An alternate factor to pull comedian Jimmy Kimmel 's show Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air 'indefinitely' has been revealed.

Kimmel's comments about the suspect in the murder of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk reportedly threatened to derail Nexstar's $6.2 billion takeover of rival broadcaster Tegna, telecom insiders told the New York Post 's On The Money Thursday (September 18). The deal, which had already faced backlash for combining two of the United States' largest local television stations, is pending approval by the Federal Communications Commission and its conservative chairman, Brendan Carr , over possible antitrust issues.

The telecom insiders claimed Kimmel's comments reportedly factored negatively into the pending approval, which led to

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