Free speech worries mount as ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel’s show
In a stunning and disturbing development on Wednesday evening, Disney and ABC announced that Jimmy Kimmel’s popular late-night talk show was being pulled off the air because of something Kimmel said on his show about the shooting death of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.
The news came after station owner Nexstar Media Group said it would pull “Jimmy Kimmel Live” from its ABC affiliate stations because of Kimmel’s comments. Nexstar, which owns about 200 TV stations, has ABC affiliates in 32 markets across the U.S. Shortly after, ABC announced it would pull the show “indefinitely.”
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