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Jimmy Kimmel will soon be back on the air.<\/p>\n
His late-night talk show \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d — which Disney suspended following the host’s comments<\/a> about the Charlie Kirk assassination — will return to ABC on Tuesday<\/a>, the company announced.<\/p>\n “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 said a statement from the network.<\/p>\n The announcement came following days of backlash<\/a> from those who viewed the suspension as a threat to freedom of speech \u2013 which included an open letter from more than 400 celebrities<\/a> released Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union.<\/p>\n Celebrities, politicians and many others reacted to the news of Kimmel\u2019s return, with some supportive of the host and others criticizing the decision to put him back on the air.<\/p>\n \u201cCannot wait to hear @JimmyKimmel\u2019s monologue tomorrow,\u201d\u00a0comedian and former talks how host Ellen DeGeneres\u00a0wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n Actor Ben Stiller posted celebratory emojis on X.<\/p>\n California Gov. Gavin Newsom called out Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr.<\/p>\n “Thank you to everyone but @BrendanCarrFCC. This is a win for free speech everywhere,” he wrote on X.<\/p>\n Actor Mark Hamill, in a post on Threads, shared a screenshot of story with the headline “KIMMEL BACK!”<\/p>\n “Meltdown on ‘Truth’ Social in 5… 4… 3… 2…”, he wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cProtest matters. Use your voice,\u201d actor\u00a0Alyssa Milano\u00a0wrote on Instagram.<\/p>\n Actor Rosie O’Donnell wrote “the sun will come out – tomorrow #jimmykimmellive” in an Instagram caption. <\/p>\n Author Don Winslow wrote that Kimmel’s return was the result of Disney’s financial loss. <\/p>\n The ONLY reason @Disney<\/a> is bringing @jimmykimmel<\/a> back is because the American people stood up, called out the executives by name, Disney’s stock plummeted and Disney lost a lot of money.<\/p>\n Get it? YOU must be LOUDER than him.<\/p>\n \u2014 Don Winslow (@donwinslow) September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n Senator Chuck Schumer wrote, “This is about fighting for free speech and against these abuses by Donald Trump and Brendan Carr.”<\/p>\n This is big: Jimmy Kimmel is coming back!<\/p>\n This is about fighting for free speech and against these abuses by Donald Trump and Brendan Carr.<\/p>\n \u2014 Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n Comedian Gianmarco Soresi joked that Kimmel’s suspension and return to air could result in a ratings boost. <\/p>\n Ironically this whole fiasco is gonna do wonders for Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s ratings<\/p>\n \u2014 gianmarco (@GianmarcoSoresi) September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n Not all celebrated Kimmel’s return. <\/p>\n ABC\u00a0suspended<\/a>\u00a0Kimmel indefinitely on Wednesday after comments he made about Kirk, who was killed Sept. 10. Kimmel said \u201cmany in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk\u201d and that \u201cthe MAGA gang\u201d was \u201cdesperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.\u201d<\/p>\n Backlash to Kimmel\u2019s comments was swift.\u00a0Nexstar and Sinclair,<\/a>\u00a0two of ABC\u2019s largest affiliate owners, said they would be pulling \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d from their stations. <\/p>\n ABC announced the suspension later that day — and, five days later, announced Kimmel’s return. <\/p>\n Media personality Piers Morgan, in response to Kimmel’s return to the air, wrote: “So, Kimmel wasn\u2019t cancelled by Trump or the FCC after all – but temporarily suspended by his employer because they thought what he said was ill-timed and insensitive.”<\/p>\n So, Kimmel wasn\u2019t cancelled by Trump or the FCC after all – but temporarily suspended by his employer because they thought what he said was ill-timed and insensitive. https:\/\/t.co\/oWDrstgEFU<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n Former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and conservative commentator Matt Walsh both mentioned Kimmel’s brief suspension.<\/p>\n Must be nice to be a leftist. \u201cCancellation\u201d lasts 5 nights and you\u2019re right back under klieg lights. \u2014 Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n Kimmel\u2019s show was put on pause for like 3 days and yet leftists will look us dead in the eyes and tell us that this was a greater attack on free speech than shooting and killing Charlie Kirk https:\/\/t.co\/vJKNxp27bq<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n Andrew Kolvet, spokesman for Turning Point USA, the conservative organization founded by Charlie Kirk, called for Nextstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group, which own many ABC affiliate stations, to refuse to broadcast Kimmel’s show. <\/p>\n Disney and ABC caving and allowing Kimmell back on the air is not surprising, but it’s their mistake to make.<\/p>\n Nextstar and Sinclair do not have to make the same choice.<\/p>\n \u2014 Andrew Kolvet (@AndrewKolvet) September 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n “Disney and ABC caving and allowing Kimmell back on the air is not surprising, but it’s their mistake to make. Nextstar and Sinclair do not have to make the same choice,” he wrote. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
That’s the playbook for the next three years of Trump.<\/p>\n\n
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On the right you\u2019re underground.<\/p>\n\n
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