The original post: /r/television by /u/Task_Force-191 on 2025-09-18 04:41:29+00:00.
ABC affiliates were informed late Wednesday that “Jimmy Kimmel Live” will be dark on the network at least through Thursday, with future plans for the 11:35 p.m. slot still undetermined.
In a memo from the ABC Affiliate Board, a longstanding group that liaises with the network on behalf of station owners, ABC affiliates were informed that the network would program repeat episodes of “Celebrity Family Feud” in the 11:35 p.m. hour slot usually occupied by Kimmel on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.
A source close to the situation maintains that the network has not yet made a formal decision about the future of Kimmel’s show. Executives were in direct conversation with the host and his representatives on Wednesday evening as the news broke, sparking a range of reactions from the left and right.
“Remember September 17 — that’s the day we lost the First Amendment in America,” said a broadcast TV station executive with knowledge of the ABC affiliate memo.