New York (CNN) — Jimmy Kimmel has renewed his contract with Disney-owned ABC to continue hosting “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” for another year.

A source familiar with the deal told CNN that Kimmel has signed a one-year extension to take his late-night show through May 2027.

CNN has reached out to ABC for comment.

Kimmel was caught in the middle of the country’s political divide earlier this year, when ABC executives temporarily yanked his show off the air in the fall after his comments during a monologue about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.

But CNN had reported that Disney was always “hopeful” to bring to show back, citing Kimmel’s close relationship with many key executives at the company.

Kimmel, who at times has been a lightning rod for ABC given his unfiltered stance on President D

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