President Donald Trump has responded to ABC pulling late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off the air over his feedback about Charlie Kirk.
“Nice Information for America: The scores challenged Jimmy Kimmel Present is CANCELLED,” Trump, 79, by way of Reality Social on Wednesday, September 17. “Congratulations to ABC for lastly having the braveness to do what needed to be accomplished.”
Trump then took purpose at two different late-night hosts, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, whose exhibits air on NBC: “Kimmel has ZERO expertise, and worse scores than even Colbert, if that’s doable,” he claimed. “That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two complete losers, on Faux Information NBC. Their scores are additionally horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT.”
Us Weekly confirmed on Wednesday that Disney’s ABC determined to drag Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! from the community schedule.
“Jimmy Kimmel Dwell might be pre-empted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson instructed Us in a press release.
ABC’s determination comes after Nexstar Media, who owns a number of TV stations, reportedly threatened to remove Kimmel from its late-night lineup. The corporate instructed Selection in a Wednesday assertion that its “owned and accomplice tv stations affiliated with the ABC Tv Community will preempt Jimmy Kimmel Dwell! for the foreseeable future, starting with tonight’s present.”
The corporate famous that it “strongly objects to current feedback made by Mr. Kimmel in regards to the killing of Charlie Kirk and can exchange the present with different programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.”
Us reached out to Kimmel’s reps for remark.
