Overview

• Disney announced the late-night program will return to air on Tuesday after recent discussions with Jimmy Kimmel, reversing last week's indefinite suspension.
• FCC chair Brendan Carr publicly condemned Kimmel’s conduct and warned that stations carrying the show could face licensing consequences.
• Distribution remains unsettled as large affiliate groups, including Sinclair and Nexstar, have balked at airing the program, with Sinclair demanding a public apology.
• More than 400 Hollywood figures signed an open letter urging Kimmel’s reinstatement and criticizing efforts they described as attempts to silence dissent.
• Kimmel’s September 15 monologue accused the pro-Trump ecosystem of exploiting Charlie Kirk’s killing, triggering a political backlash that set off the suspension and its fallout.