Sen. Chuck Schumer has raised the possibility that Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show was canceled due to his statements about Jeffrey Epstein, right. (Getty Images)
Nexstar Media Group, which owns hundreds of television stations, announced Wednesday that it would be pulling Kimmel's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" talk show from its ABC affiliates "for the foreseeable future" and would replace it with other programming over his comments about alleged Charlie Kirk assassin Tyler Robinson.
"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," Nexstar's broadcasting chief, Andrew Alford, said in a press release.
"Continuing to give Mr. Kimmel a broadcast platform in the communities we serve is simply not in the public interest at the current time, and we have made the difficult decision to preempt his show in an effort to let cooler heads prevail as we move toward the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue."
Trump spoke about the cancellation Thursday while he was in the United Kingdom, telling reporters that Kimmel "was fired" because he had bad ratings.
ABC’S ‘JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!’ HEMORRHAGED VIEWERS OVER PAST DECADE, LOST 72% AMONG KEY DEMO
Jimmy Kimmel's popular late-night show was canceled following comments he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, right. (David Russell/Disney via Getty Images; AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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"We 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," Kimmel said.
Following news of the cancellation, Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr applauded local television stations for "standing up to serve the interests of their community."
Fox News Digital's Joseph Wulfsohn and Alex Nitzberg contributed to this report.
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