Los Angeles, Sept. 18 -- Disney's ABC has taken Jimmy Kimmel's late-night talk show off air "indefinitely" following backlash over the host's comments about the motives behind the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk, according to Variety.

According to Variety, Nexstar said that its "owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt airings of 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' for the foreseeable future.

The company strongly objected to comments made by Kimmel on the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other ABC programmes.

During his monologue on Monday, Kimmel addressed the killing and criticised attempts by Trump supporters to politicise the case. "We had some new lows ov...