Disney announced Monday that Jimmy Kimmel Live! would return to ABC Tuesday night, reversing the company's Sept. 17 decision to suspend the late night show indefinitely.

The suspension came after host Jimmy Kimmel faced Republican backlash for a monologue about far-right commentator Charlie Kirk's killer , which led Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair Brendan Carr to pressure ABC to punish Kimmel . Objecting to Kimmel's comments, Nexstar Media Group announced that its ABC affiliates would pre-empt Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely.

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Disney explained its reasoning for Kimmel's suspension and the move's subsequent reversal in a statement to press, saying, "Last Wednesday, we ma

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