US talk show host/comedian Jimmy Kimmel arrives for the world premiere of "Your Place or Mine" at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, California, in February 2023

US talk show host/comedian Jimmy Kimmel arrives for the world premiere of "Your Place or Mine" at the Regency Village Theater in Los Angeles, California, in February 2023

 Patrick T. Fallon

Jimmy Kimmel's late-night television show has been taken off air "indefinitely" after the host was criticized for comments about the motives behind the killing of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, ABC said. 

"Jimmy Kimmel Live will be preempted indefinitely," an ABC spokesperson told AFP, using a television industry term for when a show is replaced or removed from the schedule.

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