Jimmy Kimmel will go back on air after his late-night show was pulled last week, Disney-owned broadcaster ABC announced on Monday.

Kimmel’s show is set to return on Tuesday night, after a weeklong impasse during which ABC faced backlash over its decision to cancel it, and close to $5bn was wiped from Disney’s stock market value.

Why has Jimmy Kimmel’s show been reinstated?

The Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC, said in a statement on Monday that Kimmel’s show had been indefinitely pulled off the air on September 17 to avoid escalating tensions during an “emotional moment for our country”.

“It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive.”

The statement added further: “We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with

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