Disney refers Jimmy Kimmel to television after the public counterpoup

In the middle of last week, Disney and ABC withdrew Jimmy Kimmel Live! Since the airwaves, announcing an indefinite suspension after comments that his host made on the death of Charlie Kirk. The response of politicians, union leaders, defenders of freedom of expression and Hollywood peers from Kimmel (including Andor Emmy Winner and Gilroy, Lost The co-creator Damon Lindelof and the star of Marvel Tatiana Maslary) were almost buildings, and a Disney boycott, including a call to cancel the Disney +subscriptions, has become viral just as quickly. And as many started to suspect at the end of last week, it did not take long for Disney to run out.

As Variety reports, Kimmel’s show will be back tomorrow. Disney’s declaration, printed by trade, is as follows:

“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production in the show to avoid more a stretched situation at an emotional moment for our country. This is a decision that we made because we estimated that some of the comments were badly emineed and therefore insensitive. We spent the last days to have thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after these conversations, we made the decision to return on Tuesday.”

The Hollywood Reporter included a warning with this: “Despite Kimmel’s return, it is not immediately clear if it will be available throughout the country. Sinclair, for his part, said that he would not be directing Kimmel’s show on his stations until the end of the night host apologized for his comments, met representatives of Sinclair, and gave Turning Point, the organization that Kirk found.

This news has just dropped, so you can expect the supporters and criticisms of Kimmel soon take control of social media with their answers. And even if your local station does not choose to recover the Jimmy Kimmel Live!You can always watch it online after its live broadcast. There is no doubt that there will be a rather huge Curious audience to hear what he has to say during his first monologue.

Update, September 22, 8:20 p.m.: Variety reports that the Sinclair affiliation stations will not be disseminated Jimmy Kimmel Live! Upon his return, replacing the “news programming” instead. A spokesperson told trade that “discussions with ABC are underway while we assess the potential performance of the show”.

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