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NEW YORK (PIX11) -- The Writers Guild of America East will rally outside ABC Studios in Manhattan on Friday, according to an email alert sent to all WGA East members.

The guild is demanding ABC bring back "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" and are asking allies and supporters of a free country to join them. The rally will be at 30 Hudson Street from noon to 1 p.m., according to organizers.

The rally comes after ABC decided to pull the plug on Kimmel’s late-night following backlash from affiliated broadcasters and the head of the Federal Communications Commission over the comic’s remarks after last week’s killing of Charlie Kirk.

On Thursday, the guild issued a statement saying the WGA stands with Kimmel and his staff writers.

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