EXCLUSIVE: Tuesday’s return of Jimmy Kimmel to late night TV was the result of days of meetings and negotiations with top Disney executives that only came to a resolution this morning.

“There was always a desire to do the best thing for the company,” an insider told Deadline of the direct talks and “thoughtful conversations” between Mouse House CEO Bob Iger , Disney Entertainment chief Dana Walden and Kimmel and his team. To that, the final sign-off on Kimmel’s return to his long running Jimmy Kimmel Live ! was made this morning by Iger and Walden after a last minute flurry of paperwork, texts and calls with Team Jimmy, I’m told.

Having started the day after Kimmel was sidelined on September 17 and Live! was “preempted indefinitely” over remarks he made on-air about Donald

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