcement was made after the head of the Federal Communications Commission suggested ABC’s broadcast license was at risk, the outlet reported.
The network’s decision on Wednesday came after Nexstar announced its ABC affiliates would preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” indefinitely over his comments.
In his monologue on Tuesday, Kimmel said that “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 points from it.”
“Mr. Kimmel’s comments about the death of Mr. Kirk are offe