Local TV stations say it will not broadcast Jimmy Kimmel Live! Although the Disney-owned ABC rewrites the comedy actor late at night-a week after commenting on comments about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kerk.
Nexstar and Sinclair, who are doing dozens of ABC stations together, said they will continue to replace the offer with regular programming on Tuesday.
“The statements of Mr. Kimmil were inappropriate and not very sensitive at a critical moment for our country,” said Senkler’s Vice President Jason Smith.
The liberal comedic actor’s width was extracted from the air last week after Monoluji about the shooting of Kirk causing a stir.
Nextstar, one of the largest owners of TV stations in the United States, said in a statement on Tuesday: “After what ABC referred to to Mr. Kimmel’s comments” unlimited and not sensitive “at a critical time in our national speech.
“We stand by this decision, pending the assertion that all parties are committed to strengthening an environment of respectable constructive dialogue in the markets that we serve.”
Earlier on Monday, Senkler said he would “rule out Jimmy Kimmel Live! Via our ABC stations and replace them with news programming.”
“Discussions with ABC are continuing with an assessment of the potential return of the offer,” he said in a statement.
NexStar and SINCLAIR are controlled together in more than 20 % of ABC TV stations, according to the New York Times.
Kimmel said in Monuhouj on September 15 that Trump and his allies were “desperately trying to describe this child who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them” and trying to “score political points from him.”
Trump’s response to the murder of the influencer was also likened to “How a four -year -old is barking of a golden fish.”
The American broadcasting organizer in America accused Kimmel of misleading viewers because officials said that the 22 -year -old was accused of killing Kirk in Utah, “he was deeply colored with leftist ideology.”
Disney, which owns the American broadcast network broadcast Jimmy Kimmel Live! , I announced on Monday that the show will return.
He said that the show was suspended because “some of the comments were not specific and therefore not sensitive.”
“We have spent the last days of studied talks with Jimmy, and after these talks, we reached the decision to re -show on Tuesday,” Disney said.
Al -Hazali’s comment came after the threats of the federal television organizer to cancel the broadcast license from ABC, which sparked a discussion at the country level.
Critics criticized this step as censorship and attacked ABC and its mother company Disney for appearing to bend to pressure the Trump administration.
On Monday, hundreds of celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston, Mierell Streep, and Robert de Nero, signed a letter supporting Kimmel, describing his comment as “a dark moment for freedom of expression in our nation.”
US President Donald Trump welcomed Kimmel’s comment and indicated that some TV networks should have “coverage” licenses for the negative coverage of the White House.
On Friday, the police arrested a man to shoot a rifle in the lobby of ABC News in Sacramento, California.
Federal public prosecutors found a note in his car saying “They are the following”, the investigators said they believed that the Trump administration officials.
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2025-09-23 17:04:00
