On Wednesday, ABC announced that it would be pulling new episodes of Jimmy Kimmel Live! “indefinitely” after remarks about Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin sparked right-wing rage and comments from FCC Chair Brendan Carr. Kimmel is getting canceled for the set-up to a joke, not even the punchline. In Monday night’s monologue , Kimmel said “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.” Carr told YouTuber Benny Johnson that he was considering pulling ABC’s affiliate licenses because Kimmel characterized Charlie Robinson as MAGA-affiliated. “[This] appears to be an action by Jimmy Kimmel to play int
Jimmy Kimmel Live! Pulled ‘Indefinitely,’ Celebs React

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