
Jimmy Kimmel Looking to 'Break His Relationship' With ABC 'Forever' After Network Suspends His Late-Night Show: 'This Is the Last Straw'

Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show has been 'indefinitely' taken off of the air by ABC.
Sept. 18 2025, Published 9:24 a.m. ET
Jimmy Kimmel reportedly wants to cut ties with ABC for good.
The comedian is "now looking to break his relationship with ABC forever," after the network announced on Wednesday, September 17, that Jimmy Kimmel Live! would be taken off of the air "indefinitely" due to backlash involving the late-night talk show host's recent comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination and President Donald Trump.
"This is the last straw," a source warned while speaking to a news outlet.

Jimmy Kimmel faced backlash over his remarks about Charlie Kirk's assassination and Donald Trump.
"Jimmy is pissed over the decision to suspend him and the show and he isn’t going to take this lightly, as he is actively looking for ways to get out of his contract," the insider told Daily Mail.
Kimmel — who is reportedly "absolutely f------ livid" over the situation — is allegedly already in talks with Stephen Colbert to appear as a guest on The Late Show before the CBS series comes to an end next year.

Jimmy Kimmel is reportedly 'livid' over ABC's decision.
Kimmel and Colbert are both "looking to do something together to fight" against the Trump administration, a source claimed.
They both don’t want Trump to win in any way or fashion at all, and this has lit an extreme fire under Jimmy’s ass to continue to tell it like it is and be real to himself," the insider alleged.
The source insisted Kimmel "didn’t even say anything that bad" about Kirk's assassination and should be protected by the country's First Amendment freedom of speech rights regardless.
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Jimmy Kimmel fans are defending the host's right to freedom of speech.
"Jimmy said he’s going to fight this, not even because he cares so much for the show, although he does, but because he cares about the precedent. He can’t make a comment about Charlie Kirk?" the confidant questioned.
The source snubbed: "This is persecution, and Jimmy isn’t going to stand for it. And he has a lot of friends who are going to cause problems if suddenly he doesn’t have a show."
According to the insider, Kimmel may get fellow Hollywood hosts to "stop doing ABC shows" — including The View.

Jimmy Kimmel trolled Donald Trump's response to Charlie Kirk's assassination.
Kimmel's late-night show was pulled from television after he mentioned Kirk's murder and poked fun at Trump during the series' Monday, September 15, episode.
"We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA [Make America Great Again] gang 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," Kimmel stated during the talk show's opening monologue.
He then trolled Trump after an interview went viral of the president being asked how he was holding up in the wake of Kirk's assassination.
"I think very good," Trump muttered before immediately moving on to discuss the White House's ballroom construction.
"He's at the fourth stage of grief, construction," Kimmel joked. "This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he called a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish."