Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleNewsom continued to post apparent free speech contradictions by conservatives Thursday (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (Getty Images)Fox News host Sean Hannity claimed that no "prominent conservative" desired late-night host Jimmy Kimmel to be removed from television. ABC indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! after comments Kimmel made characterising a conservative activist's killer as "MAGA". California Governor Gavin Newsom countered Hannity's assertion by referencing a July social media post where Donald Trump hoped he played a "major part" in late-night hosts losing their shows and predicted Kimmel would be "next". Donald Trump celebrated Kimmel's suspension as "Great News for America" and suggested other late-night hosts, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, should also be ousted. Donald Trump has a history of criticizing late-night personalities and has recently pursued legal action against media organizations he believes portray him negatively. In fullNewsom takes down Hannity after he claims no ‘prominent conservative’ wanted Kimmel off-airThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

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

Jimmy Kimmel said supporters of President Trump were \

It's just his latest attack on a late night host who has been critical of the Trump administration.

ABC's chilling decision to pull \

The late-night show getting pulled ‘indefinitely’ after relatively mild commentary about the right is another worrying sign of where Trump’s America is heading

President Trump rejected outcries from Democrats over the state of free speech after ABC pulled the TV show of late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel.

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Suspension of Jimmy Kimmel’s TV show over Charlie Kirk comments is latest sign of business coming under pressure from White House

“We may be coming full circle," Robert Thompson of Syracuse University told Fortune, "back to a Carson-style, harmless late night—with NBC the last one standing.”

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

The Fox News host called it "smart business" for ABC to yank Kimmel's late night show off the air.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is on indefinite hiatus after the host made comments about conservatives' reactions to the death of Charlie Kirk.

David Letterman is speaking out to slam ABC for its shock decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel's late night show.

Concerns grow that the Trump administration is curtailing criticism after ABC host Jimmy Kimmel's show was cancelled.

"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is on indefinite hiatus after the host made comments about conservatives' reactions to the death of Charlie Kirk.

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

LOS ANGELES: US President Donald Trump on Thursday celebrated the suspension of talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves and said TV broadcasters should lose their licenses…

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

Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon opened their late-night shows Thursday using a mix of humor and solidarity with suspended ABC host Jimmy Kimmel. Stewart opted for…