LOS ANGELES—Late night television host Jimmy Kimmel is returning to the air Tuesday, September 23, after a week-long suspension, calls for public boycotts of the Walt Disney Company (who own the Jimmy Kimmel Live’s network, ABC), and debates on free speech.
Kimmel’s show was “indefinitely suspended” last week when the Emmy Award-winning comedian made a controversial comment on the alleged killer of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk during his opening monologue on Monday, September 15, 2025.
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” said Kimmel.
The political leanings of Kirk’s alleged assassin,