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Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Wednesday it will indefinitely stop airing Jimmy Kimmel Live! after remarks the late-night host made about Charlie Kirk's assassination came under harsh criticism from the head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Earlier, Nexstar Media Group said it would stop airing the show on its 32 ABC affiliates, citing Kimmel's comments.

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

Earlier on Wednesday, FCC chair Brendan Carr had urged local broadcasters to stop airing the show.

During a recent monologue, Kimmel said the U.S. had hit hit"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.

"In between the finger-pointing, there was, uh, grieving — on Friday, the White House flew the flags at half-staff, which got some criticism, but on a human level you can see how hard the president is taking this," Kimmel said, before cutting to a clip where Trump responded to reporters asking about how he was doing by pointing to construction at the White House.

Kimmel, like CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert, has consistently been critical of U.S. President Donald Trump and many of his policies.