"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is returning to TV, less than a week after the Walt Disney Company announced it had pulled Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show off the air due to controversial comments about the death of Charlie Kirk.
"Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country," Disney said in a Monday, Sept. 22, statement to USA TODAY. "It is a decision we 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."
Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Sept. 17, that it would indefinitely stop airing "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" after the late-night host's comments about Kirk's killing came under fire from the head of the Federal Communications Commission.
Kimmel has not publicly commented since the show suspension. USA TODAY has reached out to Kimmel's representative and ABC for further comment.
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