"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" is returning less than a week after being pulled by ABC, which is owned by the Walt Disney Company.

Kimmel's show is set to return on Tuesday, Sept. 22, according to a statement released by Disney to USA Today.

"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," Disney said in the statement, released Monday, Sept. 22. "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."

ABC pulled "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" off the air Sept. 17 after Brendan Carr , chairman of th

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