Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been taken off the air by ABC, following backlash over host Jimmy Kimmel’s recent remarks about the late Charlie Kirk.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson confirmed to Us Weekly on Wednesday, September 17.

Variety previously reported on Wednesday that Disney’s ABC decided to remove the late night talk show from the network “indefinitely” after Nexstar Media reportedly threatened to eliminate the show from its lineup.

Nexstar told the outlet on Wednesday that its “owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! for the foreseeable future, beginning with tonight’s show.”

The company noted it “strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the kil

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