Overview

• Bloomberg reports Kimmel will meet Disney leadership on Thursday, Sept. 25, to evaluate a path for the show to return.
• ABC halted the program indefinitely on Sept. 17 after Kimmel’s Monday monologue about Charlie Kirk prompted affiliate withdrawals and heightened safety concerns, with THR citing roughly 66 stations balking and Disney staff facing doxxing and death threats.
• FCC chair Brendan Carr publicly condemned the segment and signaled potential agency action that could affect broadcasters’ licenses.
• President Trump praised the suspension and suggested networks that air persistent criticism could face license reviews, while asserting Kimmel’s ratings were weak.
• Late‑night hosts, unions and civil‑liberties groups decried the suspension as censorship, as station groups such as Nexstar called Kimmel’s remarks offensive and pulled the show from their schedules.