What to know about Jimmy Kimmels return to his TV show in the late night

New York (AP) -Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late night show on Tuesday, just under a week after ABC pulled the host off the air indefinitely in the aftermath of criticism over his comments, which told the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk earlier this month. Kimmel was emotional during his opening monologist, and broke down almost twice when he said to his audience, “It was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man.” He added that he also did not intend to blame “any particular group” for the actions of Kirk’s alleged killer non-but but understand that for some, it felt a bad time or unclear or perhaps both. ” Kimmel’s remarks that led to his suspension did not focus extensively on Kirk, who was a close ally of President Donald Trump. But he pointed to Trump and what Kimmel calls his ‘Maga Gang’ supporters for their response to the death of September 10. On Tuesday night, Kimmel did not apologize for the comments. The comedian used humor and a series of pointed messages to thank his supporters and talk about the importance of free speech. In particular, he deprived threats by FCC chairman Brendan Carr last week, who, according to Kimmel, was a ‘direct offense’ of the first amendment-and also to “force” the government’s efforts to “force” a “force” broadcasting subsidiaries to drop his “un-American” show. Two of ABC’s largest affiliate owners, Nexstar and Sinclair, initially refused to carry Kimmel’s return on their stations, representing about 25% of all subsidiaries. They stopped “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” In response to Kimmel’s remarks related to Kirk last week, and maintained that they would continue to represent the show – before they granted Friday. This is what we know: Kimmel took on the day of Kirk’s murder of social media to note that it was “horrible and monstrous to shoot another person” and said he was sending support to the Kirk family and other gun violence victims. During his show the next night, he also called Kirk’s death a ‘senseless murder’, and he condemned those who seemed to celebrate it – as well as Trump because he tried to blame the ‘radical left’. He expanded the aftermath of Kirk’s death the following week and targeting the reaction of Trump as well as the president’s supporters, which he accused of ‘targeting’ very hard to use the murder of Charlie Kirk. The cartoon particularly focused on the man accused of the murder, Tyler Robinson. “The Maga gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this child who killed Charlie Kirk as anything but one of them and did everything in their power to achieve political points from it,” Kimmel said in his September 15 monologist. “Between the finger -pointing there was mourning.” Kimmel said Trump’s reaction was “how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish.” He also said FBI chief Kash Patel handled the investigation into the murder “like a child who did not read the book, and he worked through an oral report.” And on September 16, Kimmel mocked the Vice President JD Vance’s actions as a host of Kirk’s podcast. On September 17, ABC said it would indefinitely “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” without giving immediate reasoning reasoning. But the move came after ominous remarks by Carr, the Trump-appointed head of the Federal Communications Commission Sowel as moving from both Nexstar and Sinclair to no longer air the show. The Walt Disney Co., which owns ABC, on Monday offered an explanation: “We made the decision to suspend the production on the show to prevent us from having a tense situation for our country at an emotional moment. It is a decision we made because we felt that some of the comments were bad and thus insensitive.” Disney added that he decided to return the show after having “thoughtful conversations with Jimmy”. Before ABC announced the suspension, Carr Kimmel’s remarks “truly sick” and accused Kimmel of “directly misleading the American public” with his remarks about Robinson. He warned that the network and its local subsidiaries could have consequences if Kimmel was not punished. “We can do it in the easy way or the difficult way,” Carr said last week, and later applauded the affiliate who predicted the show. He denied on Monday that he threatened to recall ABC’s local station licenses on Kimmel’s remarks. Kimmel’s suspension came with a greater efforts by Trump and other conservatives to the police’s speech after the Kirk murder. In addition to late night, it had an influence on someone from teachers to journalists-including firing remarks that some right-wing influencers considered abusive, or even critical about the polarizing legacy of Kirk. It is also the latest attempt by the Trump administration to influence the US media landscape. In a post on his truth social platform after Kimmel’s suspension, Trump applauds ABC because he “finally had the courage to do what had to be done” and claimed that Kimmel “has no talent” – focusing on what he said was bad ratings. He also pointed to other names in the late night TV, including Stephen Colbert, whose ‘late show’ was canceled by CBS during the summer. Shortly before Kimmel’s performance aired Tuesday, Trump posted his first response to the host’s return to Truth Social. “I can’t believe ABC Fake News Jimmy Kimmel gave his job back,” he said, adding that the network was “in the jeopardy” of “99% positive democratic garbage”. He threatened a lawsuit. In his return Tuesday night, Kimmel Trump lamb for “celebrat (ing) Americans who lose their livelihoods” about speech he doesn’t like. He also mocked the president for criticizing his performance of bad ratings. “He tried his best to cancel me and instead he forced millions of people to look at this show,” Kimmel said. Former President Barack Obama wrote on social media on Thursday that the current administration has reached a ‘new and dangerous level by regularly threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they hold a mule or firefighters and commentators they do not like.’ He added that media companies should stand up to the “government forcing” rather than capitulate it. Others also expressed shock and concerns about what the move for free speech means. Late night host Jon Stewart, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and Colbert all expressed Solidarity with Kimmel during their performances last week. And hundreds of additional entertainment skins – including Tom Hanks, Barbra Streisand and Jennifer Aniston – signed a letter distributed by the American Civil Liberties Union, which calls ABC’s move ‘a dark moment for freedom of speech in our country’. In contrast, figures such as the former Fox News and NBC personality Megyn Kelly, who also hosted Kirk’s podcast last week, maintained that Kimmel’s proposal that Kirk’s killer was possibly a Trump supporter was a “vile, disgusting lie.” And after the return of Kimmel’s performance, Turning Point spokesman Andrew Kolvet said that the late night host monologue was “not good enough and that he should apologize. Kimmel Live! ” Prevent! Out of their ABC-affiliate stations, a handful of protests about the US arise, including protesters in front of Nexstar and Sinclair possession in stations such as Columbus, Ohio and Seattle Tuesday, before the ABC’s showing again. David Bauder contributed to this report.