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In the wake of ABC\u2019s decision to preempt airings of \u00a0Jimmy Kimmel<\/a>\u00a0Live!<\/a><\/em> over comments on the death of Charlie Kirk<\/a>, President Donald Trump<\/a> took to his social media platform to praise the network\u2019s move and call for the cancellations of Seth Meyers<\/a> and Jimmy Fallon<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cGreat 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,\u201d wrote Trump.<\/p>\n \u201cKimmel has ZERO talent, and worse ratings than even Colbert, if that\u2019s possible. That leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT.\u201d<\/p>\n The comments were echoed through the official White House handle<\/span> on X, which posted a screengrab of the post along with an image of Trump.<\/p>\n ABC has not announced a cancellation of the late-night show, but it would be off the air indefinitely.<\/p>\n The move came swiftly after news that Jimmy Kimmel\u00a0Live! would be preempting the late-night talk show from affiliate stations following Kimmel\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n Trump-appointed FCC Chairman Brendan Carr <\/span>took to X (formerly Twitter) earlier on Wednesday to praise Nexstar<\/a> for preempting the late-night talk show on its ABC affiliate networks in response to host Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s comments about the death of Kirk: \u201cI want to thank Nexstar for doing the right thing. Local broadcasters have an obligation to serve the public interest. While this may be an unprecedented decision, it is important for broadcasters to push back on Disney programming that they determine falls short of community.\u201d<\/p>\n