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Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong>\u2019s late-night return is the subject of ongoing talks after ABC suspended his show earlier this week. Disney<\/strong> executives and Kimmel\u2019s team are in discussions about the conditions under which Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/strong> could come back on air.<\/p>\n According to Deadline<\/a>, Disney executives and Kimmel\u2019s representatives have held multiple virtual meetings to discuss his suspension and possible return. The talks began after Disney, ABC\u2019s parent company, pulled the show just before taping on September 17. The decision followed backlash over Kimmel\u2019s September 15 remarks about the fatal shooting of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n Disney Entertainment co-chair Dana Walden personally delivered the order to halt production, and Nexstar soon announced it would not carry the show across its 32 ABC affiliates. The company later issued a statement that Jimmy Kimmel Live! was \u201cpreempted indefinitely.\u201d Insiders described the situation as tense, with one source saying, \u201cIt\u2019s an ongoing discussion, with a lot of distrust on one side. There\u2019s no light at the end of the tunnel \u2014 yet.\u201d Supporters protested outside Disney headquarters and the Hollywood studio after the suspension, framing the decision as a free speech issue.<\/p>\n Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr intensified the pressure. Donald Trump appointed him, and he has spoken out against what he calls censorship in media and technology.<\/p>\n He threatened broadcasters with potential investigations after Kimmel\u2019s remarks, and reacted to the suspension by posting celebratory messages<\/a> on X (formerly Twitter). Carr previously gained visibility in 2024 as a contributor to Project 2025, a conservative blueprint that criticized diversity and inclusion efforts.<\/p>\n Inside Disney, some executives criticized CEO Bob Iger and Walden for yielding to political backlash. One executive compared the fallout to the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay\u201d controversy of 2022, calling the situation \u201clike Don\u2019t Say Gay on steroids.\u201d Talent, including Damon Lindelof and Tatiana Maslany, expressed opposition, with Maslany even canceling her Disney+ subscription. For now, Kimmel remains off the air as negotiations continue.<\/p>\n Originally reported by Anubhav Chaudhry on ComingSoon<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n The post Disney & Jimmy Kimmel in Talks About Preempted Show\u2019s Return<\/a> appeared first on Mandatory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s late-night return is the subject of ongoing talks after ABC suspended his show earlier this week. Disney executives and Kimmel\u2019s team are in discussions about the conditions under which Jimmy Kimmel Live! could come back on air. A decision for Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u2019s return hasn\u2019t been made yet According to Deadline, Disney executives […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2033838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[374318,309887,23301,308201,23060,348486],"class_list":["post-2033837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-brendan-carr","tag-dana-walden","tag-disney","tag-disney-entertainment","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-tatiana-maslany"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Disney-Jimmy-Kimmel-in-Talks-About-Preempted-Shows-Return.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2033837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2033837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2033838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2033837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2033837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2033837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A decision for Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u2019s return hasn\u2019t been made yet<\/h2>\n