KOMO, an ABC affiliate owned by Sinclair, will air a “Special in Remembrance of Charlie Kirk” during Friday’s late-night time slot normally reserved for Jimmy Kimmel Live!
ABC has indefinitely suspended the talk show after pressure from the Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr and companies such as Sinclair that own some of the network’s affiliates. Free speech advocates sounded alarm bells after Kimmel’s suspension, and after the FCC chair said the agency might take action against the comic and ABC.
During his Monday monologue, Kimmel suggested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, who allegedly shot conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, may have been a pro-Trump Republican, although investigators say the man had turned left politically in the last year.
Kimmel also said “the MAG