Days after announcing that ABC would suspend Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely, the network has now revealed the return date for the show.
On Monday afternoon, the network revealed that Kimmel’s program would resume on Tuesday evening in its usually scheduled 11:35 PM ET window.
“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 statement from the network read. “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.”
Kimmel’s suspension came after he argued that the assassin of Charlie Kirk was a member of the Make America Great Again movement, and laughed at the reaction from President Donald Trump to Kirk’s death.
In an appearance on Benny Johnson’s podcast, Commissioner Carr said, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.” ABC subsequently announced Kimmel’s suspension hours later, after affiliate ownership groups Sinclair and Nexstar announced they would preempt his late-night program.
Carr later championed the moves from Sinclair and Nexstar, stating that they did “the right thing” and took “quick action” to being “responsive to the needs and values of the local communities you serve.” He concluded by noting his hope that “other broadcasters follow” the lead set forth by those two entities.
Kimmel has yet to comment on his suspension publicly. It is not known whether he will issue an apology during his monologue on Tuesday evening.
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