Video above: 'Jimmy Kimmel Live! audience member recounts being turned away shortly after the show was indefinitely preempted.

(NEXSTAR) — Less than a week after indefinitely preempting "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" over comments host Jimmy Kimmel made following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the Walt Disney Company says the show will return this week.

In a statement shared with NewsNation on Monday, the company said the decision to preempt the late-night show was "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," the statement read.

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