Disney’s ABC is “indefinitely” pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show, amid controversy over his recent comments about the suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live is being pulled indefinitely,” an ABC spokesperson said, refusing to disclose further details.

The sudden announcement came Wednesday night, after at least one major ABC affiliate said it would not air the program “for the immediate future.”

At the start of his show, Jimmy Kimmel said that the man accused of killing Kirk was connected to President Trump’s MAGA (Make America Great Again) movement, suggesting that Tyler Robinson may have been a Republican supporter of the U.S. president.

Tyler Robinson, who comes from a Republican family but adopted far-left views in college, is accused of the murder and faces the death penalty if convicted at trial.

Prosecution documents said the suspect’s mother “explained that over the past year, Robinson had become politicized and began leaning more left — more oriented toward gay and trans rights.” Recently, he was in a relationship and living with a trans person to whom he confessed the crime.

Court filings say that when his parents asked why he had targeted Kirk, he told them the conservative activist “spreads too much hate.”

Robinson was not registered with any political party and did not vote in the 2022 or 2024 elections. He was not old enough to vote in the 2020 election.

Kimmel said “the MAGA gang is desperately trying to portray this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as something other than one of their own, doing everything they can to gain political advantage from it,” and then added: “Amid the criticism, there was also grief.” “On a human level, you can see how heavily Trump took it,” Kimmel said sarcastically, before showing a video of the U.S. president being asked about Kirk’s death and responding by talking about White House renovations.

“This is not how an adult mourns the murder of someone he calls a friend. That’s how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish,” Kimmel said.

The late-night ABC host’s comments amounted to “the sickest possible behavior,” said Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr to right-wing podcaster Benny Johnson on Wednesday. Carr hinted that his FCC could revoke ABC affiliates’ licenses as a way to force Disney to punish Kimmel.

“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said.

“These companies are licensed by the FCC, and that license comes with an obligation to operate in the public interest,” Carr added.

This was not the first time Carr had attacked ABC in recent months. In July, the Trump appointee told Fox News that the long-running daytime show The View was “now in this administration’s crosshairs” because of co-host Joy Behar’s biting criticism of President Trump.

Kimmel has also become a frequent target of President Trump’s anger. Shortly after CBS announced the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s late-night show — a move Carr publicly celebrated — Trump suggested that “next up will be the even less talented Jimmy Kimmel.”

Trump on Kimmel’s show being pulled: Great news for America

Donald Trump did not hide his satisfaction Wednesday over the suspension — the “cancellation,” as he put it — of Jimmy Kimmel’s TV show, one of his most famous critics, calling it “great news for America.”

“Congratulations to ABC for finally finding the courage to do what needed to be done. Kimmel has ZERO talent,” the Republican president said on Truth Social.