{"id":2487901,"date":"2025-09-17T20:01:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-kimmel-booted-from-air-over-kirk-comments-abc-to-replace-the-show-with-other-programming\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T20:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T00:02:10","slug":"breaking-kimmel-booted-from-air-over-kirk-comments-abc-to-replace-the-show-with-other-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-kimmel-booted-from-air-over-kirk-comments-abc-to-replace-the-show-with-other-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Kimmel Booted from Air Over Kirk Comments, ABC to \u2018Replace the Show with Other Programming&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbreaking-kimmel-booted-from-air-over-kirk-comments-abc-to-replace-the-show-with-other-programming%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2487901&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>ABC has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-indefinitely-following-charlie-kirk-comments\/\" title=\"... pulls Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely following ... ...\">indefinitely pulled<\/a> &#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live&#8221; from its schedule following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-move-to-force-conspiracy-theorist-marjorie-taylor-greene-off-her-committee-assignments-report\/\" title=\"Democrats Move To Force Conspiracy Theorist Marjorie Taylor Greene Off Her Committee Assignments: Report\">controversial comments made<\/a> by host Jimmy Kimmel about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Kimmel suggested that the suspected killer, Tyler Robinson, was a supporter of former President Donald Trump and mocked the &#8220;MAGA gang&#8221; for trying to distance themselves from the murderer.This sparked backlash, with Nextstar, a major ABC affiliate operator, refusing to air the show &#8220;for the foreseeable future&#8221; due to objection to Kimmel&#8217;s remarks. FCC Chair Brendan Carr condemned Kimmel&#8217;s comments as egregious and threatened regulatory action against ABC if it did not address the issue.Meanwhile, Utah officials confirmed that Robinson held leftist views, contradicting Kimmel&#8217;s assertions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>ABC has pulled &ldquo;Jimmy Kimmel Live&rdquo; off the air following host Jimmy Kimmel&rsquo;s recent comments on the Charlie Kirk assassination Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Jimmy Kimmel Live will be <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >pre-empted indefinitely<\/a>,&rdquo; one ABC spokesperson told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/09\/17\/media\/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-trump-fcc-brendan-carr?Date=20250917&amp;Profile=CNN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The news came after a prominent operator of ABC-affiliated stations &mdash; Nextstar &mdash; announced it would no longer broadcast the show &ldquo;for the foreseeable future,&rdquo; saying it &ldquo;strongly objects to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/naomi-osaka-calls-comments-made-by-tokyo-2020-president-yoshiro-mori-ignorant\/\" title=\"Naomi Osaka calls ... made by Tokyo 2020 President Yoshiro Mori \u2018ignorant\u2019\">recent comments made<\/a> by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>During a Monday monologue, Kimmel suggested the suspected murderer of Kirk, Tyler Robinson, was a voter for and supporter of President Donald Trump, and proceeded to mock &ldquo;the MAGA gang&rdquo; for suggesting he was not one of their own<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The MAGA Gang (is) 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,&rdquo; Kimmel said.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\")); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>FCC Chair Brendan Carr also spoke out against Kimmel&rsquo;s comments during a conversation with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Carr referred to the comments as &ldquo;the sickest conduct possible&rdquo; and noted the FCC would be putting pressure on ABC to take action against Kimmel.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We can do this the easy way or the hard way,&rdquo; Carr said. &ldquo;These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there&rsquo;s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Utah officials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2025\/09\/14\/charlie-kirk-tyler-robinson-motive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed<\/a> Robinson had a &ldquo;leftist ideology&rdquo; 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