Disney pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! after receiving FCC threats, then quickly reversed the decision. Now Disney is trying to retcon its cave-in as careful decision-making, rather than caving to illegal pressure.

Jimmy Kimmel Live! is not dead. On September 22, Disney announced that ABC's long-running late-night franchise will return to its lineup on Tuesday night, roughly one week after the show was pulled from the Disney-owned network's lineup in the wake of threats from the head of President Trump's Federal Communications Commission. "Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country," Disney said in a statement released around 12:30 p.m. Monday afternoon Pacific time. "It is a decision

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