Jimmy Kimmel‘s late-night talk show is being suspended ABC over his viral comments about Charlie Kirk.

A network spokesperson said Wednesday that Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be “pre-empted indefinitely.”

The network’s action came just after Nexstar, one of the biggest owners of local TV stations in the country — including 28 ABC affiliates — said it will pre-empt the series for the immediate future. A source said that ABC had also heard from at least one other station group about the show, suggesting that an affiliate revolt may have played a role in the decision.

The dramatic move follows Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr threatening to take action against ABC affiliates in the wake of Kimmel suggesting Kirk shooting suspect was a MAGA Republication during his Tuesday monologue.

Kimmel’s original comments were as follows: “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”

Then on Wednesday, Carr went on a podcast where he slammed Kimmel and declared that affiliates should “push back” on ABC and say, in effect, “Listen, we’re not going to run Kimmel anymore until you straighten this out because we’re running the possibility of license revocation from the FCC if we continue to run content that ends up being a pattern of news distortion.”

Nexstar issued a statement late Wednesday they would not air tonight’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live and would pre-empt the show for the foreseeable future

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