After more than a week of escalating criticism, ABC is apologizing for a segment of "Jimmy Kimmel Live" in which a child joked about killing Chinese people.
The network said the offensive skit will be edited out of the late-night talk show's episode for future airings or any other distribution, including online.
The controversy erupted after an Oct. 16 comedy bit in which Kimmel asked a "Kids Table" of youngsters to comment on recent news events, such as the federal government shutdown. At one point, Kimmel asked the kids what the United States should do to end its growing debt to China.
"America owes China a lot of money, $1.3 trillion," he said. "How should we pay them back?"
"Kill everyone in China!" a 6-year-old boy exclaimed.
Kimmel joked, "That's an interesting idea" and laughed.
Another panelist suggested, ironically, that China should be separated from the rest of the world by a large wall.
Later Kimmel asked the youngsters, "Should we allow the Chinese to live?" The four kids, aged 6 and 7, were divided.
A video excerpt of the skit quickly went viral and prompted bloggers to wonder why ABC was shrugging off an attempt at humor that might have annoyed one billion people.
The segment also triggered an online petition to President Obama demanding that ABC "cut the show" and issue a formal apology for the skit they said bore a resemblance to Nazi treatment of Jews.
"The kids might not know anything better," the petition said. "However, Jimmy Kimmel and ABC's management are adults. They had a choice not to air this racist program, which promotes racial hatred."
More than 60,000 people had signed the petition within nine days of its posting on the White House "We The People" Web site. The demand also called for an investigation of the show.
ABC responded in an Oct. 15 letter, disclosed Monday, to a group called 80-20 that identifies itself as a pan-Asian-American political organization.
"We're writing to offer our sincere apology," the letter began. It said the network "would never purposefully do anything to upset" the Chinese, Asian or other communities.
"Our objective is to entertain," the letter added.
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