Jimmy Kimmel Live! It returns after it was abruptly canceled

Jimmy Kimmel He returned to the airwaves after the episode was abruptly pulled from ABC’s late night lineup last week.

Kimmel, 57, hosted a new show on Monday, November 10, kicking off ’80s-themed Viki with guests George Clooney, Mike Tyson and “sailing” singer Christopher Cross.

The late time host did not explain why ABC removed the Thursday, November 6, Edition of Live! from its schedule. Kimmel made topical political jokes during his monologue and shared a spirited, upbeat conversation with Clooney, 64, who regaled the audience with funny stories about pranking. Brad Pitt and recording a burning horrick not imported Grizzly II: Revenge Circa 1983

Kimmel’s episode on Thursday was first scheduled to have it David Duchovny, Joe Ofry and Madison Beer As tourists. Beer later took to his Instagram stories to confirm the news that he will no longer appear, writing, “Due to unforeseen circumstances,” due to unforeseen circumstances, ” He noted that his appearance will be rescheduled the next day.

Instead, it’s the past episode that exists Tessa Thompson, Daymon John the Betis stood up in their place. While no other details were given at the time, Entertainment Weekly It was later reported that the show was canceled due to a “personal matter” involving Kimmel.

The surprise cancellation came just one month after Kimmel was suspended after his comments on the air about Charlie Kirk’s Accused of murder, Tyler Robinson. At the time, an ABC spokesperson confirmed US of the Week that’s it Jimmy Kimmel Live! it can be “pre-controlled forever.”

The decision to pull the show led to ABC facing a fair amount of backlash, with 400 celebrities signing an open letter in support of bringing back the night. Just six days off the air, Disney, ABC’s parent company, announced that Kimmel would return to its regularly scheduled programming.

“Last Wednesday, we made the decision to stop production at the show to avoid further escalation in the current tense situation in our country,” the Walt Disney Company said in a statement. “It’s a decision we made because we saw some comments and that’s how we entered the final days. We’ve ended up in the final days having thoughtful discussions with Jimmy, and after those discussions, we came to the decision to bring the show back on Tuesday.”

Kimmel returned with a new episode on September 23, thanking viewers and fans for their support, calling it a “huge” week.

“I’ve heard from a lot of people in the last six days. “Letters from the past, the guy who fired me at my first radio show in Seattle – where we didn’t say anything tonight, by the way – his name is Larry.”

He continued, “You supported our show and cared enough to do something about it to make your voice heard so that mine could be heard, and I will never forget you.”

When Kimmel appeared as a guest Late Show Stephen Colbert Two days later, he agreed to think Live! ‘because’ of eternity. “I was like, ‘This is never going to come off the air,'” she recalled thinking. “Exactly what I thought.”

Jimmy Kimmel Live! AIRS on ABC Weekdays at 11:35 PM ET.