Jimmy Kimmel's hit show suspended over comments about Charlie Kirk

The American television network ABC, owned by the Disney group, announced this Wednesday the "indefinite" withdrawal of Jimmy Kimmel Live, one of the most famous late-night shows in the country, following the host's comments on Monday's program, in which he accused the MAGA movement of trying to gain political advantage from the murder of ultra-conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

"We hit rock bottom over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to paint this guy (Tyler Robinson) who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they could to capitalize on it politically ," Kimmel said.

The decision comes moments after Nextstar, one of the largest television network owners in the United States, announced that it would pull Kimmel's show from its schedules. "Nexstar strongly opposes Kimmel's recent comments regarding the murder of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets," the company's statement read.

"Kimmel's comments about Kirk's death are offensive and insensitive at a critical moment in our national political discourse, and we do not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values ​​of the local communities we serve," Nexstar broadcasting president Andrew Alford said in a statement.

The company's department head also stated that "continuing to provide Kimmel with a broadcast platform in the communities we serve is simply not in the public interest at this time, and we have made the difficult decision to remove his show in an effort to allow cooler heads to prevail while we move toward resuming a respectful and constructive dialogue."

US President Donald Trump welcomed the decision, expressing his "congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what needed to be done." "Kimmel has no talent and has worse ratings than even (Stephen) Colbert, if that's possible," he said, referring to the CBS host whose show was canceled in July after he criticized the network's parent company, Paramount, for settling a lawsuit with Trump for $16 million.

In the same message, the White House resident encouraged NBC to also remove the shows of Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, who host two other prominent late-night shows, and expressed his displeasure over the disappearance of Colbert's segment.