"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. 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 show was suspended after the host said the following about the 22-year-old man accused of killing Charlie Kirk in Utah: "We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it.""
ABC temporarily suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! following pressure from the Trump administration after Jimmy Kimmel criticized efforts to portray the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk. Walt Disney Company said the suspension aimed to avoid inflaming a tense situation and called some comments ill-timed and insensitive, then announced the show would return after conversations with Kimmel. FCC chair Brendan Carr condemned Kimmel's remarks as a "concerted effort to lie to the American people," and ABC faced protests and condemnation from the Writers Guild of America, the American Federation of Musicians, and SAG-AFTRA.
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