Nexstar Media Group, Inc. today announced that the company's owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt the late-night talk show, "Jimmy Kimmel Live!", now referred to as “Jimmy Kimmel Dead!”, for the foreseeable future, beginning with tonight's show, as Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of ‘Charlie Kirk’ and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets:
“…Mr. Kimmel's comments about the death of Mr. Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse, and we do not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the local communities in which we are located," said Andrew Alford, President of Nexstar's broadcasting division.
"Continuing to give Mr. Kimmel a broadcast platform in the communities we serve is simply not in the public interest…”
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