Well, well, well. It looks like the late-night comedy circuit just lost another member of its dwindling club. ABC has officially pulled the plug — at least for now — on Jimmy Kimmel Live after the host’s jaw-dropping comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. And if you’re shocked, you haven’t been paying attention.
Yes, the same Jimmy Kimmel who’s made a second career out of sneering at half the country thought it was appropriate to mock not only President Trump’s response but also to smear the victim by suggesting his killer was a “MAGA gang” member. That’s not just crossing a line — that’s taking a bulldozer to it.
And the fallout was instant. ABC quietly issued the statement Wednesday night that the show would be “pre-empted indefinitely.” Translation: Kimmel is in the doghouse, and ABC’s advertisers are sweating bullets. Meanwhile, Nexstar, one of ABC’s biggest affiliates, went a step further, flat-out pulling Kimmel from its programming. Their explanation? His words were “offensive and insensitive” and not reflective of their communities’ values. In other words, even local stations know this circus act has gone too far.
Jimmy Kimmel lied about Charlie Kirk’s assassination, blamed him for his own murder, and mocked him on air. The line was crossed.
Thanks to FCC pressure and Nexstar and Sinclair pulling him from millions of homes, his platform is destroyed. He’s finished. Will never recover.… pic.twitter.com/IV2goaiSM5
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 18, 2025
But it gets worse. FCC chairman Brendan Carr — not exactly someone known for weighing in on late-night TV — said Kimmel’s rant could trigger real consequences for affiliates who aired it. Carr didn’t mince words, calling the monologue “some of the sickest conduct possible.” When the nation’s top broadcast regulator uses language like that, you know it’s bad.
Here’s the part that the media conveniently avoids: Utah’s governor has already said the shooter was radicalized by leftist ideology and was living with a transgender-identifying partner. That’s not conjecture. That’s straight from the investigation. Yet Kimmel, in his infinite wisdom, decided to spin the narrative in the complete opposite direction. That’s not comedy. That’s propaganda wrapped in a punchline.
I’m not sure who needs to hear this but Jimmy Kimmel got on the air and falsely stated as a fact that Charlie Kirk’s killer was MAGA, smearing an entire movement and Trump in particular with a vile disgusting lie – and at a time when the threat against those on the right is at an…
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) September 18, 2025
It’s also worth noting the irony. For years, Kimmel has mocked Trump relentlessly. Yet back in July, Trump predicted this very outcome after Colbert’s show tanked. “Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go,” Trump wrote. Fast forward a few months, and here we are. Kimmel yanked, Colbert gone, Fallon hanging by a thread. It turns out the late-night “resistance” isn’t so bulletproof after all.
Jimmy Kimmel canceled!
Did you know he falsely said it was a MAGA man who assassinated Charlie Kirk 😳? Check out the clip
Guess he thought there would be no ramifications. Let’s hope Accountability is coming back finally pic.twitter.com/2lX1PJQCLr
— Wake Up NJ 🇺🇸 New Jersey (@wakeupnj) September 18, 2025
The left is foaming at the mouth over the injustice…
JUST IN: Rep. Eric Swalwell fumes, wears Jimmy Kimmel hat in solidarity after Kimmel was suspended
“He has a right to come into any house that wants to watch just as Greg Gutfeld has a right to be not funny…this should shake every American.” pic.twitter.com/pArnFsuwIs
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 18, 2025
Scott Jennings: “Do I defend Jimmy Kimmel going on television and saying a sh00ter from the left —”
Jeff Jarvis: “Do you defend his right [to free speech]?”
Scott Jennings: “He has a right to do so but he does not have the right to have a television show where he lies his a$$… pic.twitter.com/6uuiSzMoLQ
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) September 18, 2025
They’re such hypocrites:
MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Kimmel getting fired: This renders the First Amendment meaningless.
Chris Hayes on Tucker getting fired: He believed he could say anything no matter how disgusting and get away with it. Over time, that’s not going to work out well for you. pic.twitter.com/KOdROGvseE
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) September 18, 2025
2023. Jimmy Kimmel celebrates Tucker Carlson getting fired from Fox. pic.twitter.com/KkvVRc4At6
— MAZE (@mazemoore) September 18, 2025
Never forget how Jimmy Kimmel misrepresented @therealroseanne joke tweet and pushed for the network to take her show away. pic.twitter.com/zok8WJN5nt
— Timcast News (@TimcastNews) September 18, 2025
🚨 NEW: Conservatives are thanking Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for helping oust Jimmy Kimmel, who said on Tucker Carlson when he got canceled – “Deplatforming works and it is important. Good things can happen.”pic.twitter.com/NF3TVOlaxA
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 18, 2025
And Trump couldn’t resist one more jab when the suspension became official. On Truth Social, he posted: “Great news for America: The ratings-challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED.” He even called Kimmel “zero talent,” which, honestly, sounds more like a performance review than an insult at this point.
Now here’s the uncomfortable reality: while Kimmel plays martyr, his fans will say he’s being “silenced.” But the truth is simpler. Words have consequences. And when you mock the death of a father, a husband, and a patriot, don’t be surprised when America finally tunes out.
So the question isn’t whether Kimmel comes back. The question is whether anyone will still be waiting if he does. Because late night isn’t funny anymore — and for Jimmy Kimmel, it might just be over.
And if Trump’s prediction streak continues, Fallon and Seth better start polishing their résumés.
