Local news will air in place of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on the ABC stations Nexstar Media Group owns — including Salt Lake City’s ABC4 — the company said.

The media company, based in Irving, Texas, operates more than 20 ABC affiliates among its more than 200 stations nationwide .

The move comes after ABC “indefinitely suspended “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Wednesday, following the host’s comments Monday night about the assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. Kimmel accused President Donald Trump and his “MAGA Gang” supporters of “finger-pointing” and trying to portray the alleged shooter as “anything other than one of them.”

Nexstar and another ABC affiliate owner, Sinclair Broadcast Group, spoke out against Kimmel’s comments before ABC, owned by The Walt Disney Company, deci

See Full Page