Jimmy Kimmel is set to make his return to late-night after Disney announced that it would return “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to the airwaves on Tuesday, Sept. 23, but not all ABC stations are set to carry it.
“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 Monday, Sept. 22, statement to USA TODAY. “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 reversal follows a backlash in Hollywood and a mounting boycott campaign against Disney.
The ABC late-night show was “pre-empted indefinitely” by the network on Sept. 17, following comments Kimmel made on a Sept. 1