“Jimmy Kimmel Live” will return Tuesday night, September 23, The Walt Disney Company announced in a statement acquired by IndieWire Monday afternoon.
“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,” The Walt Disney Company’s statement reads. “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.”
On Wednesday September 17, ABC announced that they were suspending the show “indefinitely” following a joke that Kimmel made on air that many felt was insensitive and inflammatory in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. He said…
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