Staff at Jimmy Kimmel Live! felt “relief and joy” when they were told they could return to work.
Jimmy Kimmel is poised to return to his show
The long-running TV chat show is set to return to the air on Tuesday (23.09.25), and staff members are thrilled by the news.
One staffer told People: “Relief and joy across the board.
“Myself and my colleagues are overjoyed. Can’t wait to see tomorrow’s monologue.”
Staff received the news via email. However, the message they received was notably “different” to Disney’s public statement.
A staff member explained: “It was short and to the point. Just sharing the good news and telling us to come to work tomorrow.”
Jimmy’s return to TV was announced by Disney on Monday,
The media company said in a statement: “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.
“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.”
The comedian was originally suspended after suggesting that Tyler Robinson, the man accused of fatally shooting Kirk at a university in Utah, was aligned to the Make America Great Again movement.
Jimmy said in an opening monologue: “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it. In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”
The decision to suspend Jimmy, 57, was initially announced by Nexstar Media, the largest local broadcast and digital media company in the US.
The company explained at the time: “Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.”