{"id":2046190,"date":"2025-09-24T11:51:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2046190"},"modified":"2025-09-24T11:51:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T11:51:56","slug":"jimmy-kimmel-wasnt-bluffing-with-abc-about-his-comeback-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jimmy-kimmel-wasnt-bluffing-with-abc-about-his-comeback-sources-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Kimmel \u2018Wasn\u2019t Bluffing\u2019 With ABC About His Comeback, Sources Say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong>\u2018s suspension from <strong>ABC <\/strong>due to his comments on Charlie Kirk\u2019s shooting was one of the most significant events in the industry, and now rumors are swirling about Kimmel making a comeback to ABC. According to insiders, Kimmel stared down Disney and ABC executives, and by the end of it all, they realized they needed Kimmel on their side, fearing the loss of subscribers and viewers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Here\u2019s what the latest rumors about Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s comeback state.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Jimmy Kimmel was serious about his comeback, sources say<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/robert-niro-asks-jimmy-kimmel-074933360.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jimmy Kimme;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Jimmy Kimme<\/a>l Live! was suspended indefinitely after the talk show host said things that were deemed controversial by many about Charlie Kirk\u2019s death. This led to widespread outrage across Hollywood, with other talk shows also speaking out extensively against this suspension. Many also raised concerns about the Freedom of Speech.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">However, it now appears that Kimmel is making a comeback. According to the latest revelation from #ShuterScoop, Jimmy Kimmel had the upper hand in negotiations with Disney and ABC executives, who were concerned about losing subscribers. This came from insiders. Kimmel reportedly stared the execs down and now wields more power inside the network than ever before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The insider also claims that Disney has <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/articles\/did-jimmy-kimmel-return-suspension-052519411.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:reinstated Kimmel;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">reinstated Kimmel<\/a> on air without requiring an apology. \u201cJimmy played hardball,\u201d the insider said, \u201cHe made it clear that if they didn\u2019t bring him back, they risked losing hundreds of millions in future deals. He wasn\u2019t bluffing \u2014 he had the leverage, and ABC knew it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, another source revealed how Kimmel\u2019s not working would have created a financial slump as well as a PR nightmare for ABC. \u201cThe affiliates were screaming, Trump was meddling, but the bigger fear was Hollywood walking away. ABC blinked first,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So, it seems that Jimmy Kimmel is back on air and now has an upper hand over ABC. This is a victory in the talk show world after things seemed increasingly grim over the past months.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\/news\/1665250-jimmy-kimmel-comeback-abc-damage-control-sources-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jimmy Kimmel \u2018Wasn\u2019t Bluffing\u2019 With ABC About His Comeback, Sources Say;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Jimmy Kimmel \u2018Wasn\u2019t Bluffing\u2019 With ABC About His Comeback, Sources Say<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mandatory.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mandatory;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Mandatory<\/a>.<\/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>Jimmy Kimmel\u2018s suspension from ABC due to his comments on Charlie Kirk\u2019s shooting was one of the most significant events in the industry, and now rumors are swirling about Kimmel making a comeback to ABC. According to insiders, Kimmel stared down Disney and ABC executives, and by the end of it all, they realized they [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2046191,"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":[374816,340116,23301,379304,23060],"class_list":["post-2046190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-abc-executives","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-disney","tag-jimmy-kimme","tag-jimmy-kimmel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jimmy-Kimmel-\u2018Wasnt-Bluffing-With-ABC-About-His-Comeback-Sources.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046190","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=2046190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2046191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2046190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2046190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2046190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}