00:00Jon Stewart has something to say about ABC pulling Jimmy Kimmel's show from the air.
00:05Stewart is going to take over the news desk for Thursday's episode of The Daily Show,
00:09breaking the Comedy Central show's usual pattern of Stewart just hosting on Monday nights.
00:13The move follows an extraordinary 24 hours in media that play right into some of Stewart's
00:17strengths as a commentator. Stewart previously had a no-holds-barred response to his own parent
00:22company deciding to cancel the late show with Stephen Colbert on CBS back in July.
00:26ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live following a series of events that rapidly escalated on Wednesday.
00:32Kimmel had suggested with a seemingly offhand comment in his Monday monologue that suspected
00:36Charlie Kirk shooter Tyler Robinson was a MAGA member. On Wednesday, FCC Chair Brendan Carr
00:42threatened the licenses of ABC affiliates over the comment, prompting affiliate group Nextstar to
00:46declare it would preempt Kimmel's show. Then ABC announced the show would be suspended indefinitely.
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