“The Daily Show” announced on social media that Jon Stewart will host the Sept. 18 episode, a day after ABC sidelined “ Jimmy Kimmel Live. ”

The ABC late-night show was “pre-empted indefinitely,” following comments Kimmel made on a Sept. 15 episode regarding the fatal shooting of the conservative commentator Charlie Kirk and apparent threats against ABC parent company Disney and network affiliates made by the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr .

“This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney,” Carr said on a podcast hosted by right-wing commentator Benny Johnson Sept. 17. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”

Media news outlet Status reported that ABC held a series of emergency meetings to discuss how to respond to Carr’s stat

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