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Last week, ABC made the abrupt and shocking decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> indefinitely<\/a> due to pressure from the Trump administration. Members of the administration\u2014namely President Donald J. Trump and Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)\u2014were unhappy with remarks that host Jimmy Kimmel made about the man alleged to have shot and killed the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk. Now, after significant backlash to ABC\u2019s decision, Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> is returning on Tuesday night, September 20, according to The New York Times<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n In a statement reported by The Times<\/em> and other outlets, Walt Disney Company, ABC\u2019s parent company, said, \u201cLast 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.\u201d<\/p>\n The statement continued, \u201cIt 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Kimmel\u2019s show was suspended after the host said the following about the 22-year-old man accused of killing Charlie Kirk in Utah: \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n Brendan Carr, in response, said during an appearance on a right-wing podcast that Kimmel\u2019s remarks were part of a \u201cconcerted effort to lie to the American people.\u201d ABC soon suspended the show under pressure from Carr and the FCC.<\/p>\n The suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em> was met with protests and also condemnation from the Writers Guild of America (WGA), the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), and the Screen Actors Guild\u2013American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA), as well as political figures, such as Senator Chuck Schumer and former President Barack Obama, and entertainers like Ben Stiller, Wanda Sykes, and Jean Smart.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n