“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will be back on the air less than a week after the comedian’s late-night talk show was suspended following controversial comments about the death of Charlie Kirk and subsequent pressure from the Federal Communications Commission.
Walt Disney-owned ABC said on Sept. 17 it had pulled Kimmel’s show after his Monday, Sept. 15 opening monologue came under fire from FCC Chair Brendan Carr.
“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.”
Kimmel’s last musical guest was Nashville-based country music singer Margo Price, who sang the song “Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down.”
“If this was going to be the last word, I’m glad it was mine,” Price said, in her social media post about the show.
While singing the song, released in June, Price changed the original chorus lyrics “keep all them haters underground, don’t let the bastards get you down” to “keep all fascists haters underground, don’t let the bastards get you down.”
This is a developing story.
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USA Today’s Bryan Alexander contributed to this report.
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