BREAKING: ABC Announces Final Decision On Fate Of Jimmy Kimmel’s Show

ABC made an abrupt reversal on Monday, stating that its decision to “indefinitely” cancel Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show will not be the last word.

Kimmel was pulled off the air on Wednesday after an opening monologue the previous night where he ripped President Donald Trump and MAGA conservatives for trying to “score political points” by attacking politicians and media figures who criticized Charlie Kirk after his assassination.

A fateful conversation between executives at ABC and its parent company, Disney, has brought the winds of change to Kimmel, however.

“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country. It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive,” Disney said in a statement.

“We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday.”

When “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” returns, the host is expected to address his absence at the top of the hour, according to a source who spoke with CNBC.

The show was suspended after Sinclair and Nexstar, two of ABC’s biggest distributors, threatened to boycott Kimmel over his anti-Kirk remarks. Urgent talks between Kimmel and executives broke down after the comedian refused to “kowtow” to Kirk’s fan base by apologizing for his monologue.

The suspension drew comparisons to the cancellation of “Late Night with Stephen Colbert,” which frequently featured jokes mocking President Trump and members of his administration. Executives blamed the termination of Colbert’s show on poor revenue, stating that it was losing $50 million annually.

Both cancellations have raised questions about whether entertainment giants are catering to the Trump administration and Brendan Carr, its chair of the Federal Communications Commission, who has repeatedly threatened to deny broadcasting licenses or merger deals if they aren’t in the public interest.

Both Trump and Carr have singled out ABC and NBC for their “unfair coverage of Republicans and/or Conservatives.”

The decision to bring back Kimmel comes one day after Sinclair drew criticism for refusing to air Kirk’s funeral in Arizona, which featured more than 100,000 attendees and remarks from President Trump and Kirk’s wife, Erika. The broadcaster cited death threats received in the days after Kimmel was canceled and insisted it did not want to inspire copycats like the gunman who shot up an ABC station owned by Nexstar, another broadcaster.