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Jimmy Kimmel Live! returns Tuesday after suspension over Kimmel’s MAGA remarks on Charlie Kirk’s assassination, with support from Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Aniston.
Jimmy Kimmel is one of the highest-paid late-night show hosts. (Photo Source: X)
The late-night talk show of Jimmy Kimmel, which was abruptly over his remarks on MAGA movement’s response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination, will return to air on Tuesday night, the network announced.
“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,” a spokesperson for the Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC, said in a statement to CNN.
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“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,” it further said.
The show “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” was abruptly pulled off on Wednesday last week after Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr and networks of affiliate stations threatened ABC over Kimmel’s comments made in a monologue about the MAGA movement’s response to Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
This move had sparked a debate among the supporters of President Donald Trump’s administration and Kimmel about government interference and freedom of speech.
On Monday, over 400 artistes, including Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep and Jennifer Aniston, signed an open letter, organised by the ACLU, in support of Kimmel, CNN reported.
Washington D.C., United States of America (USA)
September 23, 2025, 01:54 IST
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