Jimmy Kimmel, a polarizing critic of President Donald Trump, has signed a one-year extension with ABC, according to Bloomberg News, a deal that comes as Kimmel’s late-night program faces heightened scrutiny over its political content.
The contract follows ABC’s suspension of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on Sept. 22 after a monologue in which Kimmel said the “MAGA gang” was trying to politicize the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk — comments documented by Politico and CBS News.
ABC removed the show “indefinitely” after Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group — two of the nation’s largest owners of ABC affiliates — informed Disney they would preempt the program in their markets in response to the monologue, as reported by Newsweek and Politico.
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