(NEXSTAR) — Less than a week after indefinitely preempting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” over comments host Jimmy Kimmel made following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Walt Disney Company says the show will return this week.
In a statement shared with NewsNation on Monday, the company said the decision to preempt the late-night show was “made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive.”
“We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday,” the statement read.
ABC indefinitely suspended Kimmel’s show last week after Kimmel made multiple comments following the death of Kirk, who was assassinated on Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University.
The network’s decision came after Nexstar Media, the parent company of this news station, announced its ABC affiliates would pre-empt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” indefinitely over his comments.
President Trump responded to the news in a post on Truth Social, saying, “Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done.” Trump also urged NBC to fire late night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers, calling them “two total losers.”
Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr, who had called Kimmel’s monologue material “some of the sickest conduct possible,” The Hill reports, also applauded the news.
Kimmel, who has been hosting the show since 2003, is in the final year of a contract that ends May 2026.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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