{"id":194703,"date":"2025-09-23T05:49:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T05:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/late-night-talk-show-hosts-react-to-jimmy-kimmels-return\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T05:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T05:49:27","slug":"late-night-talk-show-hosts-react-to-jimmy-kimmels-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/23\/late-night-talk-show-hosts-react-to-jimmy-kimmels-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Late-Night Talk Show Hosts React to Jimmy Kimmel&#8217;s Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Jimmy Kimmel<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s fellow late-night comedians are celebrating his return to TV following a suspension.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">On Monday, September 22, ABC announced that it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/jimmy-kimmel-live-pulled-from-abc-indefinitely-everything-to-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s4\">putting Kimmel back on the air <\/span><\/a>starting Tuesday, September 23, less than a week after he was suspended for his commentary about President <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> and the late conservative podcaster <strong>Charlie Kirk<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The news sparked positive reactions from <strong>Stephen Colbert<\/strong>, <strong>Seth Meyers<\/strong> and <strong>Jon Stewart<\/strong>, all of whom were among those who supported Kimmel, 57, amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/jimmy-kimmel-working-with-disney-to-bring-back-talk-show-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the controversy that began last week<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">\u201cWe do, like, 160 of these a year or something and when I have the chance, it\u2019s always nice to start the show with some good news,\u201d Colbert, 61, said during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DO7LInKEc24\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his monologue<\/a> on Monday\u2019s <i>The Late Show With Stephen Colbert<\/i>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/jimmy-kimmel-returns-to-abc-on-tuesday-after-suspension-statement\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/jimmy-kimmel-returns-to-abc-on-tuesday-after-suspension-statement\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">ABC Announces Decision About the Future of \u2018Jimmy Kimmel Live!\u2019<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tThe fate of Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s late night show, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, has been decided after it was pulled off the air. \u201cLast 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,\u201d the Walt Disney Company said in a statement [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">\u201cJust a few hours before we tape this broadcast, we got word that our long national late nightmare is over, because Disney announced that <i>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/i> will return to air on ABC tomorrow, Tuesday night,\u201d the CBS host continued, drawing cheers from the studio audience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">\u201cWonderful news for my dear friend Jimmy and his amazing staff that he can continue his show,\u201d Colbert added. \u201cYou know, I\u2019m so happy for them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">Holding his new Emmy Award, Colbert said \u201cnow that Jimmy\u2019s not being canceled, I get to enjoy this again. \u2026 Once more, I am the only martyr in late night! Wait. Unless, CBS, do you wanna announce anything?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">The irreverent host was referring to the network\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/stephen-colberts-the-late-show-canceled-by-cbs-after-2025-2026-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent decision to end <i>The Late Show <\/i>next May<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jon-stewart-speaks-out-on-jimmy-kimmels-abc-suspension\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jon-Stewart-Addresses-ABC-Pulling-Jimmy-Kimmel-Off-Air-1-e1758233299318.jpg?crop=0px%2C0px%2C2000px%2C1131px&amp;resize=400%2C225&amp;quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 400px, (max-width: 770px) calc(100vw - 6em), 200px\" alt=\"Jon Stewart Addresses ABC Pulling Jimmy Kimmel Off Air\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" data-fallback-img=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jon-Stewart-Addresses-ABC-Pulling-Jimmy-Kimmel-Off-Air-1-e1758233299318.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/jon-stewart-speaks-out-on-jimmy-kimmels-abc-suspension\/\" target=\"\" data-source=\"01\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Jon Stewart Addresses ABC Pulling Jimmy Kimmel Off Air<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tJon Stewart responded to ABC pulling his late-night rival Jimmy Kimmel off the air due to comments about the murder of conservative pundit Charlie Kirk. Stewart, 62, opened the Thursday, September 18, episode of The Daily Show by declaring he would be proceeding as a \u201cpatriotically obedient\u201d host on a \u201cgovernment-approved\u201d show. \u201cWe have another [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">Meanwhile, over on NBC, Meyers, 51, celebrated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DO7ROt4jNC3\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on <em>his<\/em> show<\/a>, telling the audience, \u201cThere has been a massive national backlash to Trump\u2019s crackdown on free speech, even among conservatives. I haven\u2019t seen a poll yet, but I think if you asked Americans if the president should be dictating what TV hosts can and can\u2019t say, you\u2019d get about 3 percent positive and\u2026\u201d \u2014 he cut to footage of Trump saying \u2014 \u201c97 percent negative.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">And on Comedy Central\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DK9TkLPJY6w&amp;t=4s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>The Daily Show<\/i><\/a>, Jon Stewart referenced Kimmel supporters canceling their Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions to protest ABC\u2019s decision to pull Kimmel from its weeknight lineup.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s3\">\u201cI want to say this seriously, that campaign that you all launched, pretending that you were going to cancel Hulu while secretly racing through four seasons of <i>Only Murders in the Building<\/i>, that really worked. Congratulations,\u201d Stewart, 62, joked Monday. \u201cWasn\u2019t it interesting to try and figure out all the tentacles Disney has in your daily life? It\u2019s one thing to swear off cruises, but<i> The Avengers<\/i>? Nah.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/late-night-talk-show-hosts-react-to-jimmy-kimmels-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s fellow late-night comedians are celebrating his return to TV following a suspension. On Monday, September 22, ABC announced that it\u2019s putting Kimmel back on the air starting Tuesday, September 23, less than a week after he was suspended for his commentary about President Donald Trump and the late conservative podcaster Charlie Kirk.\u00a0 The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":194704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-194703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/194704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}