{"id":1089,"date":"2025-09-18T15:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1089"},"modified":"2025-09-18T15:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:21:12","slug":"abc-pulls-late-night-host-jimmy-kimmel-off-air-after-charlie-kirk-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tona.today\/?p=1089","title":{"rendered":"ABC pulls late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off air after Charlie Kirk comments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s late-night television show has been taken off air &#8220;indefinitely&#8221; after the host was criticised for comments about the motives behind the killing of conservative influencer\u00a0Charlie Kirk, ABC said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Jimmy Kimmel Live will be preempted indefinitely,&#8221; an ABC spokesperson told AFP, using a television industry term for when a show is replaced or removed from the schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Ayra Starr - Goodbye (Warm Up) ft. 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