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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Tommy Williams of Jacksonville, Florida, ‘Kimmel’ audience member:
"We were just about to walk in. Interestingly enough, they waited to pull the plug on this right as the studio audience was about to walk in. It wasn’t like this morning or last night. They waited for everyone to come in to work today. They didn’t tell us what had happened. They just said that the show was canceled. Initially, my concern was, you know, I hope everyone’s okay and no one got injured.
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Tommy Williams of Jacksonville, Florida, ‘Kimmel’ audience member:
"As they told us the show was being canceled, at the same time online, they announced that it was indefinitely, which we can probably assume was forever, taken off the air because of certain comments that were made, which I was not aware of. And then I went to go look to see what those comments were. And they didn’t really seem to justify, you know, the means. You know, it seemed to be a bit extreme."
STORYLINE:
The audience for "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" was sent home by producers just before news broke Wednesday that ABC had suspended the show indefinitely.
Kimmel, the veteran late-night comic, made several comments about the reaction to Kirk’s assassination on his show Monday and Tuesday nights. He said that “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk.”
ABC, which has aired Kimmel’s late-night show since 2003, moved swiftly after Nexstar Communications Group said it would pull the show starting Wednesday. Kimmel’s comments about Kirk’s death “are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse,” said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar’s broadcasting division. Nexstar operates 23 ABC affiliates.
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