“We’re reinvigorating the FCC’s enforcement of the public interest,” Brendan Carr said on CNBC, “and I think that’s a good thing.”

The move comes after Nexstar said it would stop airing Kimmel's show on its ABC affiliates.

Jimmy Kimmel's comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination came under harsh criticism from the head of the Federal Communications Commission.

The late-night host criticised the Republican response to the killing and his suspension came after pressure from the regulator.

Talk show host Jimmy Kimmel's recent comments about the Charlie Kirk's accused shooter prompted the network to indefinitely halt his show on Wednesday.

Kimmel, among other things, said that “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk.”

Jimmy Kimmel said supporters of President Trump were \

Kimmel's cancellation is the latest in a spate of firings related to comments made about Charlie Kirk's assassination.

Removal of late-night show criticised as part of Trump administration’s attack on critical voices in media, academia and business

Following the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel following his comments about Charlie Kirk, one question looms: Will his show return?

ABC's chilling decision to pull \

“We’re reinvigorating the FCC’s enforcement of the public interest,” Brendan Carr said on CNBC, “and I think that’s a good thing.”

"He has disgraced the office he holds by bullying ABC," they wrote.

Disney does FCC chair's bidding, suspends Kimmel show over Charlie Kirk comment.

When a regime can use the power of the law to punish speech because it does not like that speech’s content, then speech is not free

ABC local affiliate Sinclair will air a Kirk remembrance in place of Kimmel’s late show starting Friday.

ABC decision over Kimmel comments comes hours after Trump-appointed chair of US media regulator threatened broadcaster’s affiliate stations’ licenses

Columbia's Alex Abdo said Brendan Carr of the FCC is close to “the definition of unconstitutional coercion" while Chuck Schumer called his rhetoric "despicable."

Move follows Democrats’ criticism of the suspension of Kimmel’s TV show after his comments on the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk.

But it is unclear to what extent media companies might push back - at the potential expense of their bottom line.

Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and David Letterman criticize ABC’s parent company, Disney, and FCC chief, Brendan Carr