Overview

• Disney said it suspended the show last week to avoid inflaming tensions, calling some remarks ill-timed, then decided to return it after "thoughtful conversations" with Kimmel.
• FCC Chair Brendan Carr warned ABC affiliates that licenses could be at risk over Kimmel’s monologue, invoking the agency’s news distortion policy.
• Nexstar and Sinclair preempted the program during the suspension; Sinclair says it will not air Tuesday’s episode without an apology, a meeting, and a donation to Turning Point, while Nexstar has not said whether it will carry the show.
• The suspension drew a broad backlash, including an ACLU letter signed by more than 400 entertainers and condemnations from unions and figures such as Republican Sen. Ted Cruz; FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez criticized Carr’s approach as government censorship.
• Authorities have charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson in Charlie Kirk’s killing, with officials and family accounts offering conflicting details about his political leanings and no clear motive established.