Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to his late-night show after ABC lifts suspension

By DAVID BAUDER Associated Press Media Writer NEW YORK AP Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to late-night television Tuesday after a nearly weeklong suspension that triggered a national discussion about freedom of speech and President Donald Trump s ability to police the words of journalists commentators and even comics ABC which suspended Kimmel s show last Wednesday following criticism of his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk reported Monday that Jimmy Kimmel Live would return after the framework had thoughtful conversations with the host Related Articles More Americans think companies benefit from legal immigration a new AP-NORC poll finds settlers deported by US to Ghana were sent home despite safety concerns their lawyer says At present in History September Nixon s Checkers speech Dear Abby Deep regret with OD in NH mother-in-law angst There will be no casino in Manhattan after all proposals are rejected by locals It was still unclear how numerous ABC affiliates would carry him Nexstar and Sinclair two corporations that collectively control about one-quarter of ABC affiliates denounced Kimmel last week Sinclair declared its stations would not show the reinstated Kimmel on Tuesday while Nexstar has not stated yet Our long national late nightmare is over Stephen Colbert joked on his CBS show in response to Kimmel s reinstatement ABC had suspended Kimmel indefinitely after comments he made in a monologue last week Kimmel suggested that several Trump supporters were trying to capitalize on Kirk s death and were desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them Trump-appointed Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr last week reported it appeared that Kimmel was trying to directly mislead the American citizens with his remarks about Tyler Robinson the -year-old Utah man charged with Kirk s killing and his motives Those motives remain unclear Agents say Robinson grew up in a conservative family but his mother recounted investigators his son had turned left politically in the last year Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission of the United States Brendan Carr speaks during the Concordia Annual Summit in New York Monday Sept AP Photo Andres Kudacki We can do this the easy way or the hard way Carr stated before ABC informed the suspension These companies can find avenues to change conduct to take action frankly on Kimmel or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead Those remarks set a backlash in motion with Republican Sen Ted Cruz saying that Carr acted like a mafioso Hundreds of entertainment luminaries including Tom Hanks Barbra Streisand and Jennifer Aniston signed a letter circulated by the American Civil Liberties Union that called ABC s move a dark moment for freedom of speech in our nation Demonstrators hold signs outside El Capitan Entertainment Centre where the late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live is staged Thursday Sept in Los Angeles AP Photo Damian Dovarganes A few consumers punished ABC parent Disney by canceling subscriptions to its streaming services Trump had hailed Kimmel s suspension even inaccurately saying the show had been canceled Kimmel has been a relentless Trump critic in his comedy Trump s administration has used threats lawsuits and federal governing body pressure to try to exert more control over the media industry Trump sued ABC and CBS over news coverage which the companies settled Trump has also filed defamation lawsuits against The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times and successfully urged Congress to strip federal funding from NPR and PBS How or even whether Kimmel would address the debate on his first show back remained a mystery Millions of people are likely to watch Disney and ABC executives reportedly negotiated the return for several days before announcing the resolution The ABC report announced the suspension happened because chosen of Kimmel s comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive but it did not call them misleading Andrew Kolvet a spokesperson for Turning Point USA the organization founded by Kirk and now headed by his widow posted on X that Disney and ABC caving and allowing Kimmel back on the air is not surprising but it s their mistake to make The suspension happened at a time when the late-night landscape is shifting Shows are losing viewers in part because a large number of watch highlights the next day online CBS revealed the cancellation of Colbert s show over the summer Kimmel s contract with ABC reportedly lasts through May Colbert in his opening monologue Monday grabbed his lately won Emmy Award for outstanding talk series saying Once more I am the only martyr on late night Associated Press writers Mark Kennedy and James Pollard in New York and Patrick Whittle in Portland Maine contributed to this description