Jimmy Kimmel is not on tonight because his late-night talk show "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" has been preempted indefinitely by the network ABC. This decision followed comments Kimmel made earlier in the week about conservative influencer Charlie Kirk's death. The network announced the indefinite preemption after the Federal Communications Commission Chairman called for Kimmel's suspension over those comments, and the move has faced condemnation from entertainment professionals and TV writers unions.
Earlier in the week, Kimmel also missed a show to be with his daughter who gave birth, but the current absence is related to the network's decision to pull the show off air indefinitely.
