Jimmy Kimmel will return to his late-night talk show on Tuesday, nearly a week after the show was put on indefinite hiatus after the Federal Communications Commission chair threatened to revoke ABC affiliate licenses in response to Kimmel’s comments about the death of 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.

This is a developing story.

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