"On September 22, Disney announced that ABC's long-running late-night franchise will return on Tuesday night, roughly one week after the show was pulled from the Disney-owned network's lineup in the wake of threats from the head of President Trump's Federal Communications Commission. "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," Disney said in a statement released around 12:30 p.m. Pacific time on Monday afternoon."
"The move came in response to a targeted attack on Kimmel from far-right MAGA activists who objected to an offhanded, arguably confusing sentence in Kimmel's September 15 monologue in which he noted that MAGA loyalists were "desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it.""
"FCC boss Brendan Carr, a Trump loyalist, then used a MAGA podcast to issue a not-so-vaguely worded threat against ABC affiliate stations: Dump Kimmel's show or risk action by the government. Hours later, one of the largest ABC affiliate groups, Nexstar, announced it would no longer air Jimmy Kimmel Live! and would continue preempting the show "for the foreseeable future" in order to "let cooler heads prevail.""
Disney announced on September 22 that ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return Tuesday, about a week after the show was removed from the network following threats from the head of the Federal Communications Commission. Disney initially suspended production to avoid inflaming a tense situation after an on-air monologue that drew ire from MAGA activists. FCC chair Brendan Carr issued a warning to ABC affiliates, and large affiliate groups including Nexstar announced they would stop airing the show "for the foreseeable future." After discussions with Jimmy Kimmel, Disney reversed course and scheduled the show's return.
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