Overview

• ABC and parent company Disney said the show will resume on Tuesday after last week’s suspension, which executives had justified as a pause over comments they called insensitive during a tense moment for the country.
• FCC chair Brendan Carr publicly threatened regulatory consequences for ABC affiliates after Kimmel’s monologue, a move widely cited in coverage as escalating the dispute.
• Major affiliate groups Nexstar and Sinclair have not committed to carrying new episodes, with Sinclair setting conditions such as a public apology and donations, leaving local-market availability uncertain even as national online access is expected.
• A backlash that included an ACLU-backed open letter signed by more than 400 entertainers, union condemnations, protests and subscription cancellations put pressure on Disney to reverse the suspension.
• President Donald Trump denied that his administration directly pressured ABC or Disney, though he praised the suspension, while some Republicans, including Sen. Ted Cruz, criticized talk of using government power to police content.