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The fall-out over the murder of far-right activist Charlie Kirk continues to provoke debate about free speech and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel just became the latest 'employee' to be censored over his reaction to it.
ABC has suspended Kimmel’s late-night program indefinitely after the comedian’s on-air remarks. The Disney-owned network confirmed “Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be pre-empted indefinitely” following a monologue in which Kimmel accused Trump supporters of politicising the shooting.
Earlier this week, Kimmel told viewers: “The Maga gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.” He went on to criticize President Donald Trump’s reaction to the murder, in which he talked about renovating the White House ballroom, rather than his apparent close friend Charlie Kirk, comparing it to “how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish.”
Trump, FCC and networks react
President Trump called ABC’s decision “great news for America” and celebrated on social media: “The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done.”
The backlash quickly spread across the broadcasting industry. Nexstar Media, one of the largest station groups in the US, said it would no longer carry Kimmel’s program “for the foreseeable future” because his remarks were “offensive and insensitive.” Sinclair, the biggest ABC affiliate owner, announced it would air a special remembrance program for Kirk in the show’s usual slot.
Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee, praised Nexstar “for doing the right thing” and argued that broadcasters must “operate in the public interest.” Carr described Kimmel’s conduct as “the sickest” and suggested an apology would be a “very reasonable, minimal step.”
Commissioner Anna Gomez, the sole Democrat on the FCC, rejected Carr’s intervention, writing on X that “an inexcusable act of political violence by one disturbed individual must never be exploited as justification for broader censorship or control.”
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Unions warn of free speech threat
Hollywood unions condemned the suspension. The Writers Guild of America called it a violation of constitutional rights, while Sag-Aftra described it as “the type of suppression and retaliation that endangers everyone’s freedoms.”
A source told CNBC that Kimmel has not been fired and that executives intend to speak with him about how he addresses the controversy when he returns.
Kimmel, who has hosted the show since 2003 and four times fronted the Oscars, is the latest late-night figure to run into network turbulence as audiences drift toward streaming.
CBS recently said it would end Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show after 11 seasons, a decision Colbert linked to financial disputes with parent company Paramount which has been embroiled in a legal dispute with Donald Trump.
