Deadline understands that ABC pulled the show from the air after Kimmel told them he would address his previous comments around Charlie Kirk during the show’s opening monologue Monday. Watch those comments from Monday below.
Kimmel being taken off the air is a move that may fundamentally impact broadcast television and has led to questions as to whether the longtime host will ever return to late-night.
Kimmel films his show from the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, so the move came before he started taping what would have been tonight’s show, though there were thought to be some audience members waiting outside.
All of this emerged after earlier in the day FCC chairman Brendan Carr said that Kimmel’s comments were “some of the sickest…
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