IRVING, TX (WSYR-TV) -- Nexstar Media Group, Inc. will indefinitely preempt the "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" show beginning Wednesday, September 17.

On September 17, Nexstar announced that the company's owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt the show for the foreseeable future, beginning with the September 17 show.

Nexstar will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.

The move comes after Jimmy Kimmel's recent comments regarding the killing of Charlie Kirk.

President of Nexstar's broadcasting division, Andrew Alford, said in a statement: “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

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