*****BREAKING**** Jimmy Kimmel To Return To ABC On Tuesday Night

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Jimmy Kimmel is coming back.

ABC said on Monday that “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” would return to its airwaves on Tuesday, ending an impasse that began last week.

“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,” the Walt Disney Company, ABC’s parent company, said in a statement.

“It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive,” the statement said. “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.”

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/business/media/jimmy-kimmel-returns-abc.html

[superpatriotman]

1. Per Twitter as far as I know

Need Kimmel confirmation.

[Javaman]

2. just popped up on my phone apple news.nt

[tinrobot]

11. Yahoo news is reporting it as well

[obamanut2012]

13. WSJ, CNN, and ABC have reported it

[Irish_Dem]

3. Will he stop telling Trump jokes?

If he tones down his act, he might as well stay fired.

[Wiz Imp]

7. He will not. Kimmel was threatened before and he basically said screw you

and ABC/Disney backed down.

[Coldwater]

4. FOX News is not a happy camper

[Skittles]

32. FUCK THEM

they're OK with the suggestion that homeless folk be EUTHANIZED

[calimary]

49. Awwww...

How sad (NOT!!!). May they remain in that state for as long as they demand viewership.

[Dulcinea]

5. NBC News has it.

Kimmel 1, Trump 0. https://www.nbcnews.com/business/media/jimmy-kimmel-abc-return-tuesday-rcna232335

[Lovie777]

27. shithole is entirely pissed.................

he does not like to lose.

[mdbl]

42. Even though his idea of winning is causing pain to innocent people.

[Escurumbele]

43. The count is hight, Kimmel 101, trump 0

Remember Kimmel at the Oscars? "Isn't it past your jail time?" That was one of the wins. 101 may not be fair, its most probably higher...a lot of people say so.

[calimary]

44. I like that score! Hope it's shown far and wide!

Last edited Mon Sep 22, 2025, 08:16 PM - Edit history (1)

Kimmel 1, trump 0 !!!

Too damn bad, donald.

[Wiz Imp]

6. Here's an NBC article confirming it

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/media/jimmy-kimmel-abc-return-tuesday-rcna232335
Jimmy Kimmel's show returning on Tuesday, ABC announces
Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show will return to ABC's airwaves on Tuesday, nearly a week after it was pre-empted amid criticism of the host's remarks about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

"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," the Walt Disney Company said in a statement Monday. "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," Disney added.

The network pulled the show Wednesday after Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke ABC affiliate licenses over Kimmel’s comments, which he described in a podcast interview as “the sickest conduct possible.”

[CousinIT]

19. "the sickest conduct possible"? But Kirk promoting Biden being killed wasn't?

Trump outright says he hates his opponents and does not want the best for them, as he is literally using the US government to destroy his personal and political enemies.... That's not "the sickest conduct possible"?

Or some jackass MAGAt breaking into Pelosi's home and attacking her 80-some year old husband?

Domestic terrorists threatening to kill the VP (Pence) and the Speaker, who planted bombs at RNC and DNC HQ, erected a gallows on the Capitol grounds, and killed cops that day? THAT is not "the sickest conduct possible"?

Right. Goddamned fucking pretentious hypocrites.

[pat_k]

8. Must have been my letter to Iger that did the trick.

Obviously, just kidding. FWIW, in addition to sending to every Iger email I could find online, I submitted to [e-mail]

An open letter to Mr. Iger and the executives at Disney and ABC Entertainment responsible for suspending Jimmy Kimmel Live:

I urge you to take an honest look at your reasons for suspending Mr. Kimmel's show. If you do, I believe you will find they are indefensible rationalizations.

Mr. Kimmel said nothing about the political ideology of Mr. Kirk's killer. He pointed out that people who self-identify as MAGA, which countless analysts agree is a reactionary right-wing ideology, have been fervently characterizing Mr. Kirk's shooter as someone from the left (that is, not one of them).

That is simply a fact. You know it. I don't have to offer examples from the thousands of quotes. The purpose -- the "political points" they score -- is also obvious: To demonize the left.

Mr. Kimmel rightfully made no assertions about the political ideology of the shooter because that ideology is not known. As Nathan Taylor Pemberton pointed out in his Sept 14, New York Times Guest Essay, Charlie Kirk's Killing and Our Poisonous Internet, "The only thing that can be said conclusively about Mr. Robinson, at this moment, is that he was a chronically online, white American male." And, as Elle Reeve, a highly regarded investigative journalist with expertise on social media's role in extremism warns us, "Be careful trying to decipher the true political beliefs of people wrapped in so many layers of irony they're not sure of their own true beliefs."

Mr. Kimmel has nothing to apologize for.

If anything crosses a "red line" for a media entity that takes its responsibility to serve the public interest seriously, it is the extreme labels and calls to "crush," or otherwise do violence to Americans who peacefully make their opposition to Christian nationalism and MAGA ideology known. (Notably, according to a February 2025 survey from the Public Religion Research Institute, about two-thirds of Americans oppose Christian nationalism.)

On one side you have the reactionary right and Christian nationalists who support an executive branch determined to seize authoritarian power and demonize anyone who does not agree with them as "radicals." On the other side, you have people who treasure essential American values like self-governance, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, rule of law, and equal treatment under that law.

You cannot make both sides happy.

You can do the right thing, bring back Mr. Kimmel's show, and have the “MAGA gang” angry at you. Or you can do the wrong thing, keep his show off the air while you try to force an apology that is not called for, and have people who believe in essential American values angry at you.

If you choose the right course, and NextStar or other affiliates refuse to air it, you can bet that they will be hearing from Mr. Kimmel's fans.

And if the FCC tries to make good on its abusive threats to pull the licenses of affiliates who do air the show, I'm sure their legal departments have motions to enjoin drafted and ready to file in anticipation of such an action. Given the vindictive actions of Trump's executive branch against media companies to date, if they aren't prepared, they are derelict to the point of gross negligence.

Standing against government action to suppress free speech is the obligation of every patriotic American. And I believe it is also the obligation of every corporate entity that wishes to preserve their brand's reputation as an entity that upholds American values.

Yours in hope that you do the right thing and win back my subscription,

Patty

Full name, address, phone...

[a kennedy]

39. Bravo, bravo......(mine sounded like a kid that just learned how to swear.)

[pat_k]

55. Flooding their mailboxes was more important then content...

I doubt if a single human eye gazed upon our messages. Perhaps AI gave them an earful in a summary though.

[calimary]

45. Yours and maybe hundreds of thousands of others'.

Evidently, the public outcry was not going to be ignored.

[JI7]

9. There are a lot of people that don't pay attention to what is going on

in bh this country.

Kimmel being suspended got the attention of many of those that don't pay attention.

It's when things affect something that isn't really political like a comedy show when people thing something isn't right.

[Skittles]

33. I'm hoping it woke up some conservatives

that DEMOCRACY is on the line with the Trump.2 fascist shit show

[calimary]

47. My guess is: they've noticed.

But it’s what they DO about it that matters. I hope they wake up and start facing the reality we all live in. But with this bunch, hard to tell.

Like the AA people say:
First you have to admit you have a problem.

Btw, I had a good friend who went to AA meetings every week and really believed in them. He invited me to go to one with him and I did. BOY did I gain a whole new appreciation of the mountains some people have to climb! Never imagined. I’m not a drinker, so it just wasn’t my world. But it WAS a SERIOUSLY powerful experience. What an education!!! If anyone who doesn’t have an alcohol problem has a friend in recovery - who invites you to one of these meetings, DO IT! GO! Go SEE and LEARN and GAIN NEW WISDOM! HIGHLY recommended! The humanity and understanding, empathy and forgiveness, it’s all intensely there, all over the room. You’ll leave more thoughtful and less judgmental - AND more grateful when it’s over.

[Skittles]

50. I went to an AA meeting with a cousin I was visiting in SF and I very much agree

very powerful testimonials indeed and I was able to add a bit of perspective as someone who has a lot of alcoholism in the family

[Traildogbob]

10. Owning the MAGA's! 😂😂

But no fucking way would I drink those toxic Tears.
They are saturated with Don Un Hung’s Mushroom spores and tripping in lies. They snort them directly out of his balding combover pubs for their information.
Hold nothing back Jimmy, your free speech is as legal as Pee Wee Germans hate filled Goebels bull shit.
If Miller wants to be Un Hung’s Goebels……go out like he and his family did. Then head straight to hell.

[Norbert]

12. I guess the projectile ketchup is damaging the cheap gold trim

By now

[Coldwater]

18. With the cost of ketchup rising 22% due to a shortage of tomatoes

it's probably more expensive than that cheap gold trim.

[edbermac]

14. I hope his ratings go through the roof now.

[calimary]

48. They sure will tomorrow (Tuesday) night.

One thing to watch is the NEXT night. And the night after that. Does it sustain? This whole stupid episode made him a superstar! The talk of the town! But will it sustain?

[prodigitalson]

16. That is good news. I set a benchmark in my mind

My personal canary in the fascist coal mine is the survival (professional) of the late night comedians.

Not saying this means we are fine but my personal doomsday clock just ticked back 1 second.

[Buckeyeblue]

17. They should cart him out in full Hannibal lector attire

Either that or his entire monologue should be a series of Kirk quotes.

And at the end of his monologue he should look into the camera and say, "and they said i was insensitive. Jesus!"

[Ping Tung]

20. Disney (aka Trumpuppy) took a step too far.

[TlalocW]

21. Well, good

My subscription to Disney+ had lapsed before all this, and I wasn't going to renew. I'll give them a week and see if they behave. I would have dropped them if I could have. I'll reward them if they play nice.

[yellowcanine]

22. ABC still in CYA mode. They fucked up and should

admit it, apologize to Kimmel, and make a significant donation to a charity of his choice.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

23. More "Breaking": Kimmel announces that Gavin Newsom will be tomorrow nights return to the air guest

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220665816#post1

[JoseBalow]

38. Perfecto!

[Xolodno]

53. Damn. Jimmy just didn't stab back at Trump....

...he's twisting the knife. And I bet its a rusty and dull knife just to make it hurt more.

[Mblaze]

24. "Ill-timed and thus insensitive"

If Kimmel said the same thing the next day, would his statements be sensitive?

Corporate tap-dancing isn't going to bring the subscribers back. We can just watch his monologues on YouTube.

[Queso Delicioso]

25. Well, then I reckon if they offer a sweet enough deal I might resubscribe.

Maybe. And it would give me something to cancel again if they should happen to forget this moment.

[UTUSN]

26. K&R

[SeattleVet]

28. Our local Sinclair affiliate (KOMO) shows him on tomorrow night's schedule.

So it looks like at least Sinclair like those ad dollars!

[dem4decades]

29. I wonder if Kimmel will go the Jon Stewart route, an acceptable show, so

Satirical that it's actually a bigger slap in the face of MAGA. They might be too stupid to get it, like the old Cobert Report..

[J_William_Ryan]

30. "...an emotional moment for our country..."

Nonsense.

Emotional for the fascist right, perhaps.

[Kingofalldems]

31. Kimmel should invite Trump or his press secretary on...

to answer some questions and discuss things.

Guaranteed they won't show up.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

34. Statement from Disney

Boycotts work

Link to tweet

[BidenRocks]

35. Fuck your "ill timed' bullshit!

You and your company are authoritarian ass kissers and the bottom line is the shareholder value.

Fuck them too. Iger needs to be mercilessly fired for this 'New Coke' level of corporate fuck up!

No golden parachutes for you. Go work as chumps ass wiper!

Does anyone here still have a Disney or Hulu account?

Didn't think so.

And now, we bring you The Wonderful World Of Epstein! In color.

[Upthevibe]

36. Kick. N/T

[BurnDoubt]

37. An expression of MAGAnanimity from On-High.

Now Apologize>

[choie]

40. Disney's couching the suspension with the excuse

that they wanted to turn the heat down iis laughable.

[Initech]

41. Boycotts work!

And see that, MAGA conservatives? We can boycott without destroying property, threatening to murder people or acting weird and creepy around things.

[berniesandersmittens]

46. Sinclair just announced they will NOT air Kimmel

Sinclair says it won't air Jimmy Kimmel on its stations after Disney announced his return

Sinclair, which owns ABC affiliate stations, said it will not air Jimmy Kimmel's show after Disney announced on Monday that it would return Tuesday night.

"Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming. Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show's potential return," the company said in a statement posted to X Monday.

https://www.businessinsider.com/sinclair-wont-air-jimmy-kimmel-on-abc-affiliate-stations-2025-9?op=1

*Not seeing this widely reported yet

[Xolodno]

54. Pointless.

People will just stream his show. If anything, it will get Disney's subscriber numbers back up. Exec's at Sinclair are sliting their own throats, not that I'm complaining.

[themaguffin]

51. Don't let up on the a hole affiliate companies

[mvd]

52. Wonderful!

But there should be no conditional censorship. Kimmel should not accept that.