ABC Affiliates Want Kimmel Gone, So He's Gone

People keep saying/writing that ABC/Disney pulled the plug. They did not. From That Park Place: BREAKING: Jimmy Kimmel Pulled Off ABC by Disney After Spreading Misinformation About Alleged Charlie Kirk Killer

His show is temporarily suspended, but not because of Disney/ABC. First let's review.

Kimmel maintained that the assassin who killed Charlie Kirk was a right-wing, MAGA supporter. He was not.

The problem? None of this was true. Investigators revealed the suspect was reportedly radicalized by ANTIFA. Ammunition casings were discovered with ANTIFA slogans scrawled across them, and the alleged killer lived with his romantic partner, a biological male who is supposedly “transitioning” to female. His family may have been conservative, but the suspect himself was not a conservative Republican.

Kimmel was rumored to be preparing a "clarification," not an apology, but he never got to issue it.

Nexstar, the nation’s largest owner of local television stations, announced it would no longer broadcast Jimmy Kimmel Live! on its ABC affiliates “for the foreseeable future.” That move immediately cut Kimmel off from millions of households across the country.

This wasn't the end, because Sinclair, another owner of ABC stations, decided to join in. From The Wrap: Sinclair Says Jimmy Kimmel Suspension ‘Is Not Enough,’ Demands Apology, Turning Point Donations

Even before the suspension, the company, which owns 30 ABC affiliates across the United States, had already announced alongside Nexstar that it wouldn’t air Kimmel for the foreseeable future over the remarks. Now the company says it plans to air a Charlie Kirk remembrance special Friday in Kimmel’s usual time slot.

After both of these companies said, "Enough!" Disney yanked Kimmel from production. Back to That Park Place.

In a stunning development, Disney and ABC have yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live! off the air indefinitely following intense backlash over Kimmel’s offensive and misleading commentary on the assassination of Charlie Kirk.

Why pay to produce a show that will not air. Between Nexstar and Sinclair they control a lot of ABC stations, including New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, Baltimore, Tampa-St. Pete, Denver, and more. ABC could have produced Kimmel's show, but without ad revenue from all those markets, why bother?