Before Jimmy Kimmel got “indefinitely preempted,” there was a report that he wasn’t going to apologize, and that he didn’t think he had done anything to apologize for when he implied that the alleged assassin of Charlie Kirk was MAGA and mocked MAGA grief over Kirk’s death.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the Maga gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.”
That’s what he said on Monday.
On Tuesday, he said, “Many in MAGA-land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk.” He then accused Vice President JD Vance of blaming the left without evidence, despite what the authorities had previously said about the alleged killer being on the left, including earlier on Tuesday. Then he claimed the right had more extremist violence and brought up Jan. 6.
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So by Wednesday, Disney wanted to know how he would address the controversy he had created. According to the Wall Street Journal, Kimmel was about to make it worse. He planned to address it by blaming MAGA, saying that his words were being “purposely twisted” by them.
So if Kimmel was about to go on the air and make things infinitely worse by digging in, I’m actually *not* sure what ABC was supposed to do except yank him. They aren’t required to allow him to enrage half of America on their airwaves if they know it’s coming in advance. pic.twitter.com/Ue1bwB9v8E
— Jeff Blehar is *BOX OFFICE POISON* (@EsotericCD) September 19, 2025
Here’s how even CNN characterized it:
So @JimmyKimmel was going to triple down & go EVEN HARDER with a “very hot” attack against conservatives—before execs, troubled by the massive backlash & potential FCC violations, intervened. pic.twitter.com/UtxESXQmkv
— John Bickley (@jtbickley) September 19, 2025
According to one of the individuals familiar with the situation, Kimmel’s planned Wednesday monologue as “very hot,” taking aim at the MAGA base.
Yikes. That’s when they decided to pull him, and no wonder — that would have made things so much worse. The reaction would have been apoplectic. Fortunately, Disney had the sense to realize that wasn’t going to fly.
Between that, and 66 of the 200 affiliates saying they weren’t going to run the show, they were up a creek without a paddle — they had no other choice. Sinclair, ABC’s biggest affiliate group, was upset. They wanted not only an apology from Kimmel, but they also wanted ABC to sit down and discuss professionalism and accountability for the future, and they wanted action from the FCC.
That was on top of Kimmel’s ratings having plummeted.
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So while they’re using the terms “indefinitely preempted” and “suspension,” I’m not sure why they would ever want him back.
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