"They’re gonna burn the city of Detroit down if the Pistons win," Kimmel said during the 2004 NBA finals between the Detroit Pistons and Los Angeles Lakers.

The remark "really offended Detroiters," said Grace Gilchrist, former vice president and general manager of WXYZ-TV.

Gilchrist decided to yank an episode of Kimmel's show and aired "The Wayne Brady Show" on Channel 7 in its place.

ABC’s sudden announcement on Sept. 17 that it is taking “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air indefinitely feels like an unprecedented moment in the history of TV and politics.

But it’s not the first time Kimmel has been pulled for something he said. Only when a Detroit TV station did it more than 20 years ago, the circumstances weren't as serious and there even was a happy ending.

In 2004, WXYZ-TV (Channel

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