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President Donald Trump praised Disney’s decision to indefinitely pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show as "great news for America" on Wednesday.
Fox News Digital confirmed with a Disney spokesperson that "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" would be pulled for the foreseeable future.
The news came after reports that Nexstar Media Group, which owns hundreds of television stations, would pre-empt Kimmel's show on its ABC affiliates starting Wednesday night "for the foreseeable future" and would replace it with other programming over his comments about alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson.
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