The way forward for Who Needs to Be a Millionaire has not been addressed after ABC pulled its host Jimmy Kimmel‘s late evening showcase the air.
Kimmel's reboot of the beloved recreation present, initially hosted by Regis Philbin, was close to the top of its fourth season when the community introduced its choice to “indefinitely” droop Jimmy Kimmel Stay! on Wednesday, September 17.
Millionaire, which Kimmel, 57, additionally govt produces, premiered on a excessive word in July when Matt Damon and Jeopardy! champion turned host Ken Jennings gained the $1 million prize for the Oscar winner's charity, Water.org. Subsequent episodes featured superstar contestants together with Joel McHale, Adam Devine, Jameela Jamil and Chloe Fineman.
The present aired weekly on Wednesdays till September 3. After that, it took a beforehand scheduled three-week break forward of its return on Thursday, September 25, for the season finale, which has already been taped.
As of press time, the ultimate episode — starring comedians Sarah Silverman and Marc Maron and The Workplace costars Oscar Nuñez and Kate Flannery within the sizzling seat — continues to be listed to air, in accordance with ABC's web site.
Puck journalist Matthew Belloni additionally reported on Wednesday that the community had “no plans” to take away Millionaire from its schedule.
Us Weekly has reached out to ABC for remark.
Matt Damon, Jimmy Kimmel and Ken Jennings Disney/Christopher Willard
The Disney-owned channel confirmed to Us on Wednesday that Jimmy Kimmel Stay! can be “pre-empted indefinitely” after its host made controversial feedback about right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, who was fatally shot on September 10 whereas talking at Utah Valley College.
Throughout his opening monologue on Monday, September 15, Kimmel stated, “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately attempting to characterize this child who murdered Charlie Kirk as something apart from certainly one of them and doing every little thing they'll to attain political factors from it.”
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The accused shooter, Tyler Robinson, was raised in a Republican household, however his political opinions on the time of the incident stay unclear.
ABC's choice to take Jimmy Kimmel Stay! off the air got here simply hours after President Donald Trump-appointed FCC chairman Brendan Carr slammed the Emmy winner's feedback and threatened to take motion towards the community, main a gaggle of station associates to grow to be the primary to take away the long-running present from their lineups.
Notably, the group's operator, Nexstar, is presently awaiting approval from the FCC, which is overseen by the Trump administration, to finish a $6.2 billion buy of a broadcast rival, Tegna.
Kimmel has but to publicly reply to the information, however stars together with Rosie O'Donnell, Ben Stiller and Jean Good have expressed outrage on social media, arguing that the suspension violates the host's proper to freedom of speech.
Trump, alternatively, celebrated the transfer, writing partly on his Fact Social Platform that it was “Nice Information for America.”
