Jimmy Kimmel and Disney are in talks to put his late-night show back on the air, according to a report.
The comedian’s business and legal representatives are in deep discussions with Disney and ABC, trying to hammer out a compromise that would allow “Jimmy Kimmel Live” to resume its 23rd season, insiders told Vanity Fair.
Whether the sparring parties are close to any resolution is unknown, leaving Kimmel and his show in limbo following offensive comments he made this week about the slaughter of Charlie Kirk.
Kimmel is reportedly concerned about what a permanent cancellation would look like for his crew in Los Angeles who work on the show, many of whom are still digging themselves out of a financial hole caused by the actors’ strike in 2023.
Neither Kimmel’s team nor Disney immediately responded to The Post’s request for comment.
ABC had warned Kimmel in the past to steer away from political comments, specifically those against President Trump.
“I really think that when they were trying to buy Fox, they were worried that Trump was going to screw them up somehow and that’s part of why they were nervous about my comments. I don’t think their political beliefs conflicted with mine, but if you want to have a big audience, you don’t want to piss a lot of people off and I was pissing a lot of people off,” Kimmel told Howie Mandel on Thursday.
Kimmel’s show is currently on an indefinite hiatus following his controversial remarks about Kirk’s assassination.
During his opening monologue Monday, the 57-year-old comedian claimed that alleged killer Tyler Robinson was a Trump supporter, despite authorities revealing he held a “leftist ideology.”
“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said.
The long-running show was officially yanked from the air Wednesday — and Kimmel has since refused dozens of calls to apologize.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr warned Thursday that networks holding TV licenses, like ABC, NBC and CBS, have an obligation to serve the public interest, which Kimmel failed to do by “appearing to directly mislead the American public.”
President Trump — often targeted in Kimmel’s liberal-leaning monologues — celebrated the move, highlighting his “bad ratings” and vowing to go after other late-night hosts.
Kimmel has hosted the ABC show since 2003.
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