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ABC will be putting Jimmy Kimmel Live! <\/em>back on the air on Tuesday, less than a week after the show was abruptly suspended over comments made by its host. The network announced last Wednesday that the popular late-night show would be suspended \u201cindefinitely\u201d in response to Kimmel\u2019s comments about the political response to Charlie Kirk\u2019s death.<\/p>\n \u201cLast 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,\u201d The Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC, said in a statement Monday. \u201cIt 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.\u201d<\/p>\n During his monologue on Sept. 15, Kimmel said that President Trump<\/a>‘s supporters were trying to \u201cscore political points\u201d by portraying Kirk\u2019s accused killer, 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, as a left-wing radical, and suggested Robinson was “one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n His comments prompted Nexstar, which owns hundreds of TV stations across the country, to say it would preempt Kimmel\u2019s show on all of its affiliates. Disney responded by pausing production on the show. The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, had threatened to \u201ctake action\u201d against Kimmel for his comments earlier that day.<\/p>\n \u201cLook, we can do this the easy way or the hard way,\u201d he said during a conversation with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson.<\/p>\n More than 400 Hollywood stars signed a letter published Monday condemning the \u201cthreats to our freedom of speech\u201d they believe Kimmel\u2019s suspension represents.<\/p>\n \u201cRegardless of our political affiliation, or whether we engage in politics or not, we all love our country,\u201d the letter said. \u201cWe also share the belief that our voices should never be silenced by those in power \u2014 because if it happens to one of us, it happens to all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n Other late-night hosts also stood behind Kimmel.<\/p>\n “This is a big moment in our democracy, and we must all stand up for the principles of free expression,\u201d Seth Meyers, host of NBC\u2019s Late Night<\/em>, said last week. \u201cThere\u2019s a reason free speech is in the very first amendment. It stands above all others.\u201d<\/p>\n Even some of Trump\u2019s most dedicated political allies expressed concerns about the implications of pulling someone off the air over their political speech.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it is unbelievably dangerous for government to put itself in the position of saying we\u2019re going to decide what speech we like and what we don\u2019t, and we\u2019re going to threaten to take you off air if we don\u2019t like what you\u2019re saying,\u201d Republican senator Ted Cruz<\/a> said on his podcast on Friday.<\/p>\n