Hollywood is responding after Jimmy Kimmel Live! was taken off ABC.

Hollywood is responding after Jimmy Kimmel Live! was taken off ABC.

On Wednesday, Sept 17, a Disney's ABC spokesperson confirmed that Jimmy Kimmel Live! would be on indefinite hiatus.

This decision followed Kimmel's remarks about the death of right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot while speaking at a campus event at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, Sept. 10. He was 31.

Kimmel commented during his show on Monday, Sept. 15, stating, "The MAGA Gang (is) 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. In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”

Nexstar Media, the largest local broadcast and digital media company in the U.S., expressed that it “strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.”

Nexstar recently revealed plans to acquire rival broadcast company Tegna for $6.2 billion, a significant deal that would further consolidate the local television landscape and place Nexstar in 80% of America's TV-owning households, according to a press release. The acquisition requires final approval from the Trump-controlled Federal Communications Commission.

FCC Chair Brendan Carr quickly commended Nexstar on Wednesday for pressuring ABC to remove Kimmel, writing on X that "it is important for broadcasters to push back on Disney programming that they determine falls short of community values."