{"id":5691,"date":"2025-09-21T01:48:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T01:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=5691"},"modified":"2025-09-21T01:48:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T01:48:42","slug":"abc-announces-new-program-to-fill-jimmy-kimmel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=5691","title":{"rendered":"ABC Announces New Program to Fill \u2018Jimmy Kimmel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Show Pulled from Schedule<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABC abruptly removed&nbsp;<em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em>&nbsp;after the host\u2019s September 15 monologue drew backlash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By September 17, the network confirmed the show would be \u201cpre-empted indefinitely,\u201d with Steve Harvey\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Celebrity Family Feud<\/em>&nbsp;reruns filling the slot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Industry Fallout<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move sparked rapid reactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nexstar Media Group announced it would no longer carry the program,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>and Sinclair Broadcast Group followed,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>replacing it with a tribute show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Crisis After the Emmys<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The shake-up came just days after the 77th Emmy Awards, turning a week of celebration into a programming crisis for ABC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kimmel, on air since 2003, was later spotted with his legal team, adding to speculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Uncertain Future<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For now, Harvey\u2019s show holds the late-night spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABC has not said whether Kimmel will return or if a permanent replacement is coming, leaving viewers and insiders waiting for answers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Show Pulled from Schedule ABC abruptly removed&nbsp;Jimmy Kimmel Live!&nbsp;after the host\u2019s September 15 monologue drew backlash. By September 17, the network confirmed the show would be \u201cpre-empted indefinitely,\u201d with Steve Harvey\u2019s&nbsp;Celebrity Family Feud&nbsp;reruns filling the slot. Industry Fallout The move sparked rapid reactions. Nexstar Media Group announced it would no longer carry the program, and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5692,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5693,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5691\/revisions\/5693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}