Since Jimmy Kimmel Stay! was “pre-empted indefinitely” in ABC’s personal phrases, there’s an opportunity the comic’s present may return. As critics and followers conflict over the Disney community’s determination to droop Jimmy Kimmel, some are questioning if and when he’ll come again.
Beneath, Hollywood Life has compiled all the pieces we all know to date about Kimmel’s potential return to ABC.
Was Jimmy Kimmel Fired by ABC?
No, Kimmel has not been fired; he’s been suspended “indefinitely.”
Why Was Jimmy Kimmel Suspended?
Kimmel was suspended for his remarks about Charlie Kirk‘s suspected shooter, Tyler Robinson. Days after Kimmel despatched his condolences to the Kirk household and condemned gun violence, he stated on his present’s September 15, 2025, broadcast, “The MAGA Gang (is) desperately making an attempt to characterize this child who murdered Charlie Kirk as something aside from one in all them and doing all the pieces they’ll to attain political factors from it. In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”
Throughout that episode, the comic confirmed how Donald Trump responded to a reporter who requested how he was dealing with Kirk’s dying.
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“I believe superb, and by the way in which, proper there — do you see all of the vans?” the president requested. “They only began development for the brand new ballroom for the White Home, which is one thing they’ve been making an attempt to get as, you recognize, for about 150 years. And it’s gonna be a magnificence.”
ABC affiliate Nexstar then stated it will not broadcast Jimmy Kimmel Stay! for the “foreseeable future” on its stations, including that it “strongly objects to latest feedback made by Mr. Kimmel regarding the killing of Charlie Kirk and can change the present with different programming in its ABC-affiliated markets.”
Hours earlier than ABC pulled Kimmel off the air, Brendan Carr, the top of the Federal Communications Fee, criticized Kimmel’s “MAGA” feedback.
“It is a very, very severe concern proper now for Disney. We will do that the straightforward method or the laborious method,” Carr stated on Benny Johnson’s present. “Disney must see some change right here, however the person licensed stations which might be taking their content material, it’s time for them to step up and say this, you recognize, rubbish to the extent that that’s what comes down the pipe sooner or later isn’t one thing that we predict serves the wants of our native communities. … There’s requires Kimmel to be fired. I believe you might actually see a path ahead for suspension over this.”
The FCC risk was the ultimate straw for Disney, in line with CNN.
Is Jimmy Kimmel Coming Again?
Since Disney’s ABC stated Kimmel has been “pre-empted indefinitely,” there’s a likelihood he may return, however it’s unclear when. A supply conversant in the state of affairs instructed CNN, “Everybody deeply values him and needs him to come back again. However he has to take down the temperature [with his Trump-related commentary].”
CNN additional reported that Disney’s determination to drag Kimmel’s present was not a “rash” determination. The issue “had been brewing” the week of September 15, 2025. Kimmel didn’t relent from commenting on the “MAGA gang,” so Disney executives instructed him to “[take] down the temperature” of what would have been his September 17, 2025, monologue, in line with a separate insider. When he didn’t, Disney CEO Bob Iger and Disney Leisure Co-chairman Dana Walden determined to yank the present “in hopes of defending Kimmel and the Disney model from accelerating the controversy,” per CNN.
What Is Jimmy Kimmel’s Wage at ABC?
Kimmel earns round $15 million per yr with ABC, in line with Superstar Web Value.
