The late night talk show community is sticking together, with Stephen Colbert publicly expressing support for Jimmy Kimmel after his show Jimmy Kimmel Live! was pulled off the air.

“This is blatant censorship,” Colbert, 61, said during the Thursday, September 18, episode of his late night talk show, per People. “With an autocrat, you cannot give an inch. Jimmy, I stand with you and your staff 100 percent.”

Earlier this week, Jimmy Kimmel Live! was taken off the air by ABC in response to backlash over Kimmel’s comments about Charlie Kirk. A network spokesperson told Us Weekly on Wednesday, September 17, that the show would be “preempted indefinitely.”

Variety reported that Nexstar Media threatened to remove Jimmy Kimmel Live! from its lineup, prompting the decision by ABC.

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