Jimmy Kimmel’s fellow late-night comedians are celebrating his return to TV following a suspension.
On Monday, September 22, ABC introduced that it’s placing Kimmel again on the air beginning Tuesday, September 23, lower than per week after he was suspended for his commentary about President Donald Trump and the late conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk.
The information sparked constructive reactions from Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers and Jon Stewart, all of whom have been amongst those that supported Kimmel, 57, amid the controversy that started final week.
“We do, like, 160 of those a yr or one thing and when I’ve the prospect, it’s at all times good to start out the present with some excellent news,” Colbert, 61, stated throughout his monologue on Monday’s The Late Present With Stephen Colbert.
“Only a few hours earlier than we tape this broadcast, we obtained phrase that our lengthy nationwide late nightmare is over, as a result of Disney introduced that Jimmy Kimmel Stay! will return to air on ABC tomorrow, Tuesday evening,” the CBS host continued, drawing cheers from the studio viewers.
“Great information for my expensive pal Jimmy and his wonderful workers that he can proceed his present,” Colbert added. “You realize, I’m so comfortable for them.”
Holding his new Emmy Award, Colbert stated “now that Jimmy’s not being canceled, I get to get pleasure from this once more. … As soon as extra, I’m the one martyr in late evening! Wait. Until, CBS, do you wanna announce something?”
The irreverent host was referring to the community’s current resolution to finish The Late Present subsequent Might.
Jon Stewart responded to ABC pulling his late-night rival Jimmy Kimmel off the air on account of feedback in regards to the homicide of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk. Stewart, 62, opened the Thursday, September 18, episode of The Day by day Present by declaring he could be continuing as a “patriotically obedient” host on a “government-approved” present. “We now have one other […]
In the meantime, over on NBC, Meyers, 51, celebrated on his present, telling the viewers, “There was a large nationwide backlash to Trump’s crackdown on free speech, even amongst conservatives. I haven’t seen a ballot but, however I feel if you happen to requested People if the president ought to be dictating what TV hosts can and might’t say, you’d get about 3 p.c constructive and…” — he lower to footage of Trump saying — “97 p.c destructive.”
And on Comedy Central’s The Day by day Present, Jon Stewart referenced Kimmel supporters canceling their Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions to protest ABC’s resolution to drag Kimmel from its weeknight lineup.
“I wish to say this severely, that marketing campaign that you just all launched, pretending that you just have been going to cancel Hulu whereas secretly racing by means of 4 seasons of Solely Murders within the Constructing, that actually labored. Congratulations,” Stewart, 62, joked Monday. “Wasn’t it attention-grabbing to try to work out all of the tentacles Disney has in your every day life? It’s one factor to swear off cruises, however The Avengers? Nah.”
