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As Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/a><\/em> faces an uncertain fate<\/a> at ABC<\/a>, Conan O\u2019Brien<\/a> is criticizing the network\u2019s decision to take host Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> off air for his Charle Kirk<\/a> comments.<\/p>\n \u201cThe suspension of @jimmykimmel and the promise to silence other Late Night hosts for criticizing the administration should disturb everyone on the Right, Left, and Center,\u201d O\u2019Brien, the former host of late-night shows Late Night<\/a><\/em>, The Tonight Show<\/a><\/em>, and Conan<\/a><\/em>, wrote on X<\/a> on Friday. \u201cIt\u2019s wrong and anyone with a conscience knows it\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n ABC suspended Kimmel<\/a> on Wednesday over comments he made about Kirk, the slain conservative activist, on Monday\u2019s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> \u201cWe hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang 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,\u201d Kimmel said during the show.<\/p>\n Those comments spurred backlash from conservatives and from Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission, per The New York Times<\/a><\/em>. And on Wednesday, Nexstar Media Group announced it would pull Kimmel\u2019s show from its 32 ABC affiliate stations, and later that day, ABC paused the show.<\/p>\n <\/a> Jean Smart, Ben Stiller, Obama & More React to Jimmy Kimmel Being Pulled From ABC<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Related<\/p>\n Other late-night hosts, past and present, have spoken out about ABC\u2019s treatment of Kimmel as well. \u201cThis is misery,\u201d former Late Show<\/a><\/em> host David Letterman<\/a> said at The Atlantic Festival<\/a> on Thursday. \u201cWe see where this is all going, correct? It\u2019s managed media. And it\u2019s no good. It\u2019s silly. It\u2019s ridiculous. And you can\u2019t go around firing somebody because you\u2019re fearful or trying to suck up to an authoritarian, criminal administration in the Oval Office. That\u2019s just not how this works.\u201d<\/p>\n Stephen Colbert, meanwhile, called the suspension \u201cblatant censorship\u201d<\/a> during his show on Thursday. \u201cWith an autocrat, you cannot give an inch, and if ABC thinks that this is going to satisfy the regime, they are woefully na\u00efve,\u201d said the currentLate Show<\/em> host, who\u2019s losing his job next year<\/a>in what some critics believe was a political decision from CBS<\/a>. \u201cTo Jimmy, I stand you and your staff 100 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n And Jay Leno<\/a>, former Tonight Show<\/a><\/em> host, told reporters<\/a> on Thursday that he\u2019s on Kimmel\u2019s side. \u201cYou don\u2019t get canceled saying popular things,\u201d he said. \u201cUsually, it\u2019s the truth that winds up getting canceled, so we\u2019ll see what happens.\u201d<\/p>\nJean Smart, Ben Stiller, Obama & More React to Jimmy Kimmel Being Pulled From ABC<\/a><\/h3>\n