President Donald Trump expressed delight over the sudden cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday night, taking to Truth Social to announce his approval of ABC’s decision to end the late-night program.

Trump also called for two of Kimmel’s network rivals, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers to be fired next. 

‘Great News for America: The ratings challenged Jimmy Kimmel Show is CANCELLED,’ Trump wrote. 

“Kudos to ABC for finally taking the necessary step,” Trump wrote. “Kimmel has zero talent and manages to have even worse ratings than Colbert, if that’s even possible. Now, Jimmy and Seth remain as losers on Fake News NBC, dealing with equally terrible ratings. Do it, NBC!”

Trump’s celebratory message was posted only hours after ABC decided to pause Kimmel’s show indefinitely, a move following his controversial monologues regarding the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a dedicated supporter of Trump.

ABC confirmed the late-night program had been pulled in a short statement.

‘Jimmy Kimmel Live will be preempted indefinitely,’ the network said. 

Kimmel, who has hosted the show since 2003 and has been a vocal critic of Trump for years, sparked fury after mocking the political response to Kirk’s killing on back-to-back nights.

‘We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,’ Kimmel said on Monday during his monologue.

He went on to criticize Trump’s statement about Kirk’s death. 

‘This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he called a friend. This is how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish, OK?’

Kimmel also tore into FBI Director Kash Patel, accusing him of mishandling the investigation.

‘Like a kid who didn’t read the book, BS’ing his way through an oral report.’

By Tuesday night, Kimmel doubled down, ridiculing Vice President JD Vance, who had guest-hosted Kirk’s podcast in the aftermath of the murder. 

‘Trump is fanning the flames,’ Kimmel said, ‘by attacking people on the left. Which is it – are they a bunch of sissy pickleball players because they’re too scared to be hit by tennis balls, or a well-organized deadly team of commandos? Because they can’t be both of those things.’  

Kimmel’s relentless commentary triggered outrage, not just among conservatives but within the television industry itself. 

One of the largest local television operators in the country, Nexstar Communications Group, announced it would no longer air Jimmy Kimmel Live! on its 23 ABC-affiliated stations.  

‘Kimmel’s comments about Kirk’s death are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse,’ said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar’s broadcasting division.

That decision reportedly spurred ABC executives to take emergency action.

There was no immediate comment from Kimmel, whose long-running show has been a staple of the network’s late-night programming for over two decades.

But White House Deputy Chief of Staff Taylor Budowich weighed in, applauding the move.

‘Welcome to Consequence Culture. Normal, common sense Americans are no longer taking the bulls*** and companies like ABC are finally willing to do the right and reasonable thing. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!’