Jimmy Kimmel returns to television at the end of the evening after a brief suspension of his show.
ABC confirmed that Jimmy Kimmel Live! On September 23, only six days after the network announced that it was indefinitely drawing the program.
The break followed the comments Kimmel made on the death of Charlie Kirk during his monologue on September 15.
“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production in the show to avoid more a stretched situation at an emotional moment for our country”, ” ABC said in a press release to NBC News September 22.
“This is a decision that we made because we estimated that some of the comments were badly incurred and therefore insensitive.”
The network explained that he had discussions with Kimmel before deciding to bring him back.
“We spent the last days to have thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after these conversations, we made the decision to return the show on Tuesday,” the statement said.
The controversy began after Kimmel approached the circumstances surrounding the murder of Kirk.
“Gang Maga [is] Desperately trying to characterize this child who murdered Charlie Kirk as something other than one of them, “he said during his monologue,” and doing everything they can to score political points. “”
Authorities said Tyler Robinson, 22, had been accused of aggravated murder after going on September 12.
He is accused of having killed Kirk, 31, during a September 10 event at the University of Utah Valley. The investigators then released messages which would have sent by Robinson in which he wrote that he had targeted Kirk after “enough of his hatred”.
Before the suspension, the president of the FCC, Brendan Carr ABC And Disney.
Nexstar Media Group, which has more than 200 television channels across the country, also announced that it would stop venting Jimmy Kimmel Live! From September 17. ABC pulled the program later during the day.
A few days earlier, Kimmel had shared an Instagram statement concerning Kirk’s death.
“Instead of angry score,” he wrote on September 10: “can we just one day agree that it is horrible and monstrous to draw another human?”
The actor also offered condolences to the Kirk family, including his wife Erika Kirk and their two children.
“On behalf of my family, we send love to the Kirks and all the children, parents and innocent people who are victims of insane armed violence,” he wrote.
