Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be returning to television screens after a week-long hiatus that became a flashpoint in the debate over free speech and network responsibility.

“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,” a spokesperson for the Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC, said in a statement to CNN .

“It is a decision we 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 late-night program was pulled suddenly last week after Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr and sever

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