President Donald Trump cheered Disney’s decision to pull « Jimmy Kimmel Live! » indefinitely after the host’s comments about Charlie Kirk’s alleged assassin.
President Donald Trump praised Disney’s decision to indefinitely pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show as « great news for America » on Wednesday.
Fox News Digital confirmed with a Disney spokesperson that « Jimmy Kimmel Live! » would be pulled for the foreseeable future.
The news came after reports that Nexstar Media Group, which owns hundreds of television stations, would pre-empt Kimmel’s show on its ABC affiliates starting Wednesday night « for the foreseeable future » and would replace it with other programming over his comments about alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson.
Trump, who has long criticized Kimmel along with other late-night hosts, celebrated the news on his Truth Social account. Kimmel has long been a fierce Trump critic.
« Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED. Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done.
