Jimmy Kimmel was the talk of late-night television on Thursday, September 18, despite his own show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, being taken off the air by ABC earlier this week.
ABC pulled the talk show from its schedules on Wednesday, September 17, after criticism over Kimmel’s comments about the death of conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk. “Jimmy Kimmel Live will be pre-empted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson confirmed to Us Weekly on Wednesday.
Kimmel, 57, prompted a strong rebuke from President Donald Trump administration member Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Two major ABC affiliate owners — Nexstar and Sinclair — pulled the show in major markets around the U.S., prompting ABC’s nationwide suspension.
On Thursday, Kimmel’s late nigh