{"id":2031871,"date":"2025-09-18T15:01:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2031871"},"modified":"2025-09-18T15:01:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T15:01:21","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-live-replacement-named-after-abc-pulls-show-over-jimmy-kimmels-charlie-kirk-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-kimmel-live-replacement-named-after-abc-pulls-show-over-jimmy-kimmels-charlie-kirk-comments\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u2019 Replacement Named After ABC Pulls Show Over Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s Charlie Kirk Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A beloved game show will take over the<em> Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> time slots on ABC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On Wednesday, September 17, Disney\u2019s ABC told <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/09\/18\/nx-s1-5544559\/abc-jimmy-kimmel-comments-charlie-kirk\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:NPR;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>NPR<\/em><\/a> and other outlets that \u201c<em>Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em> will be preempted indefinitely,\u201d after Nexstar Media Group \u2014 which operates 32 ABC stations \u2014 decided to preempt the long-running talk show over <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/articles\/jimmy-kimmel-announces-italian-citizenship-143727441.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the 57-year-old host\u2019s remarks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">the 57-year-old host\u2019s remarks<\/a> on <strong>Charlie Kirk\u2019s<\/strong> death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In place of the late-night show, repeat episodes of <em>Celebrity Family Feud<\/em>, hosted by <strong>Steve Harvey<\/strong>, will air in the 11:35 p.m. hour slot on Wednesday and Thursday this week, according to <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/abc-affiliates-jimmy-kimmel-replace-celebrity-family-feud-1236522889\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ABC affiliates were alerted to the change on Wednesday via a memo from the ABC Affiliate Board, which noted \u201cformal guidance from Disney\/ABC is forthcoming,\u201d per <em>Variety.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" 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MEGA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sinclair Broadcast Group also preempted\u00a0<em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em>\u00a0and, according to the<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/media\/article-15110837\/Jimmy-Kimmel-Sinclair-Charlie-Kirk-tribute-Friday-donation.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Daily Mail;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em> Daily Mail<\/em><\/a>, they will now air a remembrance special for Kirk in Kimmel\u2019s Friday night slot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/charlie-kirk-dead-age-31-204625133.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:As the National Enquirer previously reported;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">As the <em>National Enquirer<\/em> previously reported<\/a>, Kirk was shot and killed on Wednesday, September 10, while speaking at Utah Valley University. He was 31 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">On the Monday, September 15 episode, Kimmel made remarks about the shooting, saying, \u201cThe MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it. In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Last week <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/jimmy-kimmel-plays-coy-future-202725041.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the TV personality;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">the TV personality<\/a> posted a statement on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DOb8B9xjgZJ\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a> about Kirk\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cInstead of the angry finger-pointing, can we just for one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to shoot another human?\u201d he penned. \u201cOn behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and to all the children, parents, and innocents who fall victim to senseless gun violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A beloved game show will take over the Jimmy Kimmel Live! time slots on ABC. On Wednesday, September 17, Disney\u2019s ABC told NPR and other outlets that \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live will be preempted indefinitely,\u201d after Nexstar Media Group \u2014 which operates 32 ABC stations \u2014 decided to preempt the long-running talk show over the 57-year-old [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2031872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[374395,374610,340116,374837,23060,368692,374836,353854],"class_list":["post-2031871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-abc-affiliates","tag-abc-stations","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-david-edwards","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-kirks-death","tag-nexstar-media-group","tag-steve-harvey"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/\u2018Jimmy-Kimmel-Live-Replacement-Named-After-ABC-Pulls-Show-Over.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2031871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2031871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2031872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2031871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2031871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2031871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}