Kimmel’s late-night chat show was taken off air following comments he made last week following the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The decision by US network ABC to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live! from its schedules had led to widespread criticism from big names including Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, Ben Affleck and Tom Hanks. And the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (Sag-Aftra) issued a statement saying: “The decision to suspend airing Jimmy Kimmel Live! In an address to the audience during his show last week, Kimmel had said the “Maga gang are desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them”.