{"id":2045387,"date":"2025-09-24T03:39:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T03:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2045387"},"modified":"2025-09-24T03:39:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T03:39:06","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-live-returns-after-suspension-for-charlie-kirk-comments-as-trump-threatens-abc-with-legal-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-kimmel-live-returns-after-suspension-for-charlie-kirk-comments-as-trump-threatens-abc-with-legal-action\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ returns after suspension for Charlie Kirk comments \u2014 as Trump threatens ABC with legal action"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ABC will be putting Jimmy Kimmel Live! <\/em>back on the air on Tuesday night, less than a week after it was abruptly suspended over Jimmy Kimmel’s comments about the political response to conservative activist Charlie Kirk\u2019s death. The show airs at 11:35 p.m. ET and PT\/10:35 CT. Kimmel’s scheduled guests are actor Glen Powell and singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan.<\/p>\n

Posting to his Truth Social network<\/a> late Tuesday night, President Trump<\/a> criticized the network as “a true bunch of losers” for reviving Jimmy Kimmel Live! <\/em>\u2014 then threatened to “test ABC out on this” with another lawsuit<\/a>. (Trump previously sued ABC and anchor George Stephanopoulos for defamation over an inaccurate comment \u2014 a suit that ABC settled in December).<\/p>\n

“[Kimmel] is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign Contribution,” Trump said, without providing any evidence. “Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative.”<\/p>\n

ABC announced last Wednesday that its popular late-night show would be suspended \u201cindefinitely\u201d<\/a> in response to Kimmel\u2019s remarks.<\/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 on 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

Kimmel has yet to comment publicly on the controversy. His on-air sidekick, Guillermo Rodriguez, posted a celebratory message<\/a> on Instagram after the show’s return was announced. “We are back and full of love,” he wrote.<\/p>\n

During his monologue on Sept. 15<\/a>, Kimmel said that President Trump\u2019s 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 that Robinson was \u201cone of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

His comments prompted Nexstar, which owns hundreds of TV stations across the country<\/a>, 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 Carr said during a conversation with conservative podcaster Benny Johnson.<\/p>\n

More than 400 Hollywood stars signed a letter published Monday that condemned the \u201cthreats to our freedom of speech\u201d<\/a> 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

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