Disney, which owns ABC, is pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s show Wednesday night and into the future “indefinitely,” a response to the TV host’s wildly inaccurate statement Monday about Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk last week.
“‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ will be preempted indefinitely,” a Disney spokesperson told Fox News.
BREAKING NEWS: Disney’s ABC just officially canceled the Jimmy Kimmel show indefinitely after the late night host’s recent remarks about Charlie Kirk. This has been confirmed by ABC affiliate groups that verified they would be dropping the host. pic.twitter.com/blieAF8k2s
— Dom Lucre | Breaker of Narratives (@dom_lucre) September 17, 2025
Nexstar Media Group, which owns hundreds of television stations, announced earlier it would preempt Kimmel’s show on its ABC affiliates starting Wednesday night “for the foreseeable future” and would replace it with other programming.
“Mr. Kimmel’s comments about the death of Mr. Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse, and we do not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the local communities in which we are located,” Nexstar’s broadcasting chief Andrew Alford said in a press release.
“Continuing to give Mr. Kimmel a broadcast platform in the communities we serve is simply not in the public interest at the current time, and we have made the difficult decision to preempt his show in an effort to let cooler heads prevail as we move toward the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue,” the statement continued.
Earlier Wednesday, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatened to take action against ABC after Kimmel’s remarks.
Thank you CNN and Brian Stelter for melting down while admitting we ended Jimmy Kimmel’s career today.
We had FCC Chairman Brendan Carr on the show to announce investigations into ABC and Disney for letting Kimmel lie to millions about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Hours… pic.twitter.com/Yex5cc6k1S
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 17, 2025
Kimmel said in his monologue Monday, “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.”
The suspect, Tyler Robinson, however, is reported by family members to have moved to the left politically in recent months, and Utah officials released texts to his transgender roommate in which he offers the reason he shot and killed the popular activist who clearly was in the MAGA camp.
President Donald Trump reacted to Kimmel’s ouster, saying: “Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done.
“Kimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that’s possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!!”
FCC chairman threatens action against ABC over Jimmy Kimmel assassin claim