Late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live will be taken off the air indefinitely, after remarks the show's eponymous host made about the motive behind the killing of right-wing commentator Charlie Kirk.
The decision by Walt Disney-owned ABC in the United States to stop airing the show follows criticism from the head of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) directed at Kimmel.
FCC chair Brendan Carr had urged local broadcasters to stop airing the show on ABC.
Media company Nexstar Media Group Inc had earlier said it would stop airing the show on its 32 ABC affiliates, citing Kimmel's comments.
Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar's broadcasting division, said: "Mr. Kimmel's comments about the death of Mr. Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse."
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Kirk, a close ally of US President Donald Trump, was assassinated last week during a public speaking event at a university in Utah.
Authorities allege that 22-year-old Tyler Robinson killed Kirk with a single bullet to the neck from a sniper rifle. He has been arrested and charged with murder, and faces the death penalty.
During a broadcast on Tuesday night local time, Kimmel suggested Robinson could be a Trump supporter.
"The MAGA gang [is] desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them", Kimmel said, and were "doing everything they can to score political points from it".
In the immediate aftermath of Kirk's killing, several Republicans in the US quickly sought to attribute blame to the left, including Trump himself.
Following Robinson's arrest, Utah governor Spencer Cox said he adhered to "leftist ideology" and had different political beliefs from his conservative family.
In a text message exchange between Robinson and his romantic partner that has since been released, he was asked why he had allegedly killed Kirk.
"I had enough of his hatred," Robinson replied.
During his time as a conservative commentator, Kirk regularly expressed disparaging views about marginalised groups.
This week, several officials within Trump's administration vowed a crackdown on the "radical left" in the US in response to Kirk's death.
— With additional reporting by Reuters.
