A lot’s happened in the two days since Disney indefinitely paused Jimmy Kimmel Live , but the two parties may be on the path to reconciliation.
According to a Friday report from Variety , Kimmel’s legal and business representatives are “deep in discussions” with ABC to bring the show back, or at the very least, find a compromise to allow the show’s return. Kimmel himself has been silent since his show was shelved after Nexstar, one of the biggest TV station owners in the U.S., vowed to pre-empt airings and Sinclair, another equally big station owner, threatened to take the late night series off its stations entirely.
Both companies were spurred to halt Jimmy Kimmel Live after FCC chairman Brendan Carr threatened to take action against ABC for Kimmel’s comments on the death of r