{"id":2042178,"date":"2025-09-22T22:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T22:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2042178"},"modified":"2025-09-22T22:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T22:45:11","slug":"abc-brings-back-jimmy-kimmels-show-after-mass-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/abc-brings-back-jimmy-kimmels-show-after-mass-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC Brings Back Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s Show After Mass Protests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">And just like that, <em>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> is back on the air.<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/jimmy-kimmel-returns-late-night-disney-tuesday-1236525670\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Via Variety;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> Via <em>Variety<\/em><\/a>, we\u2019ve learned that Disney and\u00a0ABC\u00a0will bring talk show host Jimmy Kimmel back to their schedule starting Tuesday night. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/abc-pulls-jimmy-kimmel-live-indefinitely-nexstar-media\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ABC yanked Kimmel\u2019s show off the air last week;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ABC yanked Kimmel\u2019s show off the air last week<\/a> after affiliates Nexstar Media and Sinclair said they would preempt the popular talk show following Kimmel\u2019s monologue on September 14, where he made jokes about Trump\u2019s reaction to Charlie Kirk\u2019s death. At first, the suspension was \u201cindefinite.\u201d This suggested that FCC Chair Brendan Carr had pressured ABC to cancel the series for good. Now, Disney and ABC have released a statement saying the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"mb-4 border-l-2 pl-5 italic text-tertiary\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">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.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p><em>ABC<\/em><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Whether one was a fan of Kimmel or not, what happened last week became a lightning rod for free speech. It seemed that between Kimmel and Colbert, the executive branch was waging war on anyone who dared mock the President on public airwaves. But then, thousands of people canceled their Disney+ subscriptions in protest. Additionally, others began<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/inside-magic-kingdom-new-pirates-of-the-caribbean-tavern-the-beak-and-barrel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:canceling their Disney vacations;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> canceling their Disney vacations<\/a>, losing the company some $5 billion in just days. All of this clearly had an effect.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It will be fascinating to hear Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s monologue on Tuesday night, and just how much he\u2019ll talk about it all. One thing\u2019s for sure \u2014 certain high-profile people are <em>not <\/em>going to be happy about it. As for the rest of us, we just can\u2019t wait to hear the jokes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And just like that, Jimmy Kimmel Live! is back on the air. Via Variety, we\u2019ve learned that Disney and\u00a0ABC\u00a0will bring talk show host Jimmy Kimmel back to their schedule starting Tuesday night. ABC yanked Kimmel\u2019s show off the air last week after affiliates Nexstar Media and Sinclair said they would preempt the popular talk show [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2042179,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[23301,23060,375055],"class_list":["post-2042178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-disney","tag-jimmy-kimmel","tag-nexstar-media"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ABC-Brings-Back-Jimmy-Kimmels-Show-After-Mass-Protests.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042178","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=2042178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2042179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2042178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2042178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2042178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}