Posted on 09/17/2025 9:53:59 PM PDT by Morgana
ABC stations operated by Sinclair broadcasting group will air a special looking back at conservative commentator Charlie Kirk's life during Jimmy Kimmel's timeslot.
The group said the special will air instead of Kimmel's show on Friday and will then be rebroadcast across all Sinclair stations throughout the weekend.
Sinclair, the nation's largest ABC-affiliate group, will also be offering the special to other ABC affiliates as well, the company said shortly before the network announced it was pulling Kimmel's late night show 'indefinitely.'
The 57-year-old had come under fire after he falsely insinuated that the man accused of killing Kirk, Tyler Robinson, 22, was a conservative.
Instead, investigators say Robinson held far-left ideologies and was dating his transgender roommate.
Kimmel was reportedly set to address the erroneous remarks on his show Wednesday before he found out he was unceremoniously fired, Deadline reports.
But his comments had already drawn criticism, with both Sinclair and Nexstar saying they would not be broadcasting Kimmel's show before the network announced it was canceling it.
Sinclair Vice Chairman Jason Smith slammed his remarks as 'inappropriate and deeply insensitive at a critical moment for our country,' and Nexstar’s broadcasting division President Andrew Alford blasted Kimmel's comments as 'offensive and insensitive.'
'Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets,' the company said.
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SWEET!
Very.
God Bless Sinclair!!
So, will Jimmy Kimmel be watching? He doesn’t have anything going on during that timeslot. :o)
Mass media boot lickers. They were happily covering for Zombie Joe just a few months ago.
@jimmykimmel @JimmyKimmelLive
Karma...you assed for it - you got it...
Will be recording the show on my Tablo. We are in bed by 9 at the latest.
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