Kimmel removal comes amid a pending merger for Nexstar

Disney owned ABC is pulling Jimmy Kimmel's late night show off the air indefinitely amid controversy over the host's recent comments about the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. During his monologue on Monday night, Kimmel spoke about the Republican response to Kirk's killing, saying, quote, "The MAGA gang is 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." FCC Chairma ...